27 Easy Christmas Cookies Everyone Will Love

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These powdery snowball-shaped treats melt in your mouth create a sugary mashup of nutmeg, rum, and bourbon. Yum!

These are the cutest upgrade to store-bought Milanos, and are a fun holiday project for little kids to get in on. Swap for the mint Milanos to make them extra festive!

A vibrant twist to your standard sugar cookie: The elegant icing swirls and smooth, glossy finish will remind you of a pepperminty candy cane.

The only way to make this chocolate delight any better? Aromas of espresso and snowy, crackled powdered sugar!

Whether you pair them with a cup of homemade hot chocolate, pile them high on a cookie plate (which makes the perfect edible gift!) or bake a batch to ship to someone special, it’s always a good idea to have a few cookie recipescookie recipes you can rely on during the holiday season.

We like to think that these are those recipes. Once you have a few cookie basics down and learn a couple of handy tips, the rest is simple — especially with this collection of festive recipes, perfect for bakers of all skill levels. Wondering where to start? Try these sweet-and-spiced treats that taste just like a cup of Yuletide cheer!

Sandra wishes every holiday cookie was as easy to make as these tropical-inspired sweets (that start with store-bought sugar cookie dough). "The hardest part," Sandra says, "is eating just one!"

Bring the holiday cheer with these festive cookies. They're exploding with sprinkles and yummy drizzled white chocolate.

Ina's cookies are filled with spices: cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger, plus chopped crystallized ginger. A coating of sugar before baking gives them a crinkly crust.

Bobby's ideal chocolate chip cookie is crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside — and appropriate any time of the year, especially on a holiday cookie platter. These fit the bill perfectly and are done in just 25 minutes.

Cream your butter and sugar until they're very light and fluffy to get a great consistency for these quick-cooking sugar cookies.

Pignoli cookies may be standard at any Italian bakery but they're actually simple to make at home. Mix them in one bowl and they're ready in less than an hour. Anne Burrell's special touch? A bit of honey.

Feeling a little nutty this Christmas? Add that into your baked goods for some crunchy yumminess with a macadamia and almond combo!

All you need is six ingredients to make Alton's macadamia and coconut balls.

Sunny starts with a basic cookie recipe and then adds in cocoa powder, chocolate chips, coconut and pecans to give it the German chocolate cake twist. It's a simple cookie recipe that's ready in just 30 minutes.

Crispy cookies with butterscotch and walnut fillings are the best way to treat yourself on a cold winter day!

Guy folds hazelnuts, coconut and chocolate chips into his blondie batter for an easy, but delicious, treat. Simply spread the batter into a pan, bake for 40 minutes and cool before slicing into individual squares.

Trisha adds cranberries, white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts to her cookie batter. Make the cookies in advance and store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.

Get festive with this cute and creative treat! Gather your traditional dessert ingredients and experiment with chow mein noodles for the layered structure. Pouring the melted chocolate and the holiday sprinkles over the cookie is what really seals the deal.

These extra fudgy chocolate cookies are just as beautiful as they are delicious. The best ways to guarantee your crinkles stand out? Chill your dough and roll it in powdered sugar twice.

Anne is a dark-chocolate fan so she chops it up with walnuts to make these oatmeal cookies nice and chunky. Top them with a sprinkle of sea salt to give them a little something special.

The best alternative to your favorite winter drink? Hot Cocoa Cookies, of course! They've got cinnamon spice wrapped in a chocolatey cookie (perfected with a bonus of tasty almonds and dulce de leche).

These peanut butter-filled cookies are creamed together all in one bowl. What could be easier than that?

These golden wreaths give the perfect amount of holiday spirit with their sweet taste and playful appearance.

Calling all Andes mint candy lovers! Duff says these quick-and-easy cookies taste just like their namesake candy, thanks to peppermint extract, chocolate chips and chopped Andes chocolates.

Who wouldn't love a cookie that's set with a good dose of cinnamon-sugar but still nice and soft in the center?

Simple, decadent and made in just 35 minutes, Ina's Coconut Macaroons make a great take-along treat.

Alton's easy macaroons use only four ingredients and take just 30 minutes to make. Bake until they develop a golden brown outside; they'll still be nice and moist in the middle.

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27 Easy Christmas Cookies Everyone Will Love

These powdery snowball-shaped treats melt in your mouth create a sugary mashup of nutmeg, rum, and bourbon. Yum!

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Eggnog Meltaway Cookies

These are the cutest upgrade to store-bought Milanos, and are a fun holiday project for little kids to get in on. Swap for the mint Milanos to make them extra festive!

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Milano Reindeer Cookies

A vibrant twist to your standard sugar cookie: The elegant icing swirls and smooth, glossy finish will remind you of a pepperminty candy cane.

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Holiday Swirled Sugar Cookies

The only way to make this chocolate delight any better? Aromas of espresso and snowy, crackled powdered sugar!

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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Whether you pair them with a cup of homemade hot chocolate, pile them high on a cookie plate (which makes the perfect edible gift!) or bake a batch to ship to someone special, it’s always a good idea to have a few cookie recipescookie recipes you can rely on during the holiday season.

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Festive Cookies, Without All the Fuss

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Festive Cookies, Without All the Fuss

Sandra wishes every holiday cookie was as easy to make as these tropical-inspired sweets (that start with store-bought sugar cookie dough). "The hardest part," Sandra says, "is eating just one!"

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Sandra Lee's Macadamia-Coconut Cookie

Bring the holiday cheer with these festive cookies. They're exploding with sprinkles and yummy drizzled white chocolate.

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White Chocolate Confetti Christmas Cookies

Ina's cookies are filled with spices: cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger, plus chopped crystallized ginger. A coating of sugar before baking gives them a crinkly crust.

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Ultimate Ginger Cookie

Bobby's ideal chocolate chip cookie is crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside — and appropriate any time of the year, especially on a holiday cookie platter. These fit the bill perfectly and are done in just 25 minutes.

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Throwdown Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cream your butter and sugar until they're very light and fluffy to get a great consistency for these quick-cooking sugar cookies.

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Chewy Sugar Cookies

Pignoli cookies may be standard at any Italian bakery but they're actually simple to make at home. Mix them in one bowl and they're ready in less than an hour. Anne Burrell's special touch? A bit of honey.

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Anne's Pignoli Cookies

Feeling a little nutty this Christmas? Add that into your baked goods for some crunchy yumminess with a macadamia and almond combo!

Read more

Macadamia-Almond Christmas Cookies

All you need is six ingredients to make Alton's macadamia and coconut balls.

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Chocolate Coconut Balls

Sunny starts with a basic cookie recipe and then adds in cocoa powder, chocolate chips, coconut and pecans to give it the German chocolate cake twist. It's a simple cookie recipe that's ready in just 30 minutes.

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Sunny's German Chocolate Cake Cookies

Crispy cookies with butterscotch and walnut fillings are the best way to treat yourself on a cold winter day!

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Butterscotch-Walnut Cookies

Guy folds hazelnuts, coconut and chocolate chips into his blondie batter for an easy, but delicious, treat. Simply spread the batter into a pan, bake for 40 minutes and cool before slicing into individual squares.

Read more

Blondie with Dark Roots

Trisha adds cranberries, white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts to her cookie batter. Make the cookies in advance and store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.

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White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

Get festive with this cute and creative treat! Gather your traditional dessert ingredients and experiment with chow mein noodles for the layered structure. Pouring the melted chocolate and the holiday sprinkles over the cookie is what really seals the deal.

Read more

Holiday Haystacks

These extra fudgy chocolate cookies are just as beautiful as they are delicious. The best ways to guarantee your crinkles stand out? Chill your dough and roll it in powdered sugar twice.

Read more

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Anne is a dark-chocolate fan so she chops it up with walnuts to make these oatmeal cookies nice and chunky. Top them with a sprinkle of sea salt to give them a little something special.

Read more

Super Yummy Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies

The best alternative to your favorite winter drink? Hot Cocoa Cookies, of course! They've got cinnamon spice wrapped in a chocolatey cookie (perfected with a bonus of tasty almonds and dulce de leche).

Read more

Cinnamon-Spiced Hot Chocolate Cookies

These peanut butter-filled cookies are creamed together all in one bowl. What could be easier than that?

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Peanut Butter Cookies

These golden wreaths give the perfect amount of holiday spirit with their sweet taste and playful appearance.

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Cornmeal Wreaths

Calling all Andes mint candy lovers! Duff says these quick-and-easy cookies taste just like their namesake candy, thanks to peppermint extract, chocolate chips and chopped Andes chocolates.

Read more

Andes Mint Cookies

Who wouldn't love a cookie that's set with a good dose of cinnamon-sugar but still nice and soft in the center?

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Snickerdoodles

Simple, decadent and made in just 35 minutes, Ina's Coconut Macaroons make a great take-along treat.

Read more