Christmas Cookie Recipes

This is the place for Christmas cookie recipes! We've gathered hundreds of delicious recipes for Christmas cookies so you can find all your old and new favorites in one place!

Baking cookies at Christmas is a tradition for many people. It brings families and friends together with the warm goodness of cookies fresh from the oven. As you bake this holiday season, take a minute to learn the origins of some of the foods we enjoy each Christmas. The Food Timeline is an interesting resource for all things food. According to their research, Christmas cookies as we know them today were created from Medieval European recipes. Dutch and German settlers brought cookie cutters, decorative molds, and festive holiday decorations to America.

German lebkuchen (gingerbread) was probably the first cake/cookie traditionally to be used as a Christmas food. Sugar cookie type recipes have roots in English traditions. Animal crackers have their humble beginning as edible ornaments, and are now a favorite of kids everywhere, all year long. Christmas cookie recipes produce more than just a tasty sweet; they are a baking tradition steeped in history.

Begin or continue your cookie baking traditions with our Christmas cookie recipes. From basics like drop cookies, chocolate chip cookies, and the all-time favorite sugar cookie to fancy designed, decorated and spiced Christmas cookies, we have the recipes you'll want to bake and give to family and friends.