84 christmas cake recipes

These rich cookies are delightfully crisp, buttery and nutty, with just the right amount of sweetness from the filling and the sugar dusting.

Czech Christmas cookies rolled paper-thin, packed with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, allspice, and nutmeg, sweetened with molasses and brown sugar. Crisp, spicy, and not too sweet.

Chewy spice cookies are low-fat molasses cookies sweetened with applesauce, scented with ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice, then drizzled with lemon icing. Holiday spice cookies without butter or eggs.

Lemon snowflake cookies with a tender lemon-zest dough rolled thin, cut with fluted cutters, and decorated with lemon royal icing piped into snowflake patterns. A beautiful holiday cookie.

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

German gingerbread cookies (Lebkuchen-style) with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and dark molasses. A classic Christmas cookie that bakes drop-style or chills overnight for cookie-cutter shapes.

What an excellent cookie! Not too sweet with just the right amount of spices...

Date-pecan pinwheel cookies, delicious with a cup of coffee or tea.

Pleasure's Pumpkin Pie: a lighter Thanksgiving pie made with whipped egg whites and skim evaporated milk, packed with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice for classic fall warmth.

A healthy and decadent pumpkin pie that tastes amazing with a fruit topping or cool whip.

Christmas Ginger Cookies with Almond Frosting recipe.

Buttery crescent cookies with ground nuts, chilled overnight, then shaped into half moons and rolled hot in powdered sugar. A traditional Christmas cookie with crumbly shortbread texture.

Silky pumpkin mousse pie made with whipped egg whites, evaporated skim milk, and a hint of orange zest. A no-bake holiday dessert that's lighter than traditional pumpkin pie.

Studded with chunks of maraschino cherries, pecans, and shredded coconut, this cookie is a Christmas (or anytime) favorite. Freezes very well.

Crisp nut cookies sandwiched together with a raspberry filling, which peeks through the cutout in the top cookie.

No-bake rice cereal snowball cookies bound with marshmallow and butter, rolled in powdered sugar for sweet treats kids can help make.