Shortbread Cookie Recipes For Christmas

Shortbread cookies are a favorite during the holidays. They only require a few ingredients and are simple to make. These shortbread cookie recipes for Christmas are great for adding to cookie platters.

Here are a few tips for creating the perfect shortbread cookie recipes for Christmas:

For the best taste and texture, use good-quality butter and flour.
Have fun with extracts. Almond, orange, lemon, and classic vanilla all taste wonderful in a shortbread cookie.
Keep an eye on the oven. Don't overbake the cookies; they should have a light brown exterior and a chewy, soft center. Overbaking will make them dry and crumbly.

Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

Buttery, soft, and sweet, these raspberry thumbprint cookies have a delicious burst of fruity jam in the center. They are perfect with a glass of milk and for cookie trays!

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Chocolate Dipped Pistachio Shortbread Cookies

Rich, buttery shortbread butter cookies with crunchy pistachios, dipped in melted chocolate, and sprinkled with fresh orange zest and chopped pistachios. A beautiful and festive Christmas cookie!

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Shortbread Cookie Recipe

Shortbread Cookie Recipe makes delicious, rich, buttery cookies. This recipe can be used to make cookies with a cookie press, cut with cookie cutters, or bake and slice.

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Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies

These chocolate dipped shortbread cookies are crispy, melt in your mouth deliciously, and are dipped in your favorite chocolate! These cookies are made with only 5 ingredients!

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies

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This easy recipe for peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies is vegan-friendly! Made with just 6 ingredients, these sweet and salty gluten-free peanut butter and jelly bites are both easy and delicious, making them a favorite for holiday cookie plates."

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Red Velvet Shortbread Cookies

Get your Christmas cookie cutters ready and have fun making these red velvet shortbread cookies. They give a pop of color to Christmas cookie platters and they're fun to decorate with icing.

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Scottish Shortbread

Melt-in-your-mouth Scottish Shortbread with cornstarch, an old-fashioned recipe that is incredibly easy to make and really quick too. The shortbread cookies are crumbly, rich, and buttery, and ready from scratch in around half an hour.

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Shortbread Cookie Logs

Melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookie recipe with a buttery base, filled with your favorite jam preserves, served in bite-sized slices.

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Shortbread Christmas Cookies

These Shortbread Christmas Cookies are absolutely delicious, with options to dip them in chocolate or a vanilla glaze and top with festive candy sprinkles.

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Apricot Almond Shortbread Cookies

These Apricot Almond Shortbread Cookies are soft, buttery, and filled with crunchy nuts and soft dried fruit.

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Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies

Buttery and crumbly, these almond flour shortbread cookies are the best melt-in-your-mouth goodness you will love. This easy, mouthwatering, and classic recipe is gluten-free and low in sugar.

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Shortbread Linzer Cookies with Raspberry Filling

These Shortbread Linzer Cookies are a variation of the classic Linzer cookie. They consist of a raspberry filling sandwiched between two tender almond shortbread cookies and dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Get the recipe: Shortbread Linzer Cookies with Raspberry Filling

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