Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes: Best of the best, cookies for the most popular time of the year. Perfect to serve Santa, a cookie tray for an exchange or a holiday gathering, or to enjoy on a Christmas movie night!
What is it about Christmas, that makes me think that I can, and NEED to make every Christmas cookie out there?
But instead of spending a million hours in the kitchen doing that, I think I’ll just stare at these 20 Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes… AND share them with you. Less calories that way too. 😉
Christmas Cookie Recipes
Best Christmas Cookie Recipes
Cookie recipes specifically for Christmas and some traditional recipes that are hard to leave out on Christmas!
Pecan Snowball cookies are a Christmas staple, and are so easy to make with only a few ingredients!
A no bake cornflake cookie recipe that's ready in minutes and uses simple ingredients, perfect for Christmas cookie making!
This chocolate cookie recipe is made with a cake mix and uses fun ingredients to make them look like Reindeer cookies!
A traditional Christmas cookie recipe that should be on every holiday platter!
The combination of chocolate and cherry is hard to beat! The red of the cherries pop and are delicious!
Although not a Christmas cookie necessarily, it's a delicious cookie recipe that's perfect for gift-giving and for cookie platters.
It doesn't get much more "Christmas" than these! These no bake Cornflake Wreath cookies are a must-make!
An old-fashioned peanut butter cookie that's easy to make and is a favorite on Santa's plate, next to milk! But did you know you can make peanut butter cookies with a cake mix, too?
Take sugar cookies to the next level by making cookie sandwiches with them!
A red velvet cake mix cook that's ready in for baking in minutes and comes out ooey-gooey good!
If you're making sugar cookies for the holidays, and want to try using royal icing, look no further! This tutorial is perfect for the beginner.
A classic favorite, these chocolate oatmeal no bake cookies are ready in minutes!
Skip the chocolate frosting this year and try spreading Nutella on these sugar cookies!
Need a classic sugar cookie recipe that's delicious AND great for holding their shape? These are it!
Only two ingredients to make this peanut butter cookie with Reese's cups!
Peppermint and chocolate go wonderfully together, especially around Christmas time!
How sweet are these thumbprint cookies? The different colors, make them look like Christmas ornaments! Perfect for the Christmas dessert table!
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Recipe - Easy Christmas Cookies!
A chocolate cookie recipe, covered in peppermint buttercream is such a great combination!
These are so adorable and shine with Christmas cheer!
Who says cookies have to be round? These cookie bars are beautiful to look at and tasty on Christmas!
An old-fashioned favorite cookie, these can be a staple during the holiday!
More Christmas Recipes
If you love easy cookie recipes, then I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that you love easy dessert recipes too?
Here are some of the tastiest Christmas recipes here on the blog:
Shar says
These Christmas cookies are so cute and adorable! Tried some of them and kids are excited to make some of them for Christmas!
Melissa says
We tried the Rudolph cookies and couldn’t get enough! Can’t wait to make them again!
Gigi says
Thank you for putting together this list. I have enough to keep me busy. I already tried the peppermint ones and they are so good. Thinking of making the oatmeal cookies next and the wreaths look interesting! My holiday baking should be a breeze with this list.
Karen Wood says
The Eggnog Pudding Pies took me by surprise! As much as I love homemade cookies…I love pies even more.
Tanya says
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Snowballs – it very opportunely!
Lara @ Overstuffed says
Thanks so much for featuring two of my recipes! The Peppermint Meltaways are definitely our favorite holiday cookie, but now I’m seeing a bunch of others on this list that I need to try!
Jessica says
You bet! They look delicious! Oh gosh I know… I’m going to be on cookie overload! Lol! 🙂 Thanks for popping by!