Easy Christmas Cookies recipes make it so much easier during the busy Christmas season. In times of Holiday baking, cookies are at the top of the list.
During the Holidays, festive cookie creations are the most popular because they’re easy, quick to make, and they make wonderful treats to share amongst friends and family!

Make Baking Easier
- To get the same size cookies in every batch, use a cookie scoop! These handy little kitchen tools make it so easy to get the perfect same size cookie every time. Plus, you can get them in different sizes!
- Use a large baking sheet to reduce the number of batches that you need to bake. It’s a time saver!
- Silicone Baking Mats are super convenient and prevent cookies from sticking to cookie sheets. They save so much time and no worrying about stuck on bits!
Season for Baking
The Holiday is one of my favorite times of the year because I absolutely love to bake. Once Thanksgiving comes around I start baking! Mostly around Thanksgiving, I make a lot of pies and sometimes I make them for Christmas, too!
Two of my favorites pies to bake during this time are my Caramel Apple Pie and my Homemade Apple Pie. But, furthermore, check out this extensive list of deliciously easy cookie recipes!
Snickerdoodle Cookies
Classic snickerdoodle cookies rolled in a cinnamon-sugar mixture. These cookies are crisp around the edges and soft and chewy on the inside.
Ginger Chip Spice Cookies
Ginger Chip Spice Cookies are filled with the flavors of the holiday season. They’re easy to make and are a great addition to a holiday cookie platter!
Snowball Christmas Cookies
Snowballs are buttery cookies filled with pecans or other nuts and rolled in powdered sugar. Perfect for Christmas!
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies with Pretzels
These Peanut Butter Cup Cookies with Pretzels are the best sweet and salty combo! This cookie recipe is sure to be a hit with both kids and adults!
Snowman Peanut Butter Cookies
These festive Snowman Peanut Butter cookies are perfect for your next Christmas or holiday party.
Soft & Chewy Gingersnap Cookies
Gingersnaps cookies are a holiday classic and making the classic crisp cookie into a soft and chewy delight makes these cookies even more delicious.
Frostbite Cookies
Frostbite cookies are the perfect combination of everything you'd want in a cookie. They have just a hint of peppermint, and that sweet buttery cross between being crunchy and melt in your mouth.
Red Velvet Snowball Cookies
Red Velvet Snowball Cookies are such a fun and festive twist on this classic! With their chocolate flavor and deep red interior, these are a fabulous addition to any Christmas cookie tray -- and are perfect for Christmas gifting-from-the-kitchen, too.
Flourless Chocolate Mudslide Cookies {gluten-free, dairy-free}
Gluten-free mudslide cookies are a flourless chocolate cookie that's rich, sweet, and will cure your chocolate cravings! These gluten-free chocolate cookies are free of dairy and nuts too!
Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
These Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy, and has the wonderful flavor of cranberries. It’s the perfect cookie for the Holidays!
Best Old Fashion Sugar Cookies EVER!
Best Old Fashion Sugar Cookies made with real butter and flour are seriously THE BEST SUGAR COOKIES EVER! They simply cannot be beat.
Rolo Cookies
A chocolate cookie with a caramel surprise in the middle. Perfect for holiday parties and Christmas cookie swaps.
The Best Gingerbread Cookie Recipe {Gingerbread Snowflakes}
These easy gingerbread snowflakes are festive and delicious!
Chewy Chocolate Chip Chunk Cookies
Sink your teeth into these chewy chocolate chip chunk cookies. Every bite is full of chocolate flavor and chewy goodness.
Shortbread Cookies with Pecans
A simple classic shortbread cookie recipe topped with pecan halves that is perfect for sharing during the holidays.
Christmas Shortbread Cookies with Icing
An easy, buttery and light shortbread cookie with icing. Make these at Christmas or anytime!
Monster Cookies -Gluten-Free Option
This cookie is easy to make and delicious to eat and makes a large batch so you will have plenty to share.
Biscochitos (Cinnamon Anise Shortbread Cookies)
Biscochitos are a shortbread-like cookie flavored with cinnamon and anise. They're easy to make and are delicious for the holidays!
Caramel Snickerdoodles
Pillowy soft Caramel Snickerdoodles have just the right amount of cinnamon, sugar and vanilla flavors. Pair with a cup of coffee or tea to enjoy the holiday season!
Copycat Subway Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies
These White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies feature cream cheese in the batter, bits of raspberry jammy goodness, and melty chunks of white chocolate.
