Jump to Recipe The holidays are here and we’re counting down with our 25 Days of Christmas Cookies to get your holiday baking season started right! From classic favorites to popular cookies and cookies that are just incredibly fun - there’s something for everyone! It’s the most wonderful time of the year - and this cookie countdown is here to keep you happily baking! All of the best tried and true cookie recipes that you can bake up to wow family and friends this holiday season! Get inspired as we bake our way to Christmas day with a wonderful set of 25+ Christmas cookies to help you celebrate! There are so many great cookies to choose from - or don’t choose and just bake them all!!
Jump to:Best 25 Days of Christmas Cookies
- Christmas Cookies
- Vintage Betty Crocker Sugar Cookies
- Christmas M&M Cookies
- Empire Biscuits
- Fruitcake Shortbread Cookies
- Kringla
- Russian Tea Cakes
- Melting Moments
- Kolaczki
- Italian Ricotta Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossoms
- Vanilla Crinkle Cookies
- Christmas M&M Bars
- Nussecken
- Gumdrop Cookies
- Oatmeal Craisin Cookies
- Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies
- Snickerdoodles
- Oatmeal Molasses Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Eggnog Sugar Cookies
- Chocolate Macaroons
- Christmas Cake Batter Meringues
- No-Bake Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
- Eggnog Meringues Bonus: Christmas Candies! 📋 Recipe 💬 Comments
Best 25 Days of Christmas Cookies Start your holiday baking off now and join in on the festive Christmas cookie countdown as we get closer to Christmas day!
- Christmas Cookies Bake up these wonderfully easy drop sugar cookies and top each off with a good portion of frosting. Sprinkle my festive mix or use your favorite holiday sprinkles to add that finishing touch! They’re one of my favorite easy Christmas sugar cookies to make! If you’re looking for a great rolled sugar cookie that doesn’t require chilling, you can also use my no-chill sugar cookie recipe!
Christmas Cookies
These Christmas cookies are a holiday favorite with their festive sprinkle topping and easy-to-make frosting that hardens for stacking! I’m also listing dozens more of my most requested and well-loved Christmas cookie recipes! You’ll want to keep baking right on into the new year!
Check out this recipe
- Vintage Betty Crocker Sugar Cookies In case you’ve missed my tales of baking when I was young, you should know that this was my Grandma’s favorite sugar cookie recipe. We baked these perfect sugar cookies up each year when I was young and I have carried this tradition forward for over 30 years! My classic sugar cookies (an all-butter sugar cookie) are a runner-up and always leave me wondering which recipe I’ll use each year!
Vintage Betty Crocker Rolled Sugar Cookies
Rolled, chilled, and cut out sugar cookies from my personal favorite, tried and true, Vintage Betty Crocker Traditional Rolled Sugar Cookies!
Check out this recipe
- Christmas M&M Cookies An incredibly easy-to-make drop cookie featuring delightfully bright red and green M&M’s candies! No decorating required - just mix and bake! All the kids are sure to enjoy this familiar favorite!
Christmas M&M Cookies
These Christmas M&M cookies are everything you love about chocolate chip cookies with the colorful addition of red and green holiday candy! The soft and chewy cookies are absolutely delightful with festive candy-coated chocolates we all know and love! They are perfect for any holiday activities or gift baskets!
Check out this recipe
- Empire Biscuits A tasty favorite that you need to try! If you’ve never had Empire biscuits (also called Empire cookies, or Imperial cookies, plus a whole lot of other names) you are truly missing out! The incredibly tender shortbread sandwiches are stuffed with jam that soaks into the cookies making these biscuits highly addictive!
Empire Biscuits
Empire Biscuits are a delicious and popular biscuit or cookie made of two shortbread cookies sandwiched around a generous portion of jam filling, then topped with icing and a cherry. These cookies are internationally loved and known by various names, but no matter what you call them they are amazingly tender and tasty!!
Check out this recipe
- Fruitcake Shortbread Cookies I love making shortbread cookies during Christmastime baking! Shortbread requires few ingredients and is always easy to mix and bake to perfection! The addition of a festive fruitcake blend of candied fruit makes these tender cookies a holiday hit! Be sure to see the equally tasty fruitcake shortbread squares with icing too!
Fruitcake Shortbread Cookies
These festive Fruitcake Shortbread Cookies are loaded with a delicious fruitcake blend in tender, buttery shortbread cookies! They are absolutely delicious slice and bake cookies with bright, fun fruitcake pieces throughout each addictive bite of shortbread!
Check out this recipe
- Kringla Kringla are pillowy soft Christmas cookies that I grew up enjoying when visiting my great-grandmother’s home during the holidays! Her Norwegian baking was OUTSTANDING and I have yet to perfect a few of her recipes - but I sure love trying! That’s not the case with these Scandinavian Christmas cookies though! They’re wonderful, tender, and tasty without being an overly sweet treat.
Kringla
These easy Kringla cookies are a traditional Scandinavian family favorite that’s perfect for Christmas, or any time of year! With just a few easy ingredients and no special equipment needed, you’ll have the softest, most pillowy cookies that you and your family will adore!
