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From classic Christmas cookies to gingerbread and Dulce de Leche there is something here for everyone because our Holiday Cookie Recipes collection includes gluten-free, nut-free and vegan recipes too!
The BEST Holiday Cookie Recipes
One of my favourite Holiday traditions is baking Christmas cookies to share with friends and family. I love how a simple Holiday cookie can become a wonderful baked gift idea, just by spending a little time and effort on the decorations.
This year I want to try some new ideas which is why I’ve been searching for easy holiday cookies recipes and as usual I’m sharing them here with you!
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Christmas Cookie Sticks Recipe
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These easy Christmas cookie sticks call for basic ingredients that probably already have most of them in your pantry. This simple Christmas cookie recipe is perfect for cookie exchange parties or to give as gifts.
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Czech Kolacky with Poppy Seed Filling
- Czech Kolacky might be what's missing from your holiday cookie platter! Flaky, tender cream cheese pastry rounds are filled with poppyseed filling and dusted with powdered sugar. So good!
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Crème Brulée Gingersnap Cookies Recipe
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This Crème Brulée Gingersnap Cookies recipe takes things to a new level of deliciousness and makes this cookie indulgent and rich, perfect for celebrating holidays! These are perfect for adding to a holiday spread or tucking into a cookie tray to sharewith someone special.
4
Brownie Snowflake Sugar Cookies Recipe
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These snowflake sugar cookies have all the flavour of a brownie with the crispy crunch of a good sugar cookie!
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The Best Peanut Butter Cookies for Weight Watchers
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Want something sweet without the guilt? Here's a lightened-up version of peanut butter cookies made with PB2, Truvia and applesauce.
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Secret Kiss Cookies Recipe
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Secret kiss cookies have a hidden chocolate kiss inside! These cookies are the perfect dessert to make for Christmas cookie swaps!
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Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies
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Gingerbread crinkle cookies are a must-try during the holidays. They are chewy, full of ginger flavor and coated in sugar with exposed cookie cracks.
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Dulce de Leche Cookies
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Dulce de Leche Cookies are a perfect marriage of rich, luscious, gooey caramel with crumbly, buttery cookies.
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Cookie Butter Cookies
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The ultimate Biscoff cookie butter cookies. The perfect easy soft spiced cookies for the holidays!
10
Soft Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Photo Credit:simplyscrumptiouseats.com
The best and easy Pumpkin Snickerdoodles cookie recipe made with pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin puree. They are quick and delicious.
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Molasses Crinkle Cookies
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These soft and chewy molasses crinkle cookies are full of flavor and have a perfect barely-there crunch on the outside. Perfect for fall and winter or a cookie party!
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Christmas Cowboy Cookies {easy no chill recipe}
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These Christmas cowboy cookies are sure to be your new favorite Christmas treat. They’re the perfect cookie to bring to holiday parties or gift to neighbors and friends.
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Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies
Photo Credit:homebodyeats.com
The soft, thumbprint cookie provides a great vessel for the sweet and salty caramel sauce. Sprinkle coarse finishing salt on top for an extra beautiful garnish.
14
Best Soft and Thick M&M Sugar Cookie Recipe
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These thick and chewy sugar cookies are perfectly soft and filled with M&M candies. This recipe uses a bit of cream cheese to add additional flavor. It's everything you love about a sugar cookie,plus the addition of chocolate.
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Small Batch Sugar Cookies
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Perfect no spread sugar cookies. This small batch sugar cookie recipe will make delicious buttery sugar cookies without surplus, leaving you plenty of room for all the holiday treats!
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Four-Ingredient Red Velvet Cookies
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These four Ingredient Red Velvet Cookies are perfect for the holidays! They are super simple to make and are full of delicious, melty chocolate chips.
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Christmas Tree Cookies
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This easy shortbread recipe is the perfect way to make quick Christmas tree cookies that you can decorate in many different ways. The dough comes together with 3 simple ingredients and then is cut out into tree shapes to be baked and dressed up for theholiday spirit or turned into an edible 3D Christmas Tree farm.
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Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
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This delicious recipe for Chocolate Peppermint Cookies is a great way to get in the Christmas holiday spirit. They are a decadent mix of triple chocolate flavors with a minty kick from crushed candy canes on top. Great to bring to a cookie exchange orleave out for Santa.
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Best Hot Chocolate Cookies
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These hot chocolate cookies are made with a delicious chocolate cookie that is topped with marshmallows and chocolate ganache.
20
Easy Christmas Sugar Cookies
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These Christmas sugar cookies are made with a simple sugar cookie dough and topped with a simple and easy glaze.
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Soft and Chewy Gingerbread Cookies
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These Soft and Chewy Gingerbread Cookies are the perfect Holiday treat. Made with classic ingredients and chilled before baking, you’ll never need another gingerbread recipe!
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Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies
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These Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies are THE BEST and easiest cookies ever. Keep a dough log in your freezer and slice and bake them as needed
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Gluten-Free Gingerbread (no chill!)
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Our gluten-free gingerbread men are no chill and so delicious! Perfectly sweet with just the right amount of spice, they are perfect for the holidays.
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Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
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These Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, chewy, and filled with delicious fall flavors such as cinnamon, pumpkin, and vanilla. Loaded with chewy oats and gooey chocolate chips, these family-favorite Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are easily thebest Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies ever!
25
Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe
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Soft Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe with golden, chewy edges and buttery, fluffy centers. Learn how to make everyone’s favorite gooey and delicious cinnamon sugar cookie recipe!
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Gluten-Free Italian Anise Cookies (Vegan, Allergy-Free) "Anisette Cookies"
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A traditional Italian cookie, these Gluten-Free Anise Cookies are so easy to make! They're vegan, allergy-free, flavored with anise extract, and perfect for your holiday cookieplatter! Soft and aromatic cookies with a sweet, subtle licorice flavor and simple icing glaze with sprinkles! Anisette cookies are a classic Italian dessert you'll be making year-round!
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Vegan White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)
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The perfect holiday cookie recipe that tastes just like Christmas! These Vegan White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are gluten-free, allergy-free, and full of dairy-free white chocolatechips and crushed peppermint candies! Easy and delicious, they're a fun addition to your seasonal cookie swap and dessert platters!
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Easy Snowball Cookie Recipe (No Nuts)
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These delicious melt-in-your-mouth snowball cookies are easy to make and reminiscent of Christmas! They’re made without any nuts, so they’re perfect for anyone who wants a delicious, quick, and allergy-friendly cookie.
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Cherry Christmas Cookies
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Old-Fashioned Cherry Christmas Cookies can be made ahead of time and frozen until you’re ready to make them.
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Funfetti Cake Box Cookies
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These Funfetti Cookies are everyone's favorite! Made with just 5 simple ingredients, these cookies are fun to make and eat.
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Crispy Gingerbread Cut Out Cookies (paleo, vegan, AIP)
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These paleo, vegan and AIP gingerbread cut out cookies are deliciously crispy. With traditional flavor from molasses and spices, these cookies are the perfect treat for the holidays.
