33 christmas cookie recipes

German springerle Christmas cookies: anise-scented egg-and-sugar dough pressed with carved wooden molds, dried overnight, and baked low to set the embossed pattern.

Just like little fruitcakes! I soaked my fruit in the bourbon overnight. Easy recipe to put together and great way to use extra fruit from making my fruitcakes.

Classic jam filled cookies perfect for Christmas. Fillings can range from various jams to hazelnut spreads only limited by your imagination.

Christmas butter cookies with crisp edges, tender centers, and just enough sweetness to take frosting beautifully. A classic 6-ingredient holiday cut-out cookie recipe for decorating with kids.

No sugar, flavour is still so nice, and much healthier too!

It all began in a small village in the Black Forest of Germany, where a group of mischievous elves tried creating a cookie to make people dance joyfully. They stumbled upon anise, a magical spice with a sweet and licorice-like flavor, and decided to use it in their cookie recipe.

Classic Christmas cut-out sugar cookies with clean edges that hold their shape. A simple butter-and-shortening dough that rolls thin, bakes crisp, and takes royal icing like a dream.

Christmas Linzer cookies, tender ground-hazelnut shortbread sandwiched with raspberry jam and dusted with powdered sugar, jam peeking through a cut-out window. A nutty, festive take on the Austrian classic.

These cookies came from our friend when he came over, they were so buttery and flakey, the right amount of sweetness. These delicious cookies are definitely not only good at Christmas!

Classic Viennese Christmas cookie. Soft and buttery with a dusting of snowy sugar.

Get into the holiday spirit with these cookies that will make you wish it was Christmas every day of the year.

Moravian Christmas cookies rolled paper-thin with molasses, brown sugar, and warm spices like clove, cinnamon, and ginger. A heritage Pennsylvania Dutch holiday cookie that snaps with every bite.

With a dose of mocha, this cookies will keep the kids away but have the parents reaching for more!

Spiced molasses cookies perfect for decorating gingerbread men. Aromatic blend of ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg in rollable dough that holds intricate shapes.

Classic six-ingredient rolled sugar cookies built for cutting Christmas shapes and decorating with royal icing. Crisp edges, soft centers, holds intricate details beautifully.

These beautiful and buttery snow flake cookies will impress everyone at Christmas day.