It’s almost Christmas again and I wanted to make a post about some easy Christmas cookie recipes. It’s a fine tradition we have every year to make some Christmas cookies and I like to include my grandchildren in the process because they have a lot of fun.
These are some of the most decorative cookie ideas I’ve ever seen and the ease at which you can make these cookies are truly something considering their intricacy. Hopefully you can make some of these for your holiday parties or to leave for Santa.
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1. Easy Christmas Bark
Melt, spread, sprinkle, break. The easiest thing on this whole list and it still looks like you tried. Recipe from Graceful Little Honey Bee.
2. Christmas Crinkle Cool Whip Cookies
Cool Whip in a cookie, which sounds wrong until they come out light and chewy. Recipe from Bread Booze Bacon.
3. Hot Cocoa Cookies
A hot chocolate in cookie form, marshmallow and all. The grandchildren vote for these every year. Recipe from Love From The Oven.
4. Peppermint Melting Moments
Soft little peppermint cookies that live up to the name. Good with coffee. Recipe from An Italian In My Kitchen.
5. Peppermint Oreo Balls
No baking at all, just crushing and rolling. Handy when the oven is full of everything else. Recipe from Dinner Then Dessert.
6. Gingerbread Cookie Bites
All the gingerbread flavor without the cutting and decorating. Small enough that nobody counts how many they have had. Recipe from Butter With A Side of Bread.
7. Christmas Tree Oreo Cookies
Oreos dipped and turned into little trees. A good one to hand the kids and let them decorate. Recipe from Midget Momma.
8. Easy Christmas Shortbread Cookies
Buttery shortbread with holiday sprinkles through it. Keeps well in a tin, which matters this time of year. Recipe from Five Heart Home.
9. Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Cookies
Brown sugar and cinnamon, which is about as close as a cookie gets to smelling like Christmas. Recipe from Hot Eats and Cool Reads.
10. Whipped Shortbread Cookies
Whipping the butter makes these melt rather than crumble. Worth the extra few minutes with the mixer. Recipe from Just So Tasty.
11. Ritz Rolo Cookies
A Rolo melted between two Ritz crackers. Salty, sweet, and done in minutes. Recipe from Crafty Morning.
12. Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies
Snowballs with chocolate chips hiding in them. Expect powdered sugar on everything. Recipe from Crazy for Crust.
13. Raspberry Pinwheel Cookies
Rolled and sliced so every cookie comes out with a red spiral. Looks harder than it is. Recipe from Upstate Ramblings.
14. The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe
The plain sugar cookie base you build everything else on. Holds its shape when you cut it, which is the whole battle. Recipe from Two Sisters Crafting.
15. White Chocolate Peanut Holiday Haystacks
White chocolate and peanuts dropped in little piles. No shaping, no rolling, no fuss. Recipe from Small Town Woman.
16. The Best Easy Chocolate Crinkles
Dark and chewy with the cracked powdered sugar top. These disappear first in my house. Recipe from Savory Nothings.
17. Cake Mix Cookies
A box of cake mix doing most of the work. No shame in it when you have four other trays going. Recipe from Dinner at the Zoo.
18. Christmas Lights Cookies
Decorated to look like a string of lights. The prettiest thing on this list and a good project with the kids. Recipe from Dessert For Two.
19. Soft and Chewy Ginger Snaps
Ginger snaps that bend instead of snapping. If you prefer the crisp kind, leave them in a touch longer. Recipe from Persnickety Plates.
20. Kris Kringle Crinkles
Red and green crinkles, festive without much effort. Recipe from Two Sisters Crafting.
21. Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookie trees with green frosting and sprinkles for ornaments. Simple and the children can help. Recipe from Like Mother Like Daughter.
22. Christmas Sugar Cookie Bites
Bite sized so you can put out a big tray without baking all afternoon. Recipe from Two Sisters Crafting.
23. Christmas Oreo Cookie Ornaments
Oreos dressed up to look like tree ornaments. These are the ones people pick up and ask about. Recipe from Sugar Hero.
24. 4 Ingredient Peppermint Cookies
Four ingredients and you are done. The one to make when you remembered at nine at night that you said you would bring something. Recipe from The Frugal Girls.
More from our own kitchen
Still baking? Try our Caramel Buns, or warm up afterwards with Slow Cooker Bean And Bacon Soup.
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