Check out this recipe
- Russian Tea Cakes Fabulously tasty Russian tea cakes (or snowball cookies) are a quick cookie to make during your holiday season! They’re perfect for sharing with friends and family as part of a cookie swap or dessert plate during your gatherings! These tender cookies feature crushed walnuts in the center for a great flavor and texture! Roll them in confectioners’ sugar once cooled to complete this very popular Christmas cookie!
Russian Tea Cakes
Russian Tea Cakes are an easy-to-make holiday classic that’s so perfect for your Christmas cookie table and cookie swaps! Tender, buttery cookies are filled with chopped walnuts and rolled in powdered sugar to make an irresistible treat! These are sure to be a new family favorite!
Check out this recipe
- Melting Moments Another wonderfully soft cookie that literally melts in your mouth is these tender melting moments cookies! Whether you dust them with confectioners’ sugar or sandwich them together they’re just SO GOOD! Add these to your list of ‘must-have’ baking ideas and double or triple the batch! They’re super easy and they’ll disappear fast!
Melting Moments (Cornstarch Cookies or Butter Cookies)
My delightfully soft and buttery melting moments are a scrumptious twist on a shortbread cookie that’s perfect for your Christmas baking! These sweet treats are so soft and tender that they will literally melt in your mouth!
Check out this recipe
- Kolaczki Oh my gosh! Talk about a super tasty cookie that combines tender, tangy dough with convenient ready-to-use pie fillings for a combo made in heaven! Perfectly sweet kolaczki never last long on a Christmas cookie tray! They’re so good that it’s just impossible to only eat one, or even two!
Kolaczki
These Kolaczki are easy-to-make Polish fruit-filled cookies that are the perfect sweet treat for holidays or any day! It takes just 5 ingredients to make these incredibly delicious cookies, so they’re guaranteed to become a part of your cookie rotation! They make a stunning addition to your Christmas cookie gift baskets too!
Check out this recipe
- Italian Ricotta Cookies Delightfully tangy Italian Christmas cookies are a tender, cake-like cookie that combines so many wonderful flavors! Add some icing and a dash of color with festive Christmas-colored sprinkles, nonpareils, or holiday-shaped sprinkles to make them complete!
Italian Ricotta Cookies (Italian Christmas Cookies)
Italian ricotta cookies are super soft, moist, and an incredibly easy-to-make classic holiday cookie that’s also amazingly delicious! Tender, sweet, yet slightly tangy cookies are covered with a bright lemon glaze and then topped with festive sprinkles! Moist, tender, and melt in your mouth – these cookies are going to be a new favorite!
Check out this recipe
- Peanut Butter Blossoms This is a holiday favorite for everyone! The classic peanut butter blossom is one of the most loved cookies to make, share, and enjoy during Christmastime that it simply had to be included in our 25 Days of Christmas Cookies!
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Peanut butter blossoms are so perfectly tasty with their chewy peanut butter cookie base and Hershey’s Kisses milk chocolate candies set on top! The added touch of white sugar is part of this classic cookie’s charm and deliciousness! Of course, they are the best cookie for peanut butter and chocolate lovers!
Check out this recipe
- Vanilla Crinkle Cookies Soft, moist, and loaded with vanilla flavor in a fun-to-make crinkle cookie! Vanilla crinkle cookies are an easy-to-make cookie that everyone will love!
Vanilla Crinkle Cookies
Tasty vanilla crinkle cookies are a holiday staple that make a wonderful addition to Christmas cookie swaps, Easter desserts, or just because! They’re easy enough to make that you don’t need an excuse like a holiday to whip up these tender cookies any day of the year!
Check out this recipe
- Christmas M&M Bars This is a favorite Christmas treat for packing and traveling to parties! Plus everyone loves the tasty cookie bars that feature festive red and green holiday M&Ms along with white chocolate chips and even more!
Christmas M&M Cookie Bars
These festive Christmas M&M cookie bars are packed with red and green holiday M&M’s, mini chocolate chips, and white chocolate chips! They’re a great start to your holiday baking and a delightful treat for cookie swaps and holiday cookie trays!
Check out this recipe
- Nussecken Hazelnut fans, stop scrolling! These traditional German Christmas cookies are a delightfully tasty treat of tender shortbread cookie base and hazelnut-rich caramelized topping! As if they could get any better - they’re not done until they’re dipped into chocolate! How much is dipped is completely up to you!
Nussecken (German Nut Corners Bars)
Nussecken (German Nut Corners) combine a buttery shortbread base, sweet apricot jam, sticky hazelnuts, and an amazing chocolate glaze! They’re a special treat to enjoy year-round and a true delight to share at Christmastime!
Check out this recipe
- Gumdrop Cookies Every year I make these fun, bright, and delicious cookies and every year the results are the same - everyone wants the recipe! Since these are an easy drop cookie to make, you’ll have no reason not to pop some in the oven too!
Gumdrop Cookies
These fun and tasty gumdrop cookies will delight kids of all ages with each bite of colorful fruit-flavored candies packed in a tender sugar cookie! They’re also incredibly easy-to-make cookies with no chilling required before popping them in the oven to bake. Though they make great holiday cookies, they are so tasty you’ll want to bake them year-round!
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- Oatmeal Craisin Cookies Take your oatmeal cookies to next level with this delicious twist on the classic oatmeal cookie! I think the cranberry and cinnamon make these perfectly suited for serving starting Thanksgiving Day!
