Tis’ the season to bake and Christmas cookies are at the top of the list. From snickerdoodle to sugar cookies, coffee laced ginger molasses cookies to oatmeal carmelitas, there’s nothing more comforting at Christmastime than freshly baked cookies. They are a tasty snack while watching your favorite holiday movie and are a sweet ending to a holiday meal. And, if you put any of these 17 delicious Christmas cookies out for Santa, you just may find a few extra gifts under the tree.
Chewy Molasses Cookies
“Soft and chewy, with a good spicy molasses flavor. These cookies are a harbinger of the holidays. Yes, you can make them any time of the year, but to me, they scream Christmas!” – Hope
Pecan Tassies
“You just can’t not have Pecan Tassies during the holidays. Please be very careful, they are quite addicting.” – Janet
Butter Cookies (Swedish)
“These were a staple of holiday cookies at my childhood. My great grandmother, grandmother, mom & I would make them together. As the child, I had the job of using a thimble to make the perfect dent to fill with sparkling jellies.” – Wendy
Christmas Vanilla Butter Cutouts
“I have been using this recipe for my Christmas cookies for over 20 years. They are so yummy with lots of vanilla flavor.” – Nancy
Lemon Cream Cheese Delights
“I love a good lemon cookie. I came up with this after several years of trying to create a good lemony shortbread style cookie. It is now one of our favorites to have around the holidays. They are also good with tea on a cold winter afternoon.” – Noelle
Coffee Laced Ginger Molasses Cookies
“My buttery ginger molasses cookie is nicely spiced and a re-make of a molasses cookie I loved as a child. This cookie takes me back 60 years to a very special lady who opened her home to all the friends of her children, just to hang out and play games. We enjoyed her ginger cookies right from the oven!” – Barbara
Oatmeal Carmelitas
“This is an irresistible bar that joined our Christmas Cookie list a few years ago. Thanks to my mother introducing the family to this recipe, we adults have been busted for raiding the cookie refrigerator late at night while visiting over the holidays! They are thick, crumbly soft texture, and the caramel and oatmeal make a perfect pair. I like them best, right out of the fridge!” – Sarah
Peppermint Mocha Cookies
“Peppermint Mocha Cookies are super easy cookies full of chocolate and peppermint flavor. They are festive cookies for the holidays.” – Debbie
Sugar Cookie Frosting-Annette’s
“Sugar cookies are great when left plain but aren’t they even better when frosted with some rich, thick cookie frosting? I think so!” – Annette
Holiday Gifting Ricotta Egg Biscuits
“My mother always made these on holidays. She would wrap them in festive cellophane paper and tie them with ribbons adding Hershey Kisses between spaces on the plate!” – Sandra
Festive Ginger Molasses Cookies
“The Christmas season is in full swing already! We are having our Christmas party a week before Thanksgiving since we have such a blessed large family. My Aunt Bea loved them!” – Elizabeth
Almond Crescent Cookies
“Almond-y buttery crescent shaped shortbread cookies covered in snowy icing sugar.” – Kevin
Mexican Chocolate Snickerdoodles
“One of the things I love most in the colder months is a Mexican Hot Chocolate! Chocolate, cinnamon, and a little kick from the cayenne. These cookies were inspired by that flavor.” – Teresa
Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies
“One of my favorite things at Christmastime is homemade hot chocolate with a candy cane and lots of marshmallows. This cookie has the flavor of a perfect cup of cocoa with peppermint and a gooey marshmallow center.” – Tammy
Katarzynki – Polish Gingerbread Cookies
“When I was a little girl – oh, who am I kidding – always loved these and always will, even now when I’m a big girl! When I get any chance to go to the city to the Polish market, I stock up on these like Y2K people stocked up on water and gasoline.” – Monica
German Linzer Christmas Cookies
“This is my mother-in-law’s German version of Linzer Christmas Cookies. She says they are best filled with currant jelly but it is hard to find. Otherwise, she uses apricot.” – Sheila
Pfeffernusse (Pepper Nuts) “The German Christmas Cookie”
“This is a very spicy version of this cookie!” – Sarah