60+ Of The Best Christmas Cookies!

Here’s a collection of over 50 of the best Christmas cookies around! Whether you’re hosting a cookie exchange, or love bake cookies as holiday gifts, there is something for everyone!

For this round-up, I gathered recipes from some of my favorite blogger friends. Baking cookies for the holidays is a time honored tradition in so many households. Even non-bakers will find something in this collection of favorite Christmas cookie recipes!

Sugar cookies and cookies with rolled-out dough

The holiday season would not be complete without Christmas sugar cookies! Whether you like to decorate your cookies with sprinkles or Royal Icing these recipes will bring holiday cheer to any cookie platter.

Perfect rolled out Sugar Cookies from Rose Bakes.

Unlike most sugar cookie recipes, this No Spread Sugar Cookie Recipe also doesn’t require chilling. Recipe from Kitchen Serf.
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies from Binky’s Culinary Carnival.
Christmas Pinwheel Cookies from Little Black Skillet.

Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting from Saving Talents.
Oatmeal Sugar Cookies from The Fresh Cookie.

These Gingerbread Cut Out Cookies come with a gingerbread house template. Recipe from Cents For Cookery.
Christmas Sugar Cookies from Slow Roasted Italian.

Old fashioned Sugar Cookies from The 1800’s Housewife.
Classic Gingerbread Cookies from Baking Beauty.

Slice and Bake Peppermint Shortbread Cookies can be stored in the freezer and baked at the last minute. Craving Something Healthy.

Gluten free cut out Sugar Cookies from Well Fed Baker.

Fall leaf Gingerbread Cookies from The Monday Box.

Cookies from around the world

It’s always fun to add new recipes from around the world to your classic holiday favorites!

Austrian Linzer Cookies

Italian Christmas Bow Tie Cookies from Christina’s Cucina.

Frappe or cioffee Italian Bow tie cookies

Eastern European Rugelach with Cinnamon

Scottish Snowball Cookies from Christina’s Cucina
From India, try Nankhatai, Northern India’s version of a shortbread cookie from Buttered Veg.
Italian Almond Biscotti

Moravian Molasses Cookies
Ginger Spice Cookies
French Salted Caramel Macarons From Jill Colonna, Mad About Macarons

French Meringue Cookies
Italian Wedding Cookies

French Butter Cookies from Mad About Macarons.
Zimtsterne, German Cinnamon Stars from Christina’s Cucina.

Chocolate Meringue Cookies
Mexican Wedding Cookies (Toffee noel nut balls) from That Skinny Chick Can Bake.

Buttery Shortbread cookies from Scotland.

Scottish shortbread Queen Elizabeth Coronation Plate.

Snowball Sandwich Cookies

Candy Cane Blossom Cookies from That Skinny Chick Can Bake.

Caramel dipped walnut shortbread acorn cookies.

White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies That Skinny Chick Can Bake.

Orange Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
Samoas from Tessie’s Table.

Chocolate Thumbprint Peanut Butter Cookies Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch.
Christmas M&M Cookies from the Feathered Nester.

Bars

Bar cookies are a nice addition to holiday baking. Because they’re made in pans, there’s no cutting out or rolling. You can also control the size and cut the bars as large or small as you wish.