75+ Easy Christmas Cookies

When the holiday season rolls around, it’s time to start baking! From mouthwatering butter cookies to snowball cookies, thumbprint cookies, gingerbread cookies, and more, here are more than 75 recipes for easy Christmas cookies everyone will love.

One of my favorite holiday traditions is to bake cookies! I have such fond memories of baking cookies with my mom and gramma when my sister and I were little.

Unfortunately, my boys don’t enjoy making cookies, but I still get together with my mom and sister every year and make delicious cookies for our families to devour!

75+ Easy Christmas Cookies

Cookies can be challenging and time-consuming, so I’ve rounded up more than 75 recipes for deliciously irresistible easy Christmas cookies. Check them out!

Easy Butter Christmas Cookies

Buttery and with just the right amount of crispiness, butter cookies are a Christmas cookie staple. Here’s a great variety of buttery easy Christmas cookies!

1. Biscoff Butter Cookies from Thyme For Flavor

Biscoff butter cookies are a great tasting cookie that’s perfect to enjoy everyday or for those special occasions like Christmas, Easter, or even Valentine’s day.

2. Christmas Spritz Cookies from Chef Ani

This Christmas Spritz Cookie recipe is one of the easiest cookies to make (and with only 5 ingredients)! The Cookie Press does the hard work of shaping the dough so the cookies look beautiful – effortlessly.

3. Italian Pizzelle Cookies from Cooking With Mamma C

These thin, crispy, buttery Italian Pizzelle Cookies are flavored with almond and are so delicious!

4. Christmas Butter Cookies from Semi Homemade Kitchen

These Christmas gooey butter cookies are soft, chewy, and made with just a few simple ingredients. They’re a festive treat perfect for holiday cookie swaps or cozy gatherings.

5. Crispy Clementine Cookies from Fab Food For All

Crispy Clementine Cookies are yummy buttery, clementine infused cookies with a crispy sugar glaze. Great for Christmas and easy enough for kids to make.

6. Traditional German Butter Cookies from Caroha

Make traditional German butter cookies, aka Butterplätzchen, with only 5 staple ingredients. These old-fashioned sugar cookies are amazing plain or decorated with your favorite icing!

7. Danish Butter Cookies from The Gardening Foodie

Light, crisp and delicate, these classic 4-ingredient Danish Butter cookies will melt in your mouth.

Easy Thumbprint Christmas Cookies

Thumbprint Christmas cookies are classic and distinctive with a cookie foundation and the “thumbprint” crater filled with something delicious!

8. Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies

These soft, flavor-packed chewy cookies put the world’s best flavor combination (peanut butter and jelly) together in cookie form. You’ll love how easy these cookies are to make and customize!

9. White Chocolate Lemon Thumbprint Cookies

These soft, flavorful cookies perfectly blend tangy lemon flavor with creamy sweet white chocolate filling to create a cookie perfect for holiday plates, DIY gifts, and cookie platters!

10. Raspberry Cheesecake Thumbprint Cookies from The Fresh Cooky

Just 5 ingredients to these soft, flavorful, tender thumbprint cookies. They stand out like little jewels on your cookie tray!

11. Easy Cranberry Thumbprint Christmas Cookies from Primavera Kitchen

These festive Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies use just four simple ingredients, and they’re vegan, gluten-free, and absolutely irresistible!

12. Chocolate Cherry Thumbprints from Small Town Woman

These Chocolate Cherry Cookies are a fabulous treat. They are a soft fudge cookie with a plump, sweet maraschino cherry in the center, drizzled with chocolate fudge sauce.

Easy Christmas Sugar Cookies

No other cookie says “Christmas” like sugar cookies! Which one of these easy Christmas cookie recipes will complete your holiday baking?

13. Lemon Sugar Cookies from Live To Sweet

These Lemon Sugar Cookies are simple, lemony perfection! Chewy in the middle with perfectly crisp edges, and fantastic lemon flavor – you won’t be able to stop with only one!

14. Almond Flour Sugar Cookies from Coconuts And Kettle Balls

These almond flour sugar cookies are perfect for decorating and only require 5 ingredients! They are soft and chewy in the center and have golden crisp edges.

15. Easy Sugar Christmas Cookies from The Forked Spoon

This is the easiest and tastiest sugar cookie recipe ever with a versatile vanilla sugar cookie dough that’s easy to roll out and maintains its shape beautifully in the oven.

16. Christmas Light Cookies from Recipes From A Pantry

These easy Christmas light cookies are a fun and festive way to welcome the holiday season. Aren’t they adorable?

Christmas Crinkle Cookies

17. Grinch Crinkle Cookies

These Grinch Crinkle Cookies are cakey, festive cookies that are beautiful and distinctive and inspired by Dr. Seuss’s beloved Christmas Grinch! They are super easy to make and look terrific in cookie tins or on cookie platters!

18. Easy Vanilla Crinkle Cookies (Cake Mix Recipe!)

This great recipe is perfect for cookie swaps, cookie tins, and bake sales! Vanilla crackle cookies are a holiday staple and super easy to make!

19. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies from A Cedar Spoon

This Chocolate Crinkle Cookie Recipe are rich and fudgy and perfect for your holiday cookie tray. Chocolate cake mix is mixed with a few simple ingredients and topped with powdered sugar to create a decadent treat.

20. Easy Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle Cookies from The Benson Street

This recipe gives a twist on a traditional chocolate crinkle to make them extra special Christmas crinkle cookies.

Easy Gingerbread Christmas Cookies

Gingerbread is a must-have holiday flavor on your cookie tray! Try these easy Christmas cookies!

21. Gingerbread Cocoa Cookies from Dash of Jazz

Chocolate gingerbread cookies taste super comforting – like dunking gingerbread into a mug of creamy hot cocoa.

22. Gingerbread Cookies With Cake Mix from Practically Homemade

These easy and delicious gingerbread cookies start with a cake mix.

23. Mini Gingerbread Men Cookies from Little Nomads Recipes

Mini Gingerbread Men Cookies are a delightful way to bring holiday cheer to your kitchen with the kids! Made with traditional spices and a hint of orange, they offer a fun twist on a classic treat.

24. Gingerbread Coffee Cake Cookies from My Happy Bakes

These easy Gingerbread Coffee Cake Cookies are perfectly spiced, covered in a buttery cinnamon crumb topping and drizzled with vanilla icing!

Easy Drop Christmas Cookies

By far, the easiest Christmas cookies to make are drop cookies. Just mix up the dough, drop it onto cookie sheets, and bake!

25. Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies

Sour cream cookies are soft and fluffy drop cookies that are probably the easiest, most delicious cookies you’ll ever make!

26. Hot Cocoa Cookies

Hot Cocoa Cookies are rich chocolate cookies filled with actual hot chocolate mix, marshmallow bits, and crushed peppermint candies. These crowd-pleasing hot chocolate cookies are simple to make, chewy cookies unlike any other chocolate cookie!

27. Eggnog Cookies

If you love eggnog, wait until you try these incredible eggnog cookies! Packed full of eggnog flavor, these soft, cakey cookies need to be part of your holiday baking and holiday cookie exchange! 

28. Chocolate Raspberry Cookies (Easy Drop Cookie)

Soft, buttery chocolate raspberry cookies are one of my absolute favorite cookie recipes. These raspberry cookies are super quick and easy to make and taste different than many of the beloved classic cookies that people normally turn to.

29. Christmas Peanut Butter Cookies

Your whole family is going to LOVE these super easy Christmas Peanut Butter Cookies. They have the perfect blend of sweet and salty plus packed full of that delicious peanut butter flavor.

30. Matcha Snickerdoodles Cookies

Matcha Snickerdoodles are a new, delicious spin on a tried and true recipe from grandma’s kitchen.

31. Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies (Using Heath Bars!)

Sweet cookies packed full of brown butter flavor, vanilla, and Heath toffee pieces. These lightly salted Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect blend of sweet and salty and perfect for any holiday or occasion!

32. Holiday Fruitcake Cookies

An easy drop Christmas cookie recipe, these fruitcake cookies are a delicious and festive treat perfect for holiday get-togethers or cookie tins!

33. Candy Cane Cookies from Dash of Jazz

These candy cane cookies are an intergenerational family favorite made from a vintage recipe and ready in under 30 minutes!

34. Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies from Lemons and Zest

These easy Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies can be whipped up with under 10 minutes of prep time. Soft, chewy and oh so fudgy. So many options for add-ins and fun ways to enjoy them.

35. Chewy Gingersnap Cookies from Mommy Evolution

Chewy Gingersnap Cookies are perfect easy Christmas cookies combining the amazing aroma of cinnamon and cloves with the warm, smoky sweetness of molasses.

36. Chai Cookies from In Bloom Bakery

Chai cookies are chewy cookies rolled in spiced sugar and made with warm fall spices and brown butter. They’re perfect for the Christmas holiday season!

Easy Shortbread Christmas Cookies

Shortbread cookies are easy Christmas cookies that are super versatile.

37. Easy Shortbread Christmas Cookies Recipe

What these simple Shortbread Christmas Cookies lack in complexity, they make up with their buttery flavor, crumbly texture, and festive decorations. Make them for your holiday dessert table or cookie tins!

38. Christmas Mosaic Shortbread Cookies from An Edible Mosaic

This recipe transforms rich, buttery shortbread into beautiful Christmas shortbread cookies! Pistachios, dried cranberries, orange zest, and white chocolate add a ton of festive flavor and color.

39. Chocolate and Ginger Shortbread Cookies from Chefs Pencil

These Chocolate Ginger Shortbread Cookies combine the buttery richness of shortbread with the warmth of ginger and a decadent chocolate drizzle.

40. Chocolate Mint Shortbread Cookies from Dizzy Busy & Hungry

Mint Chocolate Shortbread Cookies cut into snowflake shapes with a hint of mint flavor and drizzled with melted chocolate. They are easy cookies to bake with kids and give them as edible gifts to teachers, bosses, and so much more.

41. Pistachio Shortbread Cookies from Bonni Bakery

These pistachio shortbread cookies are absolutely divine. They are buttery, crumbly, packed with chopped pistachios, and dipped in dark chocolate – what’s not to love?