Oatmeal Craisin Cookies
Delicious, chewy Oatmeal Craisin Cookies are easy-to-make and full of fantastic flavors that are sure to make them a new favorite! Loaded with molasses, cinnamon, vanilla, and old fashioned oats that all combine to make the perfect cookie!
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- Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies Chewy peanut butter and pecan cookies that are loved by everyone that tries them! These cookies are such a popular favorite for the holidays that they are always requested by friends and family!
Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies
My soft and chewy Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies are loaded with classic peanut butter cookie flavor with delicious chunks of pecan throughout the cookies! Top them off with a whole pecan for more great pecan flavor in these addictively tasty, buttery cookies!
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- Snickerdoodles Some timeless classics have to be included in my Christmas cookie countdown, and this early Betty Crocker cookie definitely has earned its spot! Each tender snickerdoodle cookie is coated with just the right cinnamon sugar ratio!
Snickerdoodle Cookies
Snickerdoodle Cookies are a fantastic light, buttery cookie with cinnamon sugar coating that are always eaten up quickly!
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- Oatmeal Molasses Cookies Rich, chewy, and incredibly delicious oatmeal molasses cookies are a family favorite that I have been baking since I was barely able to reach the countertop! It’s a family recipe that is treasured (and oh-so tasty)!
Oatmeal Molasses Raisin Cookies (World War II Cookies)
These quick and easy one-bowl oatmeal molasses raisin cookies are sure to be a hit with their chewy texture and addictive flavors!
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- Chocolate Chip Cookies The incredible Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookie is always appreciated when sharing cookie trays and platters! It’s a safe bet that pretty much everyone can agree on how good this well-loved cookie is!
Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The original Nestle® Toll House® Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe is a great way to bake up perfectly chewy cookies! These easy to make cookies are packed with chocolate chip morsels exactly like they should be! No matter how old you are, it’s always the right time to bake up a quick batch of chocolate chip cookies and enjoy them with a big glass of milk!
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- Eggnog Sugar Cookies I love baking with eggnog! And these tasty sugar cookies are exactly what they should be - super soft, and ridiculously delicious!
Eggnog Sugar Cookies with Nutmeg Frosting
Be prepared for a flavorful treat full of eggnog flavor with a boost of freshly grated nutmeg!
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- Chocolate Macaroons This is one of those amazing cookies that you just don’t appreciate until you make it! Don’t just take my word for it - try it, you’ll be hooked at the first bite!
Chocolate Macaroons
Chocolate Macaroons are the next level of deliciousness when it comes to the amazingly tasty, classic shredded coconut macaroon! The well-loved coconut flavor of traditional macaroons combines perfectly in these slow-baked cookies that are crispy on the outside and soft and chewy in the center!
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- Christmas Cake Batter Meringues Easy meringue cookies in holiday colors (or whatever color and flavor combo you like)! They’re versatile, easy enough to let the kids help out with, and fun to pop in your mouth and eat!
Christmas Cake Batter Meringues
These Christmas Cake Batter Meringues are absolutely one of my favorite festive holiday cookies! Bright, colorful, fun, and easy to make, the mini meringues taste like cake frosting in cookie form!
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- No-Bake Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Make a little upgrade to your classic no-bake cookie with this rich peppermint frosting that everyone will love! Add crushed candy canes for the perfect finishing touch!
Chocolate Peppermint No Bake Cookies
Our classic chocolate no bake cookie is taken to new levels with these quick and easy to make Chocolate Peppermint No Bake Cookies!
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- Eggnog Meringues I said I love baking with eggnog (and there’s more coming to the blog soon)! These tasty, melt-in-your-mouth meringues are another wonderful reason to whip up some eggnog!
Christmas Eggnog Meringue Cookies
These delicious Eggnog Meringue Cookies are a true holiday delight featuring the rich flavors of the Christmas-time favorite spiced Eggnog!
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Bonus: Christmas Candies! Crock Pot Christmas Crack Candy (Chocolate Peanut Clusters)Christmas Crack (Saltine Toffee Candy)Easy Microwave Peanut Butter FudgeChristmas Nougat I certainly hope that you enjoy this Christmas cookie countdown for 2021 and that you’ll be baking with your family soon (if you haven’t already started)! Let me know what you holiday must-have cookies are to include in next year’s 25 Days of Christmas Cookies! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year’s and may 2022 bring you nothing but the best - good health and happiness to all!
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25 Days of Christmas Cookies Countdown: Bonus Peanut Butter Cookies
The holidays are here and we’re counting down with our 25 Days of Christmas Cookies to get your holiday baking season started right! From classic favorites to popular cookies and cookies that are just incredibly fun - there’s something for everyone! Plus some extras like this classic peanut butter cookie and our Christmas candies!
