Can you remember your favorite holiday cookies as a kid? Is it still your favorite now? So many childhood’s holiday memories can happen in the kitchen. From helping to cook or bake your family’s traditional holiday meals to experimenting with cookie cutters or cookie presses for the first time—not to mention constructing your own gingerbread house (I just made my third of the season with my daughter at her class holiday party).
This year, as you’re thinking of ways to make the holiday season special, consider trying out a new holiday cookie recipe. We’ve rounded up 15 of the best holiday cookie recipes; from kid-friendly cookies to grown-up treats (Margarita cookies anyone?) And if you’re gifting cookies or participating in a cookie exchange, consider to including a print-out of the recipe and a festive note to make your gesture even more memorable. Read on for some of the best holiday cookie recipes to try this year.
1. Peppermint Frosted Chocolate Cookies
Source: Sally’s Baking Addiction
2. Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies
Source: Baking Beauty
3. Mint Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Source: Chungah Rhee | Damn Delicious
4. Paleo Cinnamon Roll Cookies
Source: Real Food With Jessica
5. Christmas Spritz Cookies
Source: Chef Lindsey Farr
6. The Best Snickerdoodle Cookies
Source: Brown Sugar
7. Grandma’s Old Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies
Source: Chef Lindsey Farr
8. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Source: Isabel Eats
9. Gingerbread Cookies
Source: Baking Mischief
10. Ooey Gooey Butter Cookies
Source: Brown Sugar
11. Lemon Shortbread Cookies
Source: Jo Cooks
12. Cinnamon-Spiced Hot Chocolate Cookies
Source: The Food Network
13. Margarita Cookies
Source: Smitten Kitchen
14. Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies
Source: Gimme Some Oven
15. Almond Butter Sparkle Cookies
Source: Sally’s Baking Addiction
