Christmas Cookie Recipes

🎅 1. Easy Christmas Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2¾ cups all-purpose flour

• 1 tsp baking soda

• ½ tsp baking powder

• ½ tsp salt

• 1 cup butter, softened

• 1 cup sugar

• 1 egg

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 tbsp milk

• Sprinkles

🥣 Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
👩‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg, vanilla, and milk.

2. Mix dry ingredients; combine with wet mix.

3. Roll, shape, and add sprinkles.

4. Bake 8–10 min until golden.
   🍽 Serving: 24 cookies.

🍫 2. Easy Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp peppermint extract, 1¾ cups flour, ½ cup cocoa powder, ½ tsp baking soda, ¼ tsp salt, ½ cup crushed candy canes.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Cream butter/sugar, add egg & extract. Mix dry ingredients, combine, fold in candy canes. Drop spoonfuls & bake 10 min.
🍽 Serving: 20 cookies.

🎁 3. White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

Ingredients:
2¼ cups flour, ½ tsp baking soda, ¼ tsp salt, ¾ cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar, ¼ cup white sugar, 1 egg + 1 yolk, 1 tsp vanilla, ¾ cup cranberries, ¾ cup white chocolate chips.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Cream butter & sugars. Add eggs, vanilla, then dry mix. Fold in chips & cranberries. Bake 9–11 min.
🍽 Serving: 24 cookies.

🌲 4. Classic Soft Sugar Cookies with Frosting

Ingredients:
3 cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt, 1 cup butter, 1½ cups sugar, 2 eggs, 2 tsp vanilla.
Frosting: 2 cups powdered sugar, 2 tbsp milk, 1 tsp vanilla, food coloring.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Cream butter/sugar, add eggs & vanilla. Combine dry ingredients. Roll & cut. Bake 8–10 min. Cool & frost.
🍽 Serving: 30 cookies.

🍪 5. Homemade Gingerbread Men

Ingredients:
3 cups flour, ¾ cup brown sugar, ½ cup molasses, 1 egg, ¾ cup butter, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tbsp ginger, 1 tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp cloves, ¼ tsp salt.
🥣 Preparation: Chill dough 30 min.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Mix wet ingredients, then dry. Roll, cut, bake 8–10 min. Decorate after cooling.
🍽 Serving: 25 cookies.

🧈 6. Homemade Butter Cookies

Ingredients:
2½ cups flour, ½ tsp salt, 1 cup butter, ¾ cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Cream butter/sugar. Add egg & vanilla. Mix in flour & salt. Pipe or shape dough. Bake 10–12 min.
🍽 Serving: 30 cookies.

🎀 7. No-Bake Chocolate Snowball Cookies

Ingredients:
2 cups crushed graham crackers, 1 cup shredded coconut, ½ cup cocoa powder, ½ cup condensed milk, ½ cup butter, 1 tsp vanilla, powdered sugar for coating.
🥣 Preparation: Melt butter, mix all ingredients.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Form balls, roll in sugar, chill 1 hour.
🍽 Serving: 20 balls.

❤️ 8. Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

Ingredients:
2 cups flour, 2 tbsp cocoa powder, 1 tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp salt, ½ cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp red food coloring, ½ cup powdered sugar.
🥣 Preparation: Chill dough 1 hr.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Roll dough in powdered sugar, bake 10–12 min.
🍽 Serving: 24 cookies.

🍯 9. Old-Fashioned Molasses Cookies

Ingredients:
2¼ cups flour, 2 tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp ginger, 1 tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp cloves, ¾ cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, ¼ cup molasses.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Cream butter/sugar. Add egg & molasses. Add dry ingredients. Roll balls in sugar & bake 9–10 min.
🍽 Serving: 24 cookies.

🍓 10. Thumbprint Cookies with Jam

Ingredients:
2 cups flour, ½ cup sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 tsp vanilla, ½ cup jam.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Mix ingredients, form balls, press thumb in center, fill with jam, bake 10–12 min.
🍽 Serving: 20 cookies.

🍬 11. Peppermint Bark Cookies

Ingredients:
1½ cups flour, ½ cup cocoa powder, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp baking soda, ¾ cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, ½ cup white chocolate, crushed candy canes.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Mix, bake 10–12 min. Melt white chocolate, drizzle, sprinkle candy cane.
🍽 Serving: 24 cookies.

☕ 12. Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti

Ingredients:
2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp salt, ¾ cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, ½ cup pistachios, ½ cup cranberries.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 325°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Form logs, bake 25 min, slice, bake 10 more min.
🍽 Serving: 20 biscotti.

🎉 13. M&M Christmas Cookies

Ingredients:
2¼ cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt, ¾ cup butter, ¾ cup brown sugar, ¼ cup white sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 cup red & green M&Ms.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Mix wet, add dry, fold M&Ms, bake 9–11 min.
🍽 Serving: 24 cookies.

🥜 14. Caramel Pecan Turtle Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup flour, ⅓ cup cocoa, ¼ tsp salt, ½ cup butter, ⅔ cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, 12 caramels, 1 tbsp cream, ½ cup pecans.
🥣 Preparation: Melt caramels with cream.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Make dough, roll in pecans, bake 10 min, top with caramel.
🍽 Serving: 18 cookies.

❄️ 15. Quick Snowflake Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients:
2 cups flour, ½ cup sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 tsp vanilla, pinch salt.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Mix ingredients, roll, cut, bake 12 min. Dust with powdered sugar.
🍽 Serving: 20 cookies.

🍯 16. Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

Ingredients:
1½ cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt, ½ cup butter, ½ cup sugar, ½ cup brown sugar, 1 egg, ½ cup peanut butter, 24 Hershey’s Kisses.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Make dough, roll balls, bake 9 min, press Kiss in center.
🍽 Serving: 24 cookies.

🌾 17. Soft Chewy Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

Ingredients:
1½ cups oats, 1 cup flour, ½ tsp baking soda, ½ tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp salt, ½ cup butter, ¾ cup brown sugar, 1 egg, ½ cup cranberries.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Mix wet & dry, fold cranberries, bake 10–12 min.
🍽 Serving: 20 cookies.

🍮 18. Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies

Ingredients:
2¼ cups flour, 1 tsp ginger, 1 tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp cloves, ½ tsp salt, ¾ cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, ¼ cup molasses.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Mix, form balls, coat in sugar, bake 9–10 min.
🍽 Serving: 24 cookies.

🎄 19. Vanilla Almond Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:
3 cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt, 1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, ½ tsp almond extract.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Mix, roll out, cut shapes, bake 10 min. Decorate when cool.
🍽 Serving: 24 cookies.

🍫 20. Double Chocolate Chip Holiday Cookies

Ingredients:
2 cups flour, ½ cup cocoa, 1 tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt, ¾ cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 cup chocolate chips, ½ cup white chips.
🥣 Preparation: Preheat 350°F.
👩‍🍳 Instructions: Mix wet, add dry, fold chips, bake 9–11 min.
🍽 Serving: 24 cookies.