Author | Angela
Servings: 30 cookies Calories: 231kcal Prep 10 minutes Cooking 10 minutes Total Time 20 minutes
Pin Recipe Share on Facebook Ingredients US CustomaryMetric1x2x3x▢ 1 cup butter (at room temperature)▢ 1 ½ cups peanut butter (creamy or chunky)▢ 1 cup sugar▢ 1 cup light brown sugar (packed)▢ 2 large eggs (at room temperature)▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract▢ 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder▢ ¼ teaspoon salt▢ 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
InstructionsPreheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line your baking sheet(s) with parchment paper.In a large mixing bowl, or the bowl of your stand mixer, cream together the butter, peanut butter, sugar, and light brown sugar until creamy.1 cup butter, 1 ½ cups peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup light brown sugarAdd the eggs, vanilla extract, baking soda, baking powder, and salt then mix until smooth. *Add 1 tablespoon of your flour if the wet ingredients start to ‘curdle’ with the addition of the eggs.2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon saltStir in the flour until it has been completely incorporated into the dough.2 ¾ cups all-purpose flourShape the dough into 1 inch round balls, roll them in sugar if desired. Place onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets with approximately 2 inches of spacing between each cookie.Use a fork to gently press the cookies down to about half the height. Criss-cross the tine marks to make the usual checkered pattern of peanut butter cookies.Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 8-10 minutes, or until the cookie edges begin to brown slightly.Remove cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring the cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. NutritionCalories: 231kcal (12%) | Carbohydrates: 25g (8%) | Protein: 5g (10%) | Fat: 13g (20%) | Saturated Fat: 5g (31%) | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 29mg (10%) | Sodium: 195mg (8%) | Potassium: 126mg (4%) | Fiber: 1g (4%) | Sugar: 15g (17%) | Vitamin A: 207IU (4%) | Calcium: 23mg (2%) | Iron: 1mg (6%) Did you try this recipe? Rate it below!I can’t wait to see your results! Mention @bake_it_with_love or tag #bake_it_with_love! Peanut Butter Cookies Course cookies, Cookies & Bars Recipes, DessertCuisine AmericanAngela @ BakeItWithLove.comAngela is an at home chef that developed a passion for all things cooking and baking at a young age in her Grandma’s kitchen. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love! bakeitwithlove.com/about/
The holidays are here and we’re counting down with our 25 Days of Christmas Cookies to get your holiday baking season started right! From classic favorites to popular cookies and cookies that are just incredibly fun - there’s something for everyone!
All of the best tried and true cookie recipes that you can bake up to wow family and friends this holiday season!
Get inspired as we bake our way to Christmas day with a wonderful set of 25+ Christmas cookies to help you celebrate! There are so many great cookies to choose from - or don’t choose and just bake them all!!
Best 25 Days of Christmas Cookies
Start your holiday baking off now and join in on the festive Christmas cookie countdown as we get closer to Christmas day!
1. Christmas Cookies
Bake up these wonderfully easy drop sugar cookies and top each off with a good portion of frosting. Sprinkle my festive mix or use your favorite holiday sprinkles to add that finishing touch!
They’re one of my favorite easy Christmas sugar cookies to make! If you’re looking for a great rolled sugar cookie that doesn’t require chilling, you can also use my no-chill sugar cookie recipe!
Christmas Cookies
These Christmas cookies are a holiday favorite with their festive sprinkle topping and easy-to-make frosting that hardens for stacking! I’m also listing dozens more of my most requested and well-loved Christmas cookie recipes! You’ll want to keep baking right on into the new year!
Check out this recipe
2. Vintage Betty Crocker Sugar Cookies
In case you’ve missed my tales of baking when I was young, you should know that this was my Grandma’s favorite sugar cookie recipe. We baked these perfect sugar cookies up each year when I was young and I have carried this tradition forward for over 30 years!
These Christmas cookies are a holiday favorite with their festive sprinkle topping and easy-to-make frosting that hardens for stacking! I’m also listing dozens more of my most requested and well-loved Christmas cookie recipes! You’ll want to keep baking right on into the new year!
My classic sugar cookies (an all-butter sugar cookie) are a runner-up and always leave me wondering which recipe I’ll use each year!
Vintage Betty Crocker Rolled Sugar Cookies
Rolled, chilled, and cut out sugar cookies from my personal favorite, tried and true, Vintage Betty Crocker Traditional Rolled Sugar Cookies!
Check out this recipe
3. Christmas M&M Cookies
An incredibly easy-to-make drop cookie featuring delightfully bright red and green M&M’s candies! No decorating required - just mix and bake!
Rolled, chilled, and cut out sugar cookies from my personal favorite, tried and true, Vintage Betty Crocker Traditional Rolled Sugar Cookies!
All the kids are sure to enjoy this familiar favorite!
Christmas M&M Cookies
These Christmas M&M cookies are everything you love about chocolate chip cookies with the colorful addition of red and green holiday candy! The soft and chewy cookies are absolutely delightful with festive candy-coated chocolates we all know and love! They are perfect for any holiday activities or gift baskets!
Check out this recipe
4. Empire Biscuits
A tasty favorite that you need to try! If you’ve never had Empire biscuits (also called Empire cookies, or Imperial cookies, plus a whole lot of other names) you are truly missing out!
These Christmas M&M cookies are everything you love about chocolate chip cookies with the colorful addition of red and green holiday candy! The soft and chewy cookies are absolutely delightful with festive candy-coated chocolates we all know and love! They are perfect for any holiday activities or gift baskets!
The incredibly tender shortbread sandwiches are stuffed with jam that soaks into the cookies making these biscuits highly addictive!
