Top 10 Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes | Holiday Baking

Holiday baking has been a thing with my tribe over the years - and I'm delighted to share some cookie recipes and similar ones that are our favorites for gifting, cookie exchanges and just snacking thru the holidays!

But first - the tools!   

A cookie press with various template inserts is a must have and great fun for kids of all ages.  Secondly - gather an assortment of cookie cutters including the gingerbread man.  Lastly, a good stand mixer and some bowls with lids that are refrigerator safe - because you can pre-make the batter for later baking.  

Get your sprinkles ready, and lets get started!



1.   Classic Spritz Cookies -  link to Sally's Baking Addiction Blog for a fabulous intro to Spritz Cookies with a step by step tutorial and guide for using a cookie press

2.  Peanut Butter Blossoms -  recipe from Betty Crocker with a batch quantity enough for a cookie exchange!

3.  Buttery Vanilla Sugar Cookies - from a Taste of Home Blog, link to the recipe and cookie decorating tips for these melt in your mouth favorites

4.  Butter and Jam Thumbprints - a kid friendly recipe from Food Network

5.  Fudgy Brownie Cookies  a brownie thats a cookie and with chocolate chips from Cafe Delites Blog

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6.  Holiday Pretzel Sticks - Cute sweet and salty treats that are easy to make 

7.  Southern Living Rum Balls - if you knew how tasty and delicious these were, you would make them all the time! 

8.  Shortbread Cookies - make the classic cookie or try a flavored variation from Delish Blog

9. Christmas Snickerdoodle Cookie  a simple and delicious cookie from The Pioneer Woman

10.  Gingerbread Cookies -  a timeless ginger and spice flavored cookie recipe from King Arthur Flour 

Tastefully yours

~ Tala