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.
Giant Christmas M&M Peanut Butter Cookies
Giant Christmas M&M Peanut Butter Cookies: peanut butter cookies with red and green candy shells, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
Skillet Sugar Cookie
A warm sliceable vanilla sugar cookie baked in a small cast-iron skillet.
Buttercream Frosted Sugar Cookies
Puffy sour-cream sugar cookies with a soft cake-like crumb and a generous swirl of vanilla buttercream.
Red Velvet Sugar Cookies
Red velvet sugar-cookie hearts with a subtle cocoa crumb and a smooth ivory cream-cheese frosting layer.
Hot Cocoa Cookies with Marshmallow Centers
Chocolate drop cookies are topped with a soft marshmallow half and a thin chocolate-cream glaze.
Chocolate Fudge Brownie Cookies
Chocolate Fudge Brownie Cookies with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
Salted Caramel Pretzel Shortbread Squares
A crisp square shortbread base supports a thin caramel layer and a scatter of finely crushed pretzel for sweet-salty bite.
Giant Spritz Cookies
Giant Spritz Cookies: buttery Christmas spritz cookies with title-specific flavor, shaping and finishing details.
Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cup Cookies: mini peanut butter cookie cups with a chocolate peanut butter center, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
Brown Butter Espresso Chocolate Crinkles
Browned butter, espresso powder and dark chocolate chips build a deep chocolate flavor beneath the white crinkle coating.
Birthday Cake Funfetti Christmas Cookies
Birthday Cake Funfetti Christmas Cookies with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.









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