The smell of freshly baked cookies in your home is the first sign of the holidays.
A kitchen full of sweet and delicious cookie tins overflowing with homemade cookies.
These homemade cookie recipes will provide you with classic cookie recipes as well as holiday twist cookie recipes, making them easy to make while creating long-lasting memories.
1. Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
One cookie flavor I will never forget, and everyone makes during the Christmas season is the classic chocolate chip cookie.
I always enjoy making these delicious chocolate chip cookies in large batches so I can freeze them, and because they are the first type of cookies to disappear at the holiday cookie swaps.
2. Soft Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies are perfect for decorating with royal icing or rolling in coloured sugar.
These soft sugar cookies are made with heavy cream, which makes them very soft when baked, so you can easily pipe decorations on top without worrying about breaking the cookie.
I make these for my kids to enjoy decorating every year.
3. Snickerdoodle Cookies
The combination of the cinnamon and sugar coating on the snickerdoodle cookie brings me joy during the holiday season and the chewier texture of the cookies brings back childhood memories.
For that added festive touch, I like to roll the snickerdoodle cookies in additional cinnamon and sugar before baking.
4. Molasses Crinkle Cookies
Molasses crinkle cookies are full of Christmas spices such as cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, which make your home smell like the holiday season!
The crinkled tops of the cookies are dusted with powdered sugar, giving them the appearance of little snowballs, and the chewy texture is heavenly!
5. Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
Nothing says Christmas like an old-fashioned peanut butter cookie that is pressed using a fork.
These cookies are crispy around the edges, but chewy in the middle, and that iconic crosshatch design on top really makes them look classic on a holiday cookie platter.
6. Cinnamon Sugar Cookies
If you love cinnamon rolls, you will absolutely adore these cookies!
The dark brown sugar gives them an incredibly rich, molasses-like flavor that pairs perfectly with hot cocoa or coffee while curled up by the fire on a cold December night.
7. Red Velvet White Chocolate Cookies
Red velvet cookies have such a festive aura about them, especially when paired with white chocolate chips, and they are much easier to make than red velvet cake.
Plus, who doesn’t love snowflakes?
The white chocolate chips resemble tiny snowflakes against the red cookies, while the tangy taste of buttermilk balances out the sweetness.
8. White Chocolate Cherry Jam Cookies
Cherry and white chocolate are two of the most classic flavors during Christmas time.
The jam adds these beautiful red swirls throughout the cookie, creating a very festive look while delivering a deliciously chewy-tasting experience that will remind you of the holidays in every bite.
9. Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies taste like the best parts of Christmas, with refreshing mint and chocolate chips scattered throughout.
I assure you, even though they are minty, they do not taste like toothpaste; they taste exactly like candy canes or hot chocolate.
10. M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
The M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies are simply regular chocolate chip cookies made with M&M’s instead of chocolate chips, but they are much more fun, festive, and appealing when made with red and green M&Ms.
The kids love them!
The colorful, festive cookies really pop on the cookie trays and the combination of M&Ms and chocolate chips makes every bite a little different!
11. White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
These White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies are light and tasty, but surprisingly easy to prepare.
These cookies have that upscale, elegant look of a bakery item that really impresses guests!
12. Soft Amaretti Cookies
Soft Amaretti Cookies are made with almond flour and have that classic crinkled appearance, which looks great on a cookie tray covered with powdered sugar.
Being naturally gluten-free is a bonus for those with dietary restrictions!
13. Cowboy Cookies
These Cowboy Cookies are loaded with oats, coconut, and pecans and are so sturdy that you can eat them while running around shopping or wrapping for Christmas!
Don’t worry about making the dough ahead of time, these cookies are chewy, hearty, and do not need to be chilled before baking, making them perfect for extended baking sessions!
14. Coconut Oatmeal Rum Raisin Cookies
The rum-soaked raisins in these cookies make them taste like a grown-up Christmas treat.
The combination of the coconut and the rum flavor makes these cookies feel festive and cozy, perfect for late-night decorating of cookies!
15. Lemon Poppy Seed Sablé Cookies
The French word “sablé” means “sandy” in English; so these cookies are buttery and delicate and melt in your mouth.
The bright lemon flavor is refreshing after all of the chocolate and spiced cookies and the cookies will look beautiful on your holiday cookie platter.
