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.
Mincemeat Christmas Shortbread Cups
Small yolk-bound shortbread cups carry spiced fruit mincemeat for a cookie-sized Christmas mince-pie bite.
Mini Gingerbread Men Cookies
Bite-size mini gingerbread men with tiny icing details, made with a 1 1/2-inch cutter for festive treats and cookie-box accents.
Mini Reese’s Cup Cookies
Mini Reese’s Cup Cookies: mini peanut butter cookie cups with a chocolate peanut butter center, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
Salted Caramel Chocolate Ganache Thumbprints
Cocoa shortbread cups hold thick caramel under a small spoonful of dark chocolate ganache and flaky salt.
Cheesecake-Filled Gingerbread Cookie Cups
Gingerbread cookie cups with sturdy baked walls and a generous piped swirl of no-bake cinnamon cheesecake filling.
Bite-Size Spritz Cookies
Bite-Size Spritz Cookies: buttery Christmas spritz cookies with title-specific flavor, shaping and finishing details.
Spritz Sugar Cookies
Bite-size butter-rich spritz sugar cookies with crisp molded flower ridges and delicate golden edges.
Gingerbread Cookie Cups
Gingerbread cookie cups with a generous vanilla buttercream center and optional tiny gingerbread-cookie toppers.
Honey Almond Shortbread Crunch Cups
Mini almond-meal shortbread cups baked with a thin cooked honey-almond crunch filling.
Sugar Cookie Truffles
Bite-size sugar-cookie truffles with a creamy crumb center and a crisp white-chocolate shell.
Biscoff Butter Cookie Cups
Biscoff Butter Cookie Cups with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
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.
Peanut Butter Blossoms With Reese’s Cups
Peanut Butter Blossoms With Reese’s Cups: sugar-rolled peanut butter cookies with a chocolate center, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies: mini peanut butter cookie cups with a chocolate peanut butter center, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
Raspberry Sugar Cookies
Rosy raspberry sugar-cookie hearts with real berry powder, a tender cream-cheese crumb and a thin white-chocolate dip.
Smores Sugar Cookies
Golden sugar-cookie cups filled with chocolate and topped with a toasted marshmallow.
Red Velvet Sugar Cookies
Red velvet sugar-cookie hearts with a subtle cocoa crumb and a smooth ivory cream-cheese frosting layer.









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