Empire Biscuits
Empire Biscuits are a delicious and popular biscuit or cookie made of two shortbread cookies sandwiched around a generous portion of jam filling, then topped with icing and a cherry. These cookies are internationally loved and known by various names, but no matter what you call them they are amazingly tender and tasty!!
Check out this recipe
5. Fruitcake Shortbread Cookies
I love making shortbread cookies during Christmastime baking! Shortbread requires few ingredients and is always easy to mix and bake to perfection!
Empire Biscuits are a delicious and popular biscuit or cookie made of two shortbread cookies sandwiched around a generous portion of jam filling, then topped with icing and a cherry. These cookies are internationally loved and known by various names, but no matter what you call them they are amazingly tender and tasty!!
The addition of a festive fruitcake blend of candied fruit makes these tender cookies a holiday hit! Be sure to see the equally tasty fruitcake shortbread squares with icing too!
Fruitcake Shortbread Cookies
These festive Fruitcake Shortbread Cookies are loaded with a delicious fruitcake blend in tender, buttery shortbread cookies! They are absolutely delicious slice and bake cookies with bright, fun fruitcake pieces throughout each addictive bite of shortbread!
Check out this recipe
6. Kringla
Kringla are pillowy soft Christmas cookies that I grew up enjoying when visiting my great-grandmother’s home during the holidays! Her Norwegian baking was OUTSTANDING and I have yet to perfect a few of her recipes - but I sure love trying!
These festive Fruitcake Shortbread Cookies are loaded with a delicious fruitcake blend in tender, buttery shortbread cookies! They are absolutely delicious slice and bake cookies with bright, fun fruitcake pieces throughout each addictive bite of shortbread!
That’s not the case with these Scandinavian Christmas cookies though! They’re wonderful, tender, and tasty without being an overly sweet treat.
Kringla
These easy Kringla cookies are a traditional Scandinavian family favorite that’s perfect for Christmas, or any time of year! With just a few easy ingredients and no special equipment needed, you’ll have the softest, most pillowy cookies that you and your family will adore!
Check out this recipe
7. Russian Tea Cakes
Fabulously tasty Russian tea cakes (or snowball cookies) are a quick cookie to make during your holiday season! They’re perfect for sharing with friends and family as part of a cookie swap or dessert plate during your gatherings!
These easy Kringla cookies are a traditional Scandinavian family favorite that’s perfect for Christmas, or any time of year! With just a few easy ingredients and no special equipment needed, you’ll have the softest, most pillowy cookies that you and your family will adore!
These tender cookies feature crushed walnuts in the center for a great flavor and texture! Roll them in confectioners’ sugar once cooled to complete this very popular Christmas cookie!
Russian Tea Cakes
Russian Tea Cakes are an easy-to-make holiday classic that’s so perfect for your Christmas cookie table and cookie swaps! Tender, buttery cookies are filled with chopped walnuts and rolled in powdered sugar to make an irresistible treat! These are sure to be a new family favorite!
Check out this recipe
8. Melting Moments
Another wonderfully soft cookie that literally melts in your mouth is these tender melting moments cookies! Whether you dust them with confectioners’ sugar or sandwich them together they’re just SO GOOD!
Russian Tea Cakes are an easy-to-make holiday classic that’s so perfect for your Christmas cookie table and cookie swaps! Tender, buttery cookies are filled with chopped walnuts and rolled in powdered sugar to make an irresistible treat! These are sure to be a new family favorite!
Add these to your list of ‘must-have’ baking ideas and double or triple the batch! They’re super easy and they’ll disappear fast!
Melting Moments (Cornstarch Cookies or Butter Cookies)
My delightfully soft and buttery melting moments are a scrumptious twist on a shortbread cookie that’s perfect for your Christmas baking! These sweet treats are so soft and tender that they will literally melt in your mouth!
Check out this recipe
9. Kolaczki
Oh my gosh! Talk about a super tasty cookie that combines tender, tangy dough with convenient ready-to-use pie fillings for a combo made in heaven!
My delightfully soft and buttery melting moments are a scrumptious twist on a shortbread cookie that’s perfect for your Christmas baking! These sweet treats are so soft and tender that they will literally melt in your mouth!
Perfectly sweet kolaczki never last long on a Christmas cookie tray! They’re so good that it’s just impossible to only eat one, or even two!
Kolaczki
These Kolaczki are easy-to-make Polish fruit-filled cookies that are the perfect sweet treat for holidays or any day! It takes just 5 ingredients to make these incredibly delicious cookies, so they’re guaranteed to become a part of your cookie rotation! They make a stunning addition to your Christmas cookie gift baskets too!
Check out this recipe
10. Italian Ricotta Cookies
Delightfully tangy Italian Christmas cookies are a tender, cake-like cookie that combines so many wonderful flavors! Add some icing and a dash of color with festive Christmas-colored sprinkles, nonpareils, or holiday-shaped sprinkles to make them complete!
These Kolaczki are easy-to-make Polish fruit-filled cookies that are the perfect sweet treat for holidays or any day! It takes just 5 ingredients to make these incredibly delicious cookies, so they’re guaranteed to become a part of your cookie rotation! They make a stunning addition to your Christmas cookie gift baskets too!
