11 Mug-Hugger & Coffee Lover’s Christmas Cookies

Planning your holiday baking? Browse this festive collection for ideas to share, gift, or add to the dessert table. Each recipe name below opens the full recipe with its ingredients and instructions.

  1. Espresso Gingerbread CookiesEspresso Gingerbread CookiesEspresso Gingerbread Cookies

    Espresso gingerbread cookies with a soft molasses center and a light coffee glaze, without cocoa or chocolate chips.

  2. Gingerbread Mug Hugger CookiesGingerbread Mug Hugger CookiesGingerbread Mug Hugger Cookies

    Mug hugger gingerbread people with a fitted slot between the legs, designed to perch on a cocoa or coffee mug rim.

  3. Mug Hugger Sugar CookiesMug Hugger Sugar CookiesMug Hugger Sugar Cookies

    Crisp sugar-cookie stars with a small slot that lets them perch on a mug rim.

  4. Brown Butter Espresso Chocolate CrinklesBrown Butter Espresso Chocolate CrinklesBrown Butter Espresso Chocolate Crinkles

    Browned butter, espresso powder and dark chocolate chips build a deep chocolate flavor beneath the white crinkle coating.

  5. Espresso BiscottiEspresso BiscottiEspresso Biscotti

    Coffee-scented biscotti with small dark chocolate pockets.

  6. Chocolate Espresso Sugar CookiesChocolate Espresso Sugar CookiesChocolate Espresso Sugar Cookies

    Dark chocolate-espresso sugar cookies with embossed patterns and a delicate coffee glaze that highlights the ridges.

  7. Espresso Martini Cookies with Coffee GlazeEspresso Martini Cookies with Coffee GlazeEspresso Martini Cookies with Coffee Glaze

    Espresso, chocolate chips and coffee liqueur flavor these glazed drop cookies, finished with three chocolate-covered coffee beans.

  8. Peppermint Mocha Crinkle Kiss CookiesPeppermint Mocha Crinkle Kiss CookiesPeppermint Mocha Crinkle Kiss Cookies

    Espresso and peppermint flavor cocoa crinkles, with a peppermint candy Kiss pressed into each warm cookie.

  9. Espresso Hazelnut SablésEspresso Hazelnut SablésEspresso Hazelnut Sablés

    Espresso Hazelnut Sablés with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  10. Espresso Sugar CookiesEspresso Sugar CookiesEspresso Sugar Cookies

    Coffee-colored sugar cookies with instant espresso throughout the dough and tender chewy centers.

  11. Coffee AmarettiCoffee AmarettiCoffee Amaretti

    Chewy almond domes flavored with instant espresso and finished with a delicate powdered-sugar crackle.