These soft and chewy Christmas drop cookies are a holiday favorite! Perfect for Christmas, they’re quick to make—no cutting required! Just drop spoonfuls of dough or roll it into a ball and put it onto a baking sheet, leaving about two inches between each cookie, and bake it to golden perfection.

Tip: Use a cookie scoop to get uniform-sized cookies and take the guesswork out of portioning your dough.

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

These Chocolate Crinkle Cookies have a soft and fudgy center and are perfect for the Christmas season. Rolled in powdered sugar, these cookies are great additions to cookie platters.

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Chewy Gingersnap Cookies

These chewy gingersnap cookies have a soft and chewy center and crisp edges. They have the classic flavors and are perfect for gifts, for dunking in milk or coffee.

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Soft Persimmon Cookies with Orange Glaze

Enjoy fresh persimmons in the autumn and winter by making Soft Persimmon Cookies, infused with persimmon pulp, fragrant spices, dried cranberries, and a tasty orange glaze.

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Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

These thick Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies and soft and chewy and taste amazing. They're quick and easy to make the perfect Christmas drop cookies!

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Pistachio Cookies

These pistachio pudding cookies brighten up cookie platters. They taste sweet and salty, and they have a nice mix of soft and crunchy textures because of the crushed pistachios. They are great for Christmas platters.

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Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

These Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy, and have the wonderful flavor of cranberries. It’s the perfect cookie for the Holidays!

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Eggnog Cookies

Celebrate Christmas with these mouth-watering, cakey, soft eggnog cookies. They are an eggnog lover’s dream and are filled with incredible flavor to make the perfect holiday treat.

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Andes Mint Cookies

Andes Mint Cookies are so easy to prepare. Made with refrigerated chocolate chip cookies and cocoa powder, make a double chocolate cookie dough wrapped around an Andes mint and rolled in sugar!

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Gingerdoodle Cookies

Gingerdoodles combine the warm spices of gingerbread with the soft, chewy texture of snickerdoodles. They’re a fantastic addition to your holiday cookie tray and make great gifts!

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Brown Butter Sugar Cookies

These sugar cookies are made using browned butter. The flavors are elevated with a nutty flavor in this traditional cookie, and they are coated with a cinnamon sugar mixture, much like snickerdoodles.

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Chocolate Chip Ginger Cookies

Chocolate Chip Ginger Cookies – Thick, soft, and chewy ginger-spiced cookies that are loaded with molasses and chocolate chips. These are the BEST cookies to make for Christmas!

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M&M Christmas Cookies

These homemade M&M Christmas Drop Cookies are a delicious and festive addition to your holiday cookie tray. Their bright red and green candy pieces bring a burst of festive color and chocolatey sweetness to your cookie platter.

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12 Easy Christmas Drop Cookies to Try This Holiday Season