Top 10 Christmas Cookies and Their Recipes

Tis the season to be jolly and the season to get ready to prepare some incredibly delicious Christmas cookies! During this time of the year, all family members gather around the same table. Sometimes said families can be pretty numerous too, so how do you make sure that you satiate the preferences of your children and the pretentious auntie Gilda at the same time? Trust us, with these mouth-watering Christmas cookies recipes, it would be pretty difficult to fail.

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Get your appetizers and main course ready. Once you’re done, it’s time for some festive baking. Here are the Top 10 Christmas Cookies and Their Recipes.

#1 Chocolate Thumbprints Cookies

Lots of chocolate, buttermilk, and walnuts don’t exactly typically scream “Christmas cookies,” but nobody said that all recipes need to be gingerbread-based. Very few people dislike chocolate. You can’t go wrong with something so delicious and easy to make – fact.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg, separated
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup baking cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• one cup finely chopped walnuts

FILLING:

• 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 26 milk chocolate kisses

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#2 Christmas Light Sugar Cookies Recipe

Time to go FULL festive with a tray of proper, thematic Christmas cookies. Using a bunch of candy and a licorice string, you’ll be able to reproduce the dazzling Christmas lights without the additional annoying tangled chords!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
• 1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 large egg
• 3 c. all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for surface
• 1 tsp. pure almond extract
• 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• Candy: Blue, white, and green candy balls; crushed blue starlight mints; silver and white dragées; mint M&M’s; white sanding sugar; blue and green Sixlets; crushed green and blue rock candy; white nonpareils; shoestring licorice
• 1/2 recipe white vanilla frosting

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#3 Eggnog Shortbread

Bourbon glaze, some nutmeg flavors, dry milk powder, and cinnamon? That sounds like a grand ole time to us. Nothing compares to the softness of Scottish shortbread and some eggnog to, uh, dull the senses.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup rice flour
• cooking spray, for spraying pan
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon dry milk powder
• 3/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 6 ounces unsalted butter, cut into small cubes and kept very cold
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

GLAZE:

• 1/4 teaspoon powdered gelatin
• 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1/4 cup pure maple syrup (grade A or B)
• 2 tablespoons bourbon (dark rum can be a good substitution)
• 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped (use both the seeds and pod)
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

 [ RECIPE. ]

#4 Biscuit and Jam Cookies

Nothing fancy and complicated about these easy Christmas cookies – just some jam and biscuits. They’re classic, they’re tasty, and they’re really fun to decorate. Try them!

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 1/2 c. plus 2 tbsp. cake flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for surface
• 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• 1/2 c. packed light brown sugar
• 2 tbsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. Kosher salt
• 2 sticks cold unsalted butter, cut up
• 1 c. large unsweetened coconut flakes
• 1 large egg
• 2 tsp. raw sugar
• 1/2 c. heavy cream
• 1/2 c. Strawberry jam

[ RECIPE. ]

#5 Mini Cinnamon Roll Cookies

Cinnamon is a scent and flavor of winter, there’s no doubt about that. If you want to get the best of out of this recognizable taste, try this fantastic mix between cinnamon rolls and snickerdoodles.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1-3/4 cups sugar, divided
• 3 large egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon honey, divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

[ RECIPE. ]

#6 White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Ah, here are the peppermint Christmas sugar cookies that everyone must have been waiting for. If you crushed winter holidays into an edible matter and then baked it, this would be it. Try it yourself and see if you can confirm.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups bread flour
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1 teaspoon fine salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 10 ounces white chocolate chunks
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup lightly packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
• 1/4 cup finely ground peppermints, plus 1 tablespoon for decorating (about 15 round mints)

[ RECIPE. ]

#7 Chocolate Snowballs

Ever wanted to taste snow? No? Well, no matter, now you can regardless! It’s not actual snow, but rather a chocolaty delight that’s going to look so believable you’ll want to throw another log onto your furnace fire.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• 1 cup (6 ounces) chocolate chips
• confectioners’ sugar

[ RECIPE. ]

#8 (Special) Sugar Cookie Dough

Try this sugar cookie dough which is going to make your baking experience much easier. Compared to traditional Christmas cookies, this version is considerably more flavorful, so it doesn’t require icing. Instead, channel all your efforts into giving creative shapes to your cookies – like Christmas trees!

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 c. butter
• 1½ c. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 egg yolks
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 5 c. flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp. ground allspice

[ RECIPE. ]

#9 Spiced Ginger Rum Balls

Eggnog isn’t the only one that can give you some boozy and delightful Christmas cookies for this year’s festive table. Roll up these gingery treats and make sure you won’t go overboard with them because you might end up not needing that glass of eggnog at all.

INGREDIENTS:

• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon roasted ground ginger
• 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup spiced dark rum
• colored sanding sugar, for rolling

[ RECIPE. ]

#10 Peppermint Stick Cookies

You don’t just want your Christmas cookies to TASTE festive. You want them to LOOK the part too, don’t you? Well, it doesn’t get any more festive than this. Enjoy nibbling on these green-and-red stick cookies and trying to decide if you love the flavor or aesthetic more.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons mint extract
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 12 drops red food coloring
• 12 drops green food coloring
• 1-1/2 cups white baking chips
• crushed mint candies

[ RECIPE. ]

Conclusion

If you can’t decide which of these Christmas cookies you want to see on your festive table this year, there’s no need to panic. How about you try ALL of them? This way, you’ll be able to determine for yourself which one if the best.