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.
Strawberry Cheesecake Sugar Cookie Sandwiches
Vanilla sugar-cookie sandwiches with a pink strawberry cream-cheese filling.
Sugar Cookie Cheesecake Bars
Vanilla sugar-cookie bars with a baked cream-cheese cheesecake layer.
Cheesecake-Filled Gingerbread Cookie Cups
Gingerbread cookie cups with sturdy baked walls and a generous piped swirl of no-bake cinnamon cheesecake filling.
Red Velvet Sugar Cookies
Red velvet sugar-cookie hearts with a subtle cocoa crumb and a smooth ivory cream-cheese frosting layer.
Red Velvet Cheesecake Stuffed Cookies
Red Velvet Cheesecake Stuffed Cookies with a measured filling, portion-by-portion assembly and storage guidance.
Sugar Cookie Bars
Soft vanilla sugar-cookie bars with a smooth cream-cheese frosting layer, cut into tidy party-ready squares.
No-Chill Cream Cheese Jam Thumbprints
Cream cheese makes a pliable dough that can be shaped and baked immediately, with thick jam added after baking.
Gingerbread Cream Cheese Sandwich Cookies
Sugar-crusted molasses gingerbread sandwich cookies with a generous vanilla cream cheese filling and soft, spicy centers.
Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies
Chewy gingerbread sandwich cookies with a thick cream cheese filling, warm molasses spice and soft, matching cookie halves.
Gingerbread Spritz Cookies
Gingerbread-spiced spritz cookies with crisp pressed ridges, delicate wreath and tree shapes, and a buttery cream cheese dough.
Cinnamon Pecan Rugelach-Style Shortbread Horns
An eggless cream-cheese short dough wraps a dry cinnamon pecan filling into small horns that bake flaky and crisp at the tips.
Raspberry Sugar Cookies
Rosy raspberry sugar-cookie hearts with real berry powder, a tender cream-cheese crumb and a thin white-chocolate dip.
Cream-Cheese Cornmeal Shortbread with Jam Centers
Eggless cream-cheese cornmeal shortbread thumbprints with compact red jam centers. Shortbread-inspired cream-cheese pastry, not a claim of traditional Scottish shortbread.
Buttercream Frosted Sugar Cookies
Puffy sour-cream sugar cookies with a soft cake-like crumb and a generous swirl of vanilla buttercream.
Pecan Cream-Cheese Shortbread Spirals
Eggless cream-cheese rye shortbread spirals enclosing a dry pecan and brown-sugar layer. Shortbread-inspired cream-cheese pastry, not a claim of traditional Scottish shortbread.
Gingerbread Swirl Cookies
Chocolate and gingerbread swirl cookies with a bold two-color marbled pattern in tidy rectangular slice-and-bake cookies.
Cream-Cheese Prune Shortbread Pockets
Eggless cream-cheese shortbread pastry folded around a thick cooked-prune filling. Shortbread-inspired cream-cheese pastry, not a claim of traditional Scottish shortbread.