nut roll inside filling texture.Hungarian Nut Roll Cookies (Walnut Filling)Easy Christmas cookies, pecan snowball cookies against a black backgorund.Snowball Cookies RecipeHungarian Apricot Kolaches white lace plateApricot Kolacky Cookie (Kiffles) RecipeMoravian Christmas Cookies stackedMoravian Christmas Cookiesicing yellow heart shaped sugar cookies.Soft Sugar Cookie RecipeRaspberry Linzer Cookies on dark surface with extra powdered sugar.Linzer Cookies

Traditional Christmas Cookies

These are the old fashioned favorites! Traditional Christmas cookie recipes that you come back to year after year. Try these soft gingerbread cookies or easy Chocolate crinkles!

Recipe Roundups

24 Best Christmas Cookies

These are a pastry chef’s recipes for the 24 Best Christmas Cookies! Grouped by categories so you can bake a variety of flavors and textures!

baked gingerbread cookies.Soft Gingerbread CookiesPecan tassie on a dark background with flaky layered crust.Pecan TassiesOld Fashioned Chewy Molasses Cookies Perfect StackChewy Molasses CookiesOld Fashioned Date Pinwheels close upOld Fashioned Date Pinwheelscherry cookies stacked baked fresh for easy Christmas cookies.Cherry CookiesOld Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies on cooling rack with perfect fork tine impressions.Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

European Christmas Cookies

These are the traditional Christmas cookies from Europe, and they are some of the most popular recipes on this site! These are your old fashioned spiced cookies like speculoos cookies, Swedish pepparkakor cookies and pfeffernüsse cookies.

Modern Christmas Cookies

Festive Almond Crinkle Cookies red and green cookies on woodChristmas Crinkle CookiesChocolate Orange Shortbread Stars Delicious OverheadChocolate Orange Shortbread CookiesCherry Pistachio Snowball Cookies Beautiful OverheadCherry Pistachio SnowballsBrowned Butter Cardamom Snickerdoodles Perfect CloseupBrowned Butter Cardamom Snickerdoodlessliced shortbread cookies.Cranberry Orange Shortbread CookiesThere are few homemade desserts easier than jam bars and these Cranberry Cinnamon Jam Bars are not only easy they pack serious holiday flavor! The cinnamon streusel doubles as both the top and bottom crusts with a gooey, spiced cranberry filling in between.Cranberry Cinnamon Jam Bars

Christmas Candies

Homemade candies and fudge make wonderful Christmas gifts! Here are a few of my favorites including old fashioned fudge!

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