Italian Ricotta Cookies (Italian Christmas Cookies)
Italian ricotta cookies are super soft, moist, and an incredibly easy-to-make classic holiday cookie that’s also amazingly delicious! Tender, sweet, yet slightly tangy cookies are covered with a bright lemon glaze and then topped with festive sprinkles! Moist, tender, and melt in your mouth – these cookies are going to be a new favorite!
Check out this recipe
11. Peanut Butter Blossoms
This is a holiday favorite for everyone! The classic peanut butter blossom is one of the most loved cookies to make, share, and enjoy during Christmastime that it simply had to be included in our 25 Days of Christmas Cookies!
Italian ricotta cookies are super soft, moist, and an incredibly easy-to-make classic holiday cookie that’s also amazingly delicious! Tender, sweet, yet slightly tangy cookies are covered with a bright lemon glaze and then topped with festive sprinkles! Moist, tender, and melt in your mouth – these cookies are going to be a new favorite!
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Peanut butter blossoms are so perfectly tasty with their chewy peanut butter cookie base and Hershey’s Kisses milk chocolate candies set on top! The added touch of white sugar is part of this classic cookie’s charm and deliciousness! Of course, they are the best cookie for peanut butter and chocolate lovers!
Check out this recipe
12. Vanilla Crinkle Cookies
Soft, moist, and loaded with vanilla flavor in a fun-to-make crinkle cookie! Vanilla crinkle cookies are an easy-to-make cookie that everyone will love!
Peanut butter blossoms are so perfectly tasty with their chewy peanut butter cookie base and Hershey’s Kisses milk chocolate candies set on top! The added touch of white sugar is part of this classic cookie’s charm and deliciousness! Of course, they are the best cookie for peanut butter and chocolate lovers!
Vanilla Crinkle Cookies
Tasty vanilla crinkle cookies are a holiday staple that make a wonderful addition to Christmas cookie swaps, Easter desserts, or just because! They’re easy enough to make that you don’t need an excuse like a holiday to whip up these tender cookies any day of the year!
Check out this recipe
13. Christmas M&M Bars
This is a favorite Christmas treat for packing and traveling to parties! Plus everyone loves the tasty cookie bars that feature festive red and green holiday M&Ms along with white chocolate chips and even more!
Tasty vanilla crinkle cookies are a holiday staple that make a wonderful addition to Christmas cookie swaps, Easter desserts, or just because! They’re easy enough to make that you don’t need an excuse like a holiday to whip up these tender cookies any day of the year!
Christmas M&M Cookie Bars
These festive Christmas M&M cookie bars are packed with red and green holiday M&M’s, mini chocolate chips, and white chocolate chips! They’re a great start to your holiday baking and a delightful treat for cookie swaps and holiday cookie trays!
Check out this recipe
14. Nussecken
Hazelnut fans, stop scrolling! These traditional German Christmas cookies are a delightfully tasty treat of tender shortbread cookie base and hazelnut-rich caramelized topping!
These festive Christmas M&M cookie bars are packed with red and green holiday M&M’s, mini chocolate chips, and white chocolate chips! They’re a great start to your holiday baking and a delightful treat for cookie swaps and holiday cookie trays!
As if they could get any better - they’re not done until they’re dipped into chocolate! How much is dipped is completely up to you!
Nussecken (German Nut Corners Bars)
Nussecken (German Nut Corners) combine a buttery shortbread base, sweet apricot jam, sticky hazelnuts, and an amazing chocolate glaze! They’re a special treat to enjoy year-round and a true delight to share at Christmastime!
Check out this recipe
15. Gumdrop Cookies
Every year I make these fun, bright, and delicious cookies and every year the results are the same - everyone wants the recipe! Since these are an easy drop cookie to make, you’ll have no reason not to pop some in the oven too!
Nussecken (German Nut Corners) combine a buttery shortbread base, sweet apricot jam, sticky hazelnuts, and an amazing chocolate glaze! They’re a special treat to enjoy year-round and a true delight to share at Christmastime!
Gumdrop Cookies
These fun and tasty gumdrop cookies will delight kids of all ages with each bite of colorful fruit-flavored candies packed in a tender sugar cookie! They’re also incredibly easy-to-make cookies with no chilling required before popping them in the oven to bake. Though they make great holiday cookies, they are so tasty you’ll want to bake them year-round!
Check out this recipe
16. Oatmeal Craisin Cookies
Take your oatmeal cookies to next level with this delicious twist on the classic oatmeal cookie! I think the cranberry and cinnamon make these perfectly suited for serving starting Thanksgiving Day!
These fun and tasty gumdrop cookies will delight kids of all ages with each bite of colorful fruit-flavored candies packed in a tender sugar cookie! They’re also incredibly easy-to-make cookies with no chilling required before popping them in the oven to bake. Though they make great holiday cookies, they are so tasty you’ll want to bake them year-round!
Oatmeal Craisin Cookies
Delicious, chewy Oatmeal Craisin Cookies are easy-to-make and full of fantastic flavors that are sure to make them a new favorite! Loaded with molasses, cinnamon, vanilla, and old fashioned oats that all combine to make the perfect cookie!
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17. Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies
Chewy peanut butter and pecan cookies that are loved by everyone that tries them! These cookies are such a popular favorite for the holidays that they are always requested by friends and family!