Double Chocolate Chewy M&M Cookies (video and step-by-step photos)
Chewy M&M cookies are the best kind of chocolate cookies — soft and chewy, so chocolatey and a breeze to make! Use holiday M&Ms and you’ll have cookies that will be the star of your Christmas cookie tray.
Cranberry Orange Swirl Cookies
Sugar cookies filled with fresh cranberries and orange peel.
Chocolate Chunk Marshmallow Cookies
These Chocolate Chunk Marshmallow Cookies are ooey, gooey, and delicious. Add some extra texture and flavor to the traditional chocolate chip cookie by using chunks and marshmallows!
Frosted Pistachio Cranberry Shortbread Cookies Recipe
Looking for an incredible new favorite shortbread cookies recipe? Look no further than these frosted pistachio cranberry shortbread cookies!
Amazing Double Chocolate Chip Cookies | Cupcake Project
These double chocolate chip cookies are soft and fudgy on the inside and crispy on the outside.
Soft Amaretti Cookies: Tested until Perfect!
There are infinite variations of this classic Italian cookie. I'd like to share this simple, gluten free recipe for Soft Amaretti Cookies with all of you.
Cranberry Bliss Bar Cookies {Starbucks Copycat}
These Cranberry Bliss Bar Cookies are the ultimate holiday dessert! They are a true-to-taste copycat of the popular Starbucks treat, and are easy to make right at home!
Funfetti Cookies (Hundreds and Thousands Biscuits)
Soft, buttery and oh-so milky, with just the right amount of sweetness, and plenty of color – there’s a reason why kids love these Funfetti Cookies, and they are so popular during the holidays!
Candy Cane Kiss Cookies Recipe
Not only do these Candy Cane Kiss Cookies look festive, but these holiday cookies have a festive peppermint flavor as well.
Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies
Incredibly delicious soft batch chocolate chip cookies. These cookies are rich in a buttery vanilla flavor and are made with both chocolate chips and chunks.
Chocolate Chip Biscotti Recipe
One crunchy bite of Chocolate Chip Biscotti is all it will take to convince you that this is a cookie you will be making again and again! All the flavors of your favorite chocolate chip cookie contained in a dunkable, munchable biscotti.
Speculoos (Belgian Spice Cookies)
These cookies are flavored with cinnamon, coriander, allspice, cloves, and brown sugar. They are a lot like Biscoff cookies, but lighter and crispier.
Red Velvet Macarons
Red Velvet Macarons are classic French macarons with the flavors of red velvet cake. They’re crisp, chewy and filled with a tangy cream cheese frosting!
Butterscotch Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies (gluten-free)
These butterscotch oatmeal cookies are soft, chewy, and packed full of pumpkin flavor. We used oat flour to keep them chewy and it also makes them gluten-free.
Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Blossoms - High-Protein, Healthy Recipe
High-Protein and Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Blossoms are made by replacing flour with protein powder. Made in just one bowl with simple, good-for-you ingredients, these healthy Hershey's kiss cookies are ready in no-time.
Merry Meringue Cookies
Sweet, crunchy Meringues made with just 3 ingredients! This Merry Meringue Cookie recipe is garnished with mint and sugared cranberries for a truly festive Christmas cookie!
Brown Butter Sugar Cookies
These brown butter sugar cookies take the ever so popular sugar cookie to the next level.
Molasses Cookies (gluten-free, vegan options) - Texanerin Baking
These molasses cookies are soft, chewy and can also be made a little healthier! With gluten-free, vegan, 100% whole grain and dairy-free options.
Cake Mix Christmas Crinkle Cookies
Cake Mix Christmas Crinkle Cookies are easy and delicious cookies to make for the holidays. Hence, these simple cookies make the perfect edible gift for those on your Christmas list, including good ole Saint Nick!
Hot Cocoa Cookies (Hot Chocolate Cookies with Mini Marshmallows)
Made with hot cocoa mix, these Hot Cocoa Cookies are rich in chocolate flavor and filled with gooey marshmallow deliciousness.
There are A LOT of cookies that were listed above but if you haven’t had enough, check out these other resources.
- 50+ Christmas Desserts is dedicated to Bars, Cakes, Cheesecake, Cookies, Cupcakes, Fudge, and Pies.
- Thumbprint Cookies Recipe is dedicated to just that – thumbprint cookies. These cookies are filled with jams, chocolate, caramel, and peanut butter.
- Easy Pies to Make for the Holidays has Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, and Vegan options.
