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.
3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Blossoms
3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Blossoms: three-ingredient no-bake peanut butter blossoms with chocolate centers, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
Scottish Shortbread Fingers
Scottish Shortbread Fingers with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Balls
3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Balls: chilled peanut butter centers under a chocolate coating, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies: simple flourless peanut butter cookies, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.
Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
Buttery cut-out sugar cookies with tender centers and neat hearts and stars, ready for a simple pastel glaze.
Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies from Scratch
These red velvet crinkles use a small amount of cocoa, red gel color and a sugar coating, with no cake mix.
Copycat Crumbl Red Velvet White Chip Cookies
Copycat Crumbl Red Velvet White Chip Cookies with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
Sugar Cookie Bars
Soft vanilla sugar-cookie bars with a smooth cream-cheese frosting layer, cut into tidy party-ready squares.
Birthday Cake Funfetti Christmas Cookies
Birthday Cake Funfetti Christmas Cookies with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
No-Chill Sugar Cookies
Thick cream-cheese sugar-cookie cut-outs with soft centers, ready to roll and bake without refrigerator waiting.
Gingerbread Men Cookies
Classic gingerbread men with neat white icing faces, buttons and cuffs, ready for a Christmas cookie plate.
Classic Gingerbread Cookies
Classic molasses gingerbread cut-out cookies with ginger, cinnamon and crisp edges, ready for simple Christmas decorating.
Vegan Gingerbread Men
Thin crisp vegan gingerbread men with molasses, ground flaxseed and warm spices, ready for simple egg-free icing 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.
Espresso Martini Cookies with Coffee Glaze
Espresso, chocolate chips and coffee liqueur flavor these glazed drop cookies, finished with three chocolate-covered coffee beans.
Brown Butter Pecan Toffee Shortbread
Brown Butter Pecan Toffee Shortbread with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.
Quick Gingerbread Cookies
Quick small-batch gingerbread cut-outs made with cold butter and dark brown sugar, without a scheduled dough chill.
Classic Pecan Snowball Cookies
Small buttery pecan cookies receive powdered sugar while warm and again after cooling for a snowy finish.
Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread Squares
Cocoa-rich pressed squares with a white chocolate and crushed peppermint finish.
Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies with Pretzels and M&Ms
Brown-sugar drop cookies combine pretzels, potato chips, two chocolates and red-and-green candy for a sweet-and-salty cookie box addition.
Peanut Butter Balls With Rice Krispies
Peanut Butter Balls With Rice Krispies: chocolate-covered peanut butter balls with crisp rice cereal, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.