Delicious, chewy Oatmeal Craisin Cookies are easy-to-make and full of fantastic flavors that are sure to make them a new favorite! Loaded with molasses, cinnamon, vanilla, and old fashioned oats that all combine to make the perfect cookie!
Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies
My soft and chewy Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies are loaded with classic peanut butter cookie flavor with delicious chunks of pecan throughout the cookies! Top them off with a whole pecan for more great pecan flavor in these addictively tasty, buttery cookies!
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18. Snickerdoodles
Some timeless classics have to be included in my Christmas cookie countdown, and this early Betty Crocker cookie definitely has earned its spot! Each tender snickerdoodle cookie is coated with just the right cinnamon sugar ratio!
My soft and chewy Peanut Butter Pecan Cookies are loaded with classic peanut butter cookie flavor with delicious chunks of pecan throughout the cookies! Top them off with a whole pecan for more great pecan flavor in these addictively tasty, buttery cookies!
Snickerdoodle Cookies
Snickerdoodle Cookies are a fantastic light, buttery cookie with cinnamon sugar coating that are always eaten up quickly!
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19. Oatmeal Molasses Cookies
Rich, chewy, and incredibly delicious oatmeal molasses cookies are a family favorite that I have been baking since I was barely able to reach the countertop! It’s a family recipe that is treasured (and oh-so tasty)!
Snickerdoodle Cookies are a fantastic light, buttery cookie with cinnamon sugar coating that are always eaten up quickly!
Oatmeal Molasses Raisin Cookies (World War II Cookies)
These quick and easy one-bowl oatmeal molasses raisin cookies are sure to be a hit with their chewy texture and addictive flavors!
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20. Chocolate Chip Cookies
The incredible Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookie is always appreciated when sharing cookie trays and platters! It’s a safe bet that pretty much everyone can agree on how good this well-loved cookie is!
These quick and easy one-bowl oatmeal molasses raisin cookies are sure to be a hit with their chewy texture and addictive flavors!
Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The original Nestle® Toll House® Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe is a great way to bake up perfectly chewy cookies! These easy to make cookies are packed with chocolate chip morsels exactly like they should be! No matter how old you are, it’s always the right time to bake up a quick batch of chocolate chip cookies and enjoy them with a big glass of milk!
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21. Eggnog Sugar Cookies
I love baking with eggnog! And these tasty sugar cookies are exactly what they should be - super soft, and ridiculously delicious!
The original Nestle® Toll House® Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe is a great way to bake up perfectly chewy cookies! These easy to make cookies are packed with chocolate chip morsels exactly like they should be! No matter how old you are, it’s always the right time to bake up a quick batch of chocolate chip cookies and enjoy them with a big glass of milk!
Eggnog Sugar Cookies with Nutmeg Frosting
Be prepared for a flavorful treat full of eggnog flavor with a boost of freshly grated nutmeg!
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22. Chocolate Macaroons
This is one of those amazing cookies that you just don’t appreciate until you make it! Don’t just take my word for it - try it, you’ll be hooked at the first bite!
Be prepared for a flavorful treat full of eggnog flavor with a boost of freshly grated nutmeg!
Chocolate Macaroons
Chocolate Macaroons are the next level of deliciousness when it comes to the amazingly tasty, classic shredded coconut macaroon! The well-loved coconut flavor of traditional macaroons combines perfectly in these slow-baked cookies that are crispy on the outside and soft and chewy in the center!
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23. Christmas Cake Batter Meringues
Easy meringue cookies in holiday colors (or whatever color and flavor combo you like)! They’re versatile, easy enough to let the kids help out with, and fun to pop in your mouth and eat!
Chocolate Macaroons are the next level of deliciousness when it comes to the amazingly tasty, classic shredded coconut macaroon! The well-loved coconut flavor of traditional macaroons combines perfectly in these slow-baked cookies that are crispy on the outside and soft and chewy in the center!
Christmas Cake Batter Meringues
These Christmas Cake Batter Meringues are absolutely one of my favorite festive holiday cookies! Bright, colorful, fun, and easy to make, the mini meringues taste like cake frosting in cookie form!
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24. No-Bake Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Make a little upgrade to your classic no-bake cookie with this rich peppermint frosting that everyone will love! Add crushed candy canes for the perfect finishing touch!
These Christmas Cake Batter Meringues are absolutely one of my favorite festive holiday cookies! Bright, colorful, fun, and easy to make, the mini meringues taste like cake frosting in cookie form!
Chocolate Peppermint No Bake Cookies
Our classic chocolate no bake cookie is taken to new levels with these quick and easy to make Chocolate Peppermint No Bake Cookies!
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25. Eggnog Meringues
I said I love baking with eggnog (and there’s more coming to the blog soon)! These tasty, melt-in-your-mouth meringues are another wonderful reason to whip up some eggnog!
Our classic chocolate no bake cookie is taken to new levels with these quick and easy to make Chocolate Peppermint No Bake Cookies!
Christmas Eggnog Meringue Cookies
These delicious Eggnog Meringue Cookies are a true holiday delight featuring the rich flavors of the Christmas-time favorite spiced Eggnog!
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Bonus: Christmas Candies!
