31 Best Holiday and Christmas Cookies Recipes

"These Peppermint Mocha Chocolate Blossom cookies are like Christmas in every bite. Densely rich with chocolate and espresso, merry and bright with peppermint, and crunchy with sparkling sugar."

"I can guarantee that these buttery sugar cookies are easy to roll out, they hold their shape well when baking, they don’t spread, and they taste good on their own even without the royal icing."

"These Peppermint Mocha Brownie Cookies are soft and chewy, fudgy with melty chocolate, and addictive with that holiday peppermint flavor."

"Better than store-bought Gingerbread Cookies! Simple ingredients paired with an easy dough method will have you swooning over these homemade delights! Decorated with a 3-ingredient white royal icing. Use your choice of Christmas shaped cookie cutters!"

"Have you ever had the pleasure of chocolate and gingerbread in one? Forget peanut butter this season (Wait. Am I really saying that?) because gingerbread is chocolate’s new best bud."

"The BEST Salted Caramel Pretzel Snickerdoodles for your holiday cookie baking. Homemade snickerdoodle cookies, made with browned butter, plenty of chocolate-covered caramel chunks, pretzels pieces, and a small pinch of flaky sea salt."

And this recipe is the one I come back to every season. It just works. And it just tastes really good.

Flavored with peppermint and vanilla, these Candy Cane Cookies will delight everyone at Christmas.

"The merriest of all Christmas cookies! Santa’s Whiskers Cookies are soft slice and bake cookies flavored with almond, studded with cherries, and rolled in coconut."

"These crackly crinkle top brownies are super moist, uber chocolatey and the perfect size to pop in your mouth for a quick treat!"

"A simple and even “humble” biscuit can be the purest form of classic sweetness. Classic Scottish Shortbread is a staple in our home during the holidays. It’s always on the top of my son’s Christmas cookie wish list."

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without these—they’re the most wonderful cookie of the season! Pillowy soft with a melty chocolate kiss on top. Does it get better than this?

"It may be Santa’s favorite cookie. I’m mean, mine, of course. Who couldn’t use a little extra chocolate and espresso? All wrapped up in a snowy white? At Christmastime no less. It’s gooey, chocolaty… and so delicious."

Perfectly delicious snowballs are addictive bites of Christmas.

Inspired by the famous Nordstrom Cookies, these chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies are a new favorite in this year's cookie box!

Hot Chocolate Cookies for chilly winter days! Perfectly indulgent, much like a favorite mocha with gooey marshmallows – try adding a touch of espresso for an extra kick!

These Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprint Cookies are fudgy & decadently delicious and ready in 30 minutes or less with no dough chilling needed.

An easy decorating technique makes these delicious cookies look like a bakery made them!

Filled with the fruit of the season, these easy fruitcake bars taste like anything but... fruitcake. Scrumptiously delicious.

An iconic flavor, perfect for Christmas, and loved by all. They simply have to be on the cookie plate!

A coffee house classic, these Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are decadently delicious, quick to make, deliciously chewy, buttery, and chocolatey.

A festive crumble bar is always delicious at Christmas! Serve with or without tea -- I favor tea! By the way... here are some tea gift ideas just in case you're like m!

A crackled top sprinkled with sparkly sugar is a delicious addition to any cookie plate!

Simply delicious and truly authentically Scottish. Absolutely a must for Christmas!

"Pecan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and chewy on the inside with golden, crispy edges on the outside. Incredibly delicious drizzled in chocolate and sprinkled with toasted pecans."

These Chocolate Chip Cookies are irresistibly chewy, buttery, and chocolaty. Truly a cookie for all time. America's favorite cookie, hands down. A tried and true recipe to memorize.

"Vegan shortbread with an aromatic flavor combo!!"

"The richly spiced flavors of ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and molasses are a comforting and familiar blend that evokes memories of warmth and love and laughter."

An upgraded oatmeal raisin cookie; chewy, dense and richly flavored with cinnamon and maple and pecans. Decadently perfect for the holidays.

"A delicious, melt-in-your-mouth cookie perfect for making ahead and having ready in either the refrigerator or freezer. Slice and bake up in just minutes."

Decadently rich with oatmeal, chocolate, coconut, and toasted almonds. A worthy, perfectly delicious holiday cookie.