Easy Linzer Christmas Cookies

Linzer cookies are unique and beautiful treats that are easy to customize. Change the shapes, the color, the filling to personalize these easy Christmas cookies!

42. Chocolate Linzer Cookies from Chef’s Pencil

These delightful Chocolate Linzer Cookies are a festive twist on a classic treat! With buttery chocolate cookies and a rich, velvety chocolate ganache filling, they’re perfect for the holidays or any special occasion.

Easy Cutout Christmas Cookies

Cutout cookies are some of our favorite easy Christmas cookies! The kids LOVE decorating them with colored icing, sprinkles, and more!

43. Christmas Spice Cookies from Homemade Hooplah

Classic vanilla cookies with a dash of the best holiday spices for Christmas. Decorate with coarse sugar for a little extra crunch and a touch of sweetness!

44. Christmas Tree Cookies With Buttercream from Susan Brings Dessert

Break out your tree-shaped cookie cutters and get ready to make the cutest homemade cookies, dressed up in buttercream. This is also the perfect type of cookie to bring to a holiday party cookie exchange.

45. No Spread Cutout Cookies from Kitchen Serf

No spread cut-out cookies are going to be your new holiday favorite sugar cookie. You’ll go from cookie dough to baked cut-out cookies ready to decorate in 20 minutes.

Easy Sprinkle, Pinwheel, And Marble Christmas Cookies

These festive easy Christmas cookies are perfect for cookie tins and dessert tables!

46. Sprinkle Christmas Cookies from Dash of Jazz

Treat yourself to the easiest Christmas sprinkle cookies! These are soft and tender cream cheese sugar cookies rolled in festive red and green sprinkles for a crunchy finish.

47. Strawberry Pinwheel Christmas Cookies from Good Housekeeping

Freeze-dried strawberry powder adds fruity flavor and rich color to these gorgeous swirled cookies.

48. Chocolate Marble Cookies from Baked Abundance

These chocolate marble cookies combine the BEST of two worlds, swirled vanilla and chocolate cookie dough. Both flavors are made using one dough!

49. Easy Marbled Christmas Sugar Cookies from The Fresh Cooky

These creative Christmas cookies are so easy to bake using simple ingredients. Bake it with your kids and it will become a favorite yearly tradition.

50. Christmas Marbled Sugar Cookies from Sustain My Cooking Habit

With the holidays just around the corners, you’ll want to add these marbled Christmas sugar cookies to your list of baking this year.

Easy Snowball Christmas Cookies

Snowball cookies look like they’re covered in snow, so they’re fun and easy Christmas cookies to make. Check out these delicious recipes!

51. Pecan Snowball Cookies

Pecan Snowball Cookies are soft, buttery, powdered-sugar-coated morsels that melt in your mouth. They have a rich flavor and look like little balls of snow, making them the perfect holiday treat for family and friends!

52. Cranberry Orange Snowball Cookies from Blend With Spices

These cookies are super easy, irresistible, and buttery cookies bursting with the tang of cranberries and the bright zest of orange. A perfect Christmas cookie recipe that everyone will love!

53. Chocolate Kiss Snowball Cookies from Bitz n Giggles

Chocolate Kiss Snowball Cookies – Classic, buttery cookies with a chocolate center and dusting of powdered sugar. They will melt in your mouth!

54. Matcha Snowball Cookies from Kirbie’s Cravings

These melt-in-your-mouth snowball cookies (also sometimes referred to as Russian tea cakes or Mexican wedding cakes) are flavored with matcha green tea, giving them a natural and festive green color.

More Easy Christmas Cookies

Here are a bunch of must-have easy Christmas cookies that just didn’t fit into a “normal” Christmas cookie category. Check them out!

55. Cute Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups

These Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups use cookie dough shaped as cups and filled with hot chocolate ganache, then decorated with a cute candy cane handle to look like little mini cups of hot chocolate. So cute!

56. Simple Oatmeal Molasses Cookies

These cookies are slightly chewy with crispy edges and packed with rich, buttery, caramel flavor and pops of sweet raisins and chocolate. These crowd-pleasing cookies are perfect for any day of the year!

57. White Chocolate Raspberry Cookies

Raspberries add the perfect combination of flavors (tart fruitiness that complements the creamy sweetness of the white chocolate) to make irresistibly delicious chewy cookies. And they look as amazing as they taste!

58. Chocolate Caramel Shortbread Cookies

These cookies are SO good – the perfect shortbread base and the addition of the caramel and chocolate drizzle put them over the top.

59. Rice Krispie Chocolate Chip Cookies

These Rice Krispie Chocolate Chip cookies are made like chocolate chip cookies with the addition of Rice Krispies for amazing texture. They’re sweet, soft, chewy, crispy, gooey, and delicious in ALL the right ways!

60. Adorable Santa Gnome Cake Mix Cookies

These Santa Gnome Cake Mix Cookies are an ultra-easy cookie recipe to make and let your creative side out to create a cookie SO cute it might be too cute to eat!

61. Coconut Pecan Cookies from Live To Sweet

These Coconut Pecan Cookies have the stellar flavor team of