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    Home » Recipes » Dessert

    Best Christmas Cookies

    Published by Melissa on December 22, 2018 | Updated December 18, 2021 | 7 Comments

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    Christmas cookies are always a welcome gift. Today I’m featuring a recipe roundup of the best Christmas cookies on Barbara Bakes. Cookies that I would love if someone would bake and wrap up in a pretty box for me. I’m sure your friends and family will love them too. 

    collage of a recipe roundup of the best Christmas cookies on Barbara Bakes.

    Best Christmas Cookies

    There’s still plenty of time to whip up a batch of cookies to take to the neighbors or friends. My family likes to make and decorate sugar cookies for Santa every year. Santa told me he likes all kinds of cookies, so you don’t have to limit yourself to sugar cookies. Any of these fabulous cookie recipes would be perfect for the holidays.

    Soft gingersnap cookies made with molasses and the warm winter spices ginger and cinnamon.

    Soft gingersnap cookies made with molasses and the warm winter spices ginger and cinnamon. You can’t go wrong with a classic.

    platter of Dutch Bitterkoekjes cookies

    Bitterkoekjes are almond macaroons with a crisp exterior and a soft center. This macaroons recipe is made with almond paste and without coconut. A Dutch treat that my husband’s family devours on Christmas Day.

    A Cherry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Toffee Cookie loaded with oatmeal, tart dried cherries, rich chocolate chips, and crunchy toffee bits. 

    Cherry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Toffee Cookies are one of the reasons I started Barbara Bakes. It’s loaded with goodies and it’s still a favorite at our house.

    Dorie Greenspan\'s World Peace Cookies

    World Peace Cookies are a famous and decadent chocolate shortbread cookie studded with chocolate chips. The crumbly, but not too crisp texture and rich chocolate flavor makes this a chocolate cookie recipe you’ll want to bake again and again.

    Lime Meltaway Cookies covered in powdered sugar.

    A meltaway is a soft crumbly cookie that melts in your mouth. These Lime Meltaways are a not too sweet cookie with a tart lime flavor that are dusted with powdered sugar after baking.

    Lemon Bar Cookie Cups served on a floral plate

    Lemon Bar Cookie Cups are a must bake. If you love lemon bars, then you’re going to love this easy to serve lemon bar cookie cup. This has become one of the most popular cookies on Barbara Bakes.

    Thick, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies on a platter with a mini jug of milk.

    You can never go wrong with including a perfect chocolate chip cookie on your cookie trays. These Thick, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies will become your favorite chocolate chip cookie.

    Caramel Cashew Cookie Cups - Cookie cups made with rich cashew butter, crunchy chopped cashews and filled with a soft, gooey caramel

    These Caramel Cashew Cookie Cups are made with rich cashew butter, crunchy chopped cashews and filled with a soft, gooey caramel. Perfect for the cashew lover in your life.

    If you love a chewy cookie, you’ll love these Chewy Caramel Stuffed Sugar Cookies.

    If you love a chewy cookie, you’ll love these Chewy Caramel Stuffed Sugar Cookies. They’re a super chewy cookie with a chewy caramel hidden inside, then rolled in turbinado sugar for just a little crunch. These are my son-in-law’s favorite cookie.

    Christmas Sugar Cookies decorated and resting on a cooling rack

    Finally, my Sugar cookie recipe. This is the cookie that my family expects every year at Christmas time. This year all my kids and grandkids are coming over to help cut out and decorate these fun-to-make, fun-to-eat cookies.

    Happy holidays everyone! I hope your new year is filled with people you love and delicious food to eat.

    More Christmas cookie roundups:

    30+ Christmas Cookies, 365 Days of Baking & More
    25 Christmas Cookies, The Cookie Rookie
    7 Favorite Italian Holiday Cookies, Wishes and Dishes

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    1. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

      December 22, 2018 at 11:35 pm

      I always think of you and cookies mum! I remember your Snickerdoodles were such a big hit. Wishing you and the family a very Merry Christmas! 😀 xxx

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    2. Mary Frances

      December 08, 2015 at 11:34 am

      Oh wow! These cookies look so good! I’m excited for christamas!!

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    3. Amy

      December 08, 2015 at 4:45 am

      Perfect, is delivery available? Seriously, thanks for putting this list together.,

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    4. Nagi@RecipeTinEats

      December 08, 2015 at 12:09 am

      I want ’em all for Christmas! This made me wish I’d wake up to a big box of cookies under my tree.

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    5. Annamaria @ Bakewell Junction

      December 07, 2015 at 9:02 pm

      Barbara,
      This is lovely cookie roundup. I’ll have a few of them to my cookie list.
      Annamaria

      Reply
    6. Melissa @ My Recent Favorite books

      December 07, 2015 at 4:39 pm

      All of these sound delicious! I think my favorite would be the Cherry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Toffee Cookies !
      Happy Holidays!

      Reply
    7. Carol

      December 07, 2015 at 8:26 am

      All of your cookies look delicious-a few of them are new to me-always welcome those. Gotta say-those Soft Gingersnap Cookies are one of our favorites…I’ve made them quite a few times since making them for Christmas Cookie trays last year. 🙂

      Reply

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