Top 7 Best Christmas Cookies Recipes - Practically Homemade (2024)

As you already know, cookies are my favorite food… my happy place, my #1 reason for life {not really}. So when you want to know what cookies to make for Christmas then I am the girl to call on. I not only know my stuff but I also have a great selection of awesome cookie recipes. Here are my Top 7 Best Easy and Delicious Christmas Cookies Recipes for the Holidays, I can’t wait for you to try them.

Cookie baking is my jam. I have shared some of my tips for cookie making success, as well as the essentials needed to get the best cookies because I am here to get the world baking cookies! I love cookies and I share them like it is my JOB because technically…it is! How cool is that?!

Christmas Cookie baking is my favorite time of year because I don’t even need an excuse {not that I normally need one}. My Darb asks what I am baking for and all I have to say is, Christmas! Enough! Said!

During other parts of the year {when I am baking cookies every day of my life} I find myself trying to come up with legitimate excuses but not in December! I have the “Christmas Cookie Season” excuse built right in! Just another reason to love the holiday season.

Here are my top 10 best Christmas cookies recipes right now…

Top 10 Best Christmas Cookies Recipes:

1. Peanut Butter Blossom Christmas Trees

I love taking a recipe that everyone enjoys all year long and making it extra special for Christmas. These Peanut Butter Blossoms are wonderful without the added touches but even better when the kiss is made into a simple Christmas tree.

Store bought frosting and sprinkles can easily transform a simple Peanut Butter Blossom into a Holiday piece of art.

2. Gingerbread Men Cookies

Is there a more iconic Christmas cookie? Gingerbread Men are so darn cute and with this easy recipe that starts with a cake mix you will will have soft gingerbread cookies in no time.

Whether you decide to decorate them with Glace’ Icing or use store bought, it only takes a couple special touches to make them extra special!

3. Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

A sweet decorate sugar cookie is always a fun Christmas dessert. This recipe for Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies is the best sugar cookie recipe EVER!

Whether you eat them as is, decorate them with Glace’ Icing or use the dough for Honey Nut Rugelach…this cookie dough is everything!

4. Hot Cocoa Peppermint Cookies

What happens when you combine hot cocoa and peppermint with a chocolate cake mix? The most wonderful holiday inspired cookie in history.

Hot Cocoa Peppermint Cookies are soft and loaded with awesome ingredients like chocolate chips, marshmallow bits and crushed peppermint. I can’t wait for you to try them!

5. Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies

You will never believe that this cookie only requires 4 ingredients to be absolutely out of this world amazing!

Whether you dip Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies in chocolate or leave them plain…they are sure to be the hit of any Christmas gathering.

This delicious cookie is a combination between a Ginger Snap and a Snickerdoodle cookie. All of the great flavors you want from each cookie packed into one perfect Gingerdoodle bite.

Gingerdoodles are a fabulous holiday cookie because the flavors scream Christmas. Ginger, molasses and cinnamon will make a great addition to your cookie baking list.

6. Basic Cookie Dough used for a Dozen Different Cookies

If you are short on time then this Basic Dough that can be used for a Dozen Different Cookies is exactly what you are looking for. With lots of wonderful options, you are sure to find a combination that you love.

With both a plain and chocolate version the varieties are truly endless. This recipe is definitely the best bang for your buck.

7. Texas Sheet Cake Cookies

Any kind of cookie list is not complete without the most wonderful of all…the Texas Sheet Cake Cookie!

Made with a cake mix and covered in a decadent cooked chocolate frosting this cookie is the most popular on my site for good reason.

How to Gift and Serve Cookies for Christmas

Ever wondered what is the best way to gift and serve cookies at Christmas? I am so excited to share my favorites!

The Giving Plate

If you are looking for a good way to give cookies to friends, family and neighbors then this Giving Plate would be perfect.

I love the saying, the meaning and the fact that it just keeps giving long after your gifting. Pile it high with any of the cookies listed above, tie it with ribbon and gift away.

Holiday Cookie Tray

Maybe you aren’t looking to gift your cookies and need to take them to a party. Learn how to build a Holiday Cookie Tray that everyone will be drooling over.

Cookies really are the universal sign of happiness {or at least in my world they are} so be sure to bake them, give them, take them and eat them all season long!

Which of these Best Christmas Cookies Recipes will you be baking this Holiday season? Let me know in a comment below!

Happy Baking!!