61 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.

German Christmas cookies (Anisplaetzchen style) flavored with anise seeds and rolled thin for cutting into shapes. A heritage holiday recipe that scales generously for a large cookie tray.

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.

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.

Decorated cookies the grownups will love---they're loaded with toasted almonds and candied orange peel.

Treat the kids this Christmas with these scrumptious snacks that will bring out the holiday spirit in your baking!

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.

This is one of my favorite Christmas Recipe especially for my children. They also loved making it over the years. Thanks again!!

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 butter cookies are the rolled and cut sugar cookie that makes the holiday cookie tin special. Tender, lightly sweet, and ready for icing, sprinkles, or sandwich filling.

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 spice cookies: rolled-and-cut holiday cookies with ginger, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and molasses. Soft or crunchy depending on bake time. Makes four dozen.

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!