- Crock Pot Christmas Crack Candy (Chocolate Peanut Clusters)Christmas Crack (Saltine Toffee Candy)Easy Microwave Peanut Butter FudgeChristmas Nougat
I certainly hope that you enjoy this Christmas cookie countdown for 2021 and that you’ll be baking with your family soon (if you haven’t already started)! Let me know what you holiday must-have cookies are to include in next year’s 25 Days of Christmas Cookies!
These delicious Eggnog Meringue Cookies are a true holiday delight featuring the rich flavors of the Christmas-time favorite spiced Eggnog!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year’s and may 2022 bring you nothing but the best - good health and happiness to all!
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25 Days of Christmas Cookies Countdown: Bonus Peanut Butter Cookies
The holidays are here and we’re counting down with our 25 Days of Christmas Cookies to get your holiday baking season started right! From classic favorites to popular cookies and cookies that are just incredibly fun - there’s something for everyone! Plus some extras like this classic peanut butter cookie and our Christmas candies!
Author | Angela
Servings: 30 cookies Calories: 231kcal Prep 10 minutes Cooking 10 minutes Total Time 20 minutes
Pin Recipe Share on Facebook Ingredients US CustomaryMetric1x2x3x▢ 1 cup butter (at room temperature)▢ 1 ½ cups peanut butter (creamy or chunky)▢ 1 cup sugar▢ 1 cup light brown sugar (packed)▢ 2 large eggs (at room temperature)▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract▢ 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder▢ ¼ teaspoon salt▢ 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
InstructionsPreheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line your baking sheet(s) with parchment paper.In a large mixing bowl, or the bowl of your stand mixer, cream together the butter, peanut butter, sugar, and light brown sugar until creamy.1 cup butter, 1 ½ cups peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup light brown sugarAdd the eggs, vanilla extract, baking soda, baking powder, and salt then mix until smooth. *Add 1 tablespoon of your flour if the wet ingredients start to ‘curdle’ with the addition of the eggs.2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon saltStir in the flour until it has been completely incorporated into the dough.2 ¾ cups all-purpose flourShape the dough into 1 inch round balls, roll them in sugar if desired. Place onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets with approximately 2 inches of spacing between each cookie.Use a fork to gently press the cookies down to about half the height. Criss-cross the tine marks to make the usual checkered pattern of peanut butter cookies.Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 8-10 minutes, or until the cookie edges begin to brown slightly.Remove cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring the cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. NutritionCalories: 231kcal (12%) | Carbohydrates: 25g (8%) | Protein: 5g (10%) | Fat: 13g (20%) | Saturated Fat: 5g (31%) | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 29mg (10%) | Sodium: 195mg (8%) | Potassium: 126mg (4%) | Fiber: 1g (4%) | Sugar: 15g (17%) | Vitamin A: 207IU (4%) | Calcium: 23mg (2%) | Iron: 1mg (6%) Did you try this recipe? Rate it below!I can’t wait to see your results! Mention @bake_it_with_love or tag #bake_it_with_love! Peanut Butter Cookies Course cookies, Cookies & Bars Recipes, DessertCuisine American
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25 Days of Christmas Cookies Countdown: Bonus Peanut Butter Cookies
The holidays are here and we’re counting down with our 25 Days of Christmas Cookies to get your holiday baking season started right! From classic favorites to popular cookies and cookies that are just incredibly fun - there’s something for everyone! Plus some extras like this classic peanut butter cookie and our Christmas candies!
Author | Angela
Servings: 30 cookies
Calories: 231kcal
Prep 10 minutes
Cooking 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Ingredients US CustomaryMetric1x2x3x▢ 1 cup butter (at room temperature)▢ 1 ½ cups peanut butter (creamy or chunky)▢ 1 cup sugar▢ 1 cup light brown sugar (packed)▢ 2 large eggs (at room temperature)▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract▢ 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder▢ ¼ teaspoon salt▢ 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
InstructionsPreheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line your baking sheet(s) with parchment paper.In a large mixing bowl, or the bowl of your stand mixer, cream together the butter, peanut butter, sugar, and light brown sugar until creamy.1 cup butter, 1 ½ cups peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup light brown sugarAdd the eggs, vanilla extract, baking soda, baking powder, and salt then mix until smooth. *Add 1 tablespoon of your flour if the wet ingredients start to ‘curdle’ with the addition of the eggs.2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon saltStir in the flour until it has been completely incorporated into the dough.2 ¾ cups all-purpose flourShape the dough into 1 inch round balls, roll them in sugar if desired. Place onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets with approximately 2 inches of spacing between each cookie.Use a fork to gently press the cookies down to about half the height. Criss-cross the tine marks to make the usual checkered pattern of peanut butter cookies.Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 8-10 minutes, or until the cookie edges begin to brown slightly.Remove cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring the cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Calories: 231kcal (12%) | Carbohydrates: 25g (8%) | Protein: 5g (10%) | Fat: 13g (20%) | Saturated Fat: 5g (31%) | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 29mg (10%) | Sodium: 195mg (8%) | Potassium: 126mg (4%) | Fiber: 1g (4%) | Sugar: 15g (17%) | Vitamin A: 207IU (4%) | Calcium: 23mg (2%) | Iron: 1mg (6%)
Did you try this recipe? Rate it below!I can’t wait to see your results! Mention @bake_it_with_love or tag #bake_it_with_love!
Course cookies, Cookies & Bars Recipes, DessertCuisine American
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