18 Easy Christmas Cookies Recipes

I absolutely adore Easy Christmas Cookies! I mean, who doesn't love holiday baking and making Christmas Desserts and treats during the holiday season?

We have 18 super delicious - and pretty easy to make - easy Christmas Cookies Recipes to help you get started with your Christmas baking this holiday season!

18 Easy Christmas Cookies Recipes

Christmas Cranberry Pinwheel Cookies Recipe

This incredibly easy - but completely perfect for Christmas Cranberry Pinwheel Cookies Recipe is going to knock your socks off! They are a wonderful cookie to bake for friends and family, serve at your own holiday gathering, or simply make on a chilly afternoon when you are trying to get into the spirit of Christmas this year!

Get the recipe here: Christmas Cranberry Pinwheel Cookies Recipe

Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe

This Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe is really easy to make, despite the steps required! These iced brown sugar shortbread cookies are perfect for the Christmas holiday, as they store well and are perfect for gift giving! Bake up a batch and give them to friends and family with a pretty tin tied up with a bow, and you are good to go!

Get the recipe here: Iced Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Cake Mix Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe

Everyone loves this super easy Cake Mix Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe! We like to call this our Cheater Christmas Cookies Recipe too, because it really does feel like we're cheating when we make it!

Get the recipe here: Cake Mix Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe

Hot Cocoa Cake Cookies Recipe

This Hot Cocoa Cake Cookies Recipe is so easy to prepare, but they do need to be watched. I recommend setting a timer for the first 9 minutes, pulling the cookies and cooking an additional minute at a time for the remaining 2-3 minutes.

Get the recipe here: Hot Cocoa Cake Cookies Recipe

Christmas Snowball Cookies Recipe

While clipping a coupon for Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chips, I saw a Easy Homemade Christmas Snowball Cookies Recipe and it was literally so easy that I didn't even clip it - I memorized it in a minute!

I've been making this Snowball Cookies for Christmas since 2013 and let me tell you what! I NEVER GET TIRED OF THEM!

Get the recipe here: Easy Homemade Christmas Snowball Cookies Recipe

Hot Cocoa Cookies Recipe for Santa

This Hot Cocoa Cookies Recipe for Santa is clearly perfect for leaving out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, but it's also a delicious cookie for your family to enjoy during these cold winter months!

I think we all know about the "cookies for Santa" thing, even if we didn't grow up celebrating Christmas in our households. Well, here's one more such recipe, because the idea was simply too cute and I just couldn't help myself! 

Get the recipe here: Hot Cocoa Cookies Recipe for Santa Claus

Mocha Cookies Recipe

These Mocha Cookies are the perfect cookie recipe for chocolate lovers all year long, but we especially love them as a Christmas Cookies Recipe for Santa Claus!

Get the recipe here: Mocha Cookies

Christmas Oatmeal Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Two of my favorite cookies are oatmeal raisin cookies and Gingerbread cookies, so of course this Christmas Oatmeal Gingerbread Cookies Recipe is going to become a brand new holiday cookie favorite in my home!

I mean, how could you go wrong?! It is gingerbread and cookies!

Get the recipe here: Oatmeal Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Nutella Thumbprint Cookies Recipe

Sometimes a person just wants cookies. Lots of little, tiny, sweet, soft, chocolaty cookies...like this Nutella Thumbprint Cookies Recipe! They're the perfect easy Christmas Cookies, but they're also a great sweet treat all year long!

Get the recipe here: Nutella Thumbprint Cookies Recipe

Cake Mix Peppermint and Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

This Cake Mix Peppermint and Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe tastes similar to holiday coffee stirrers, but they are cookies!

They are made with a boxed cake mix, so they are really very easy to make AND you don't have to worry about buying a bunch of baking supplies that you wouldn't normally use if you aren't an avid baker. 

Get the recipe here: Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Santa Cookies Recipe

Whether you spend and afternoon baking this Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Santa Cookies Recipe for friends or family, or bake them on Christmas Eve for Santa, they're bound to be a hit!

Get the recipe here: Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Santa Cookies Recipe

3 Ingredient Nutella Cookies Recipe

Okay, this might possibly be a really inane question to ask you...but do you like Nutella? Like, REALLY, really like Nutella? Well then, this 3 Ingredient Nutella Cookies Recipe is the perfect recipe to spice up your baking routine!

Get the recipe here: 3 Ingredient Nutella Cookies Recipe

Santa’s Lumps of Coal Cookies Recipe

Whether your kids have been naughty or nice this year is irrelevant because getting a lump of coal for Christmas isn’t a bad thing. At least it’s not bad when it’s made out of scrumptious OREO cookies!

This Santa’s Lumps of Coal Cookies Recipe is even perfect for little kids to make. They can get their hands dirty mixing the dough and shaping it into little lumps and rolling it in the cookie crumbles.

Get the recipe here: Santa’s Lumps of Coal Cookies Recipe

Christmas Snowflake Stained Glass Cookies Recipe

This Christmas Snowflake Stained Glass Cookies Recipe is really tasty and fun to serve up at your holidays parties! Now, these Stained Glass Christmas Cookies may look like they're something out of a fancy bakery, but they are actually quite simple to make!

Get the recipe here: Christmas Snowflake Stained Glass Cookies Recipe

No Bake Reindeer Cookies Recipe for Christmas

This No Bake Reindeer Cookies Recipe for Christmas is just so much fun and easy to make!

I'd recommend you make these a day ahead or the morning before serving in the evening. The cookies are like thin crisps. They soften up when you put frosting between them and let them set to absorb the moisture in the frosting.

Get the recipe here: No Bake Reindeer Cookies Recipe for Christmas

Angel Pillow Cookies Recipe

Are you looking for a delicious cookie recipe that's easy to make at home? Then look no further than our heavenly Angel Pillow Cookies Recipe! These melt-in-your-mouth treats are made with a unique combination of vanilla bean paste, cornstarch, and powdered sugar.

Get the recipe here: Angel Pillow Cookies Recipe

No Bake Polar Bear Cookies for Christmas

I love baking Christmas cookies and thought I’d try to come up with a new Easy to Make No Bake Polar Bear Cookies for Christmas for you to whip up this holiday season! This No Bake Christmas Bear Cookies Recipe is going to be one of your favorite Christmas treats from here on out!

Get the recipe here: No Bake Polar Bear Cookies for Christmas

Million Dollar Cookies Recipe

These million dollar cookies are everything you could possibly want in a chocolate chip cookie! This Million Dollar Cookies Recipe makes cookies that are chewy, buttery, rich and delicious, and will quickly become one of your family's favorite cookie recipes! 

Get the recipe here: Million Dollar Cookies Recipe

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