17 Spiced Chai & Cardamom 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. Chai Sugar CookiesChai Sugar CookiesChai Sugar Cookies

    Soft chai-spiced sugar cookies with cinnamon, cardamom and honey, finished with fine ribbons of coffee icing.

  2. Chai Swirl Shortbread SpiralsChai Swirl Shortbread SpiralsChai Swirl Shortbread Spirals

    A cinnamon, cardamom and ginger sugar ribbon winds through buttery dough for slim spirals with a distinct fragrant center.

  3. Chai Spiced Sugar CookiesChai Spiced Sugar CookiesChai Spiced Sugar Cookies

    Chai Spiced Sugar Cookies with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  4. Chai Gingerbread CookiesChai Gingerbread CookiesChai Gingerbread Cookies

    Chai gingerbread cut-outs with fragrant cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and a gentle hint of black pepper.

  5. Spiced Espresso BiscottiSpiced Espresso BiscottiSpiced Espresso Biscotti

    Coffee-colored biscotti with cinnamon, cardamom and a restrained touch of clove.

  6. Pistachio Cardamom Raspberry ThumbprintsPistachio Cardamom Raspberry ThumbprintsPistachio Cardamom Raspberry Thumbprints

    Finely ground pistachios and cardamom scent a buttery cookie with a raspberry-jam center.

  7. Gingerbread SnickerdoodlesGingerbread SnickerdoodlesGingerbread Snickerdoodles

    Brown butter gingerbread snickerdoodles with cream-of-tartar tang, pillowy centers and a fragrant spiced sugar coating.

  8. Cardamom Orange ShortbreadCardamom Orange ShortbreadCardamom Orange Shortbread

    Cardamom Orange Shortbread with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  9. Cardamom Gingerbread CookiesCardamom Gingerbread CookiesCardamom Gingerbread Cookies

    Cardamom gingerbread cut-outs with a fragrant floral spice note alongside molasses, ginger and cinnamon.

  10. Rosewater Cardamom ShortbreadRosewater Cardamom ShortbreadRosewater Cardamom Shortbread

    Rosewater Cardamom Shortbread with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  11. Linzer Sugar CookiesLinzer Sugar CookiesLinzer Sugar Cookies

    Almond-spiced sugar-cookie sandwiches with raspberry-jam windows and a fine snowy sugar dusting.

  12. Cinnamon Gingerbread CookiesCinnamon Gingerbread CookiesCinnamon Gingerbread Cookies

    Cinnamon gingerbread cookies with a fragrant cinnamon-sugar crust over soft, warmly spiced molasses centers.

  13. Hot Cocoa Gingerbread CookiesHot Cocoa Gingerbread CookiesHot Cocoa Gingerbread Cookies

    Dark chocolate gingerbread-spiced cookies topped with softened marshmallow halves and thin chocolate drizzles for a clear hot-cocoa finish.

  14. Cardamom Sugar CookiesCardamom Sugar CookiesCardamom Sugar Cookies

    Fragrant cardamom cut-out sugar cookies with a thin translucent vanilla-free milk glaze.

  15. Cranberry Orange Gingerbread CookiesCranberry Orange Gingerbread CookiesCranberry Orange Gingerbread Cookies

    Cranberry orange gingerbread cut-outs with ruby dried cranberry pieces and fragrant orange zest visible in the spiced dough.

  16. Cardamom Date Pressed Shortbread TilesCardamom Date Pressed Shortbread TilesCardamom Date Pressed Shortbread Tiles

    A pressed cardamom dough holds a thin date-paste stripe through the middle, sliced into small tiles after a low, even bake.

  17. Biscoff-Stuffed Gingerbread CookiesBiscoff-Stuffed Gingerbread CookiesBiscoff-Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies

    Biscoff-stuffed gingerbread cookies with a smooth spiced cookie-butter center visible inside a chewy molasses shell.