10 Delicious Christmas Cookies to Bake This Season

Get ready to fill your kitchen with the sweet smells of the holidays. This roundup of Christmas cookies and festive treats is packed with recipes that are easy, fun, and perfect for gifting or sharing with loved ones. From classic sugar cookies to chocolatey indulgences, colorful M&M cookies, and creative twists like cookies and cream cinnamon rolls, there’s something for every sweet tooth. These recipes are sure to make your holiday season a little brighter and a lot tastier.

Christmas Blossom Cookies

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Shortbread-style cookies topped with a Hershey Kiss and drizzled with red and green chocolate. Soft, festive, and perfect for holiday cookie trays.
Get the Recipe: Christmas Blossom Cookies

Christmas Chocolate Sugar Cookies and Buttercream Dip

A bowl of white dip topped with red and green sprinkles is surrounded by chocolate holiday-shaped cookies on a plate. — Christmas Chocolate Sugar Cookies and Buttercream Dip. Photo credit: Xoxo Bella .

Chocolate sugar cookies served with a creamy buttercream dip. A fun and delicious treat everyone will love this holiday season.
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Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

A close-up of a spiral sugar cookie with red, green, and white swirls, coated with colorful sprinkles, placed on a white cloth with more cookies in the background. — Christmas Pinwheel Cookies. Photo credit: One Hot Oven.

Colorful pinwheel cookies that look as good as they taste. Add these to your holiday cookie tray for a festive and fun touch.
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Christmas Sugar Cookies

Christmas-themed sugar cookies shaped like gingerbread people, Christmas trees, and candy canes with green, white, and red icing on a black cooling rack. — Christmas Sugar Cookies. Photo credit: Urban Farmie.

Tender and buttery sugar cookies decorated with royal icing. Perfect for gifting or sharing at holiday parties.
Get the Recipe: Christmas Sugar Cookies

Christmas Tree Cookies

A tree-shaped cookie with a red and white string hangs on a glass of milk; more cookies are on a plate in the background. — Christmas Tree Cookies. Photo credit: Running to the Kitchen.

Adorable tree-shaped cookies packed with chocolate chunks and walnuts. Perfect for decorating, gifting, or dunking in milk.
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Church Window Cookies

A plate of colorful marshmallow and chocolate slices, with one piece partially eaten, surrounded by more slices and scattered mini marshmallows. — Church Window Cookies. Photo credit: Xoxo Bella .

Sweet, colorful cookies with a stained glass effect. They’re fun to make and beautiful on any holiday cookie platter.
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Cinnamon Lattice Cookies

A stack of lattice-patterned cookies sits on a cooling rack next to two cinnamon sticks. — Cinnamon Lattice Cookies. Photo credit: xoxoBella.

Soft and sweet cinnamon cookies with warm, earthy spice flavors. A simple and festive addition to your holiday baking.
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Circus Animal Sugar Cookies

Cookies with swirled frosting are topped with pink and white frosted animal crackers and colorful sprinkles. Additional animal crackers are scattered around. — Circus Animal Sugar Cookies. Photo credit: xoxoBella.

Sugar cookies topped with frosting and colorful circus animal decorations. A playful and tasty treat for kids and adults alike.
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Coffee Cake Cookies

Close-up of round cookies with crumb topping and white icing drizzle, cooling on a black wire rack. — Coffee Cake Cookies. Photo credit: xoxo Bella .

Light and crumbly cookies with the flavors of classic coffee cake. Perfect with a cup of coffee or a glass of milk.
Get the Recipe: Coffee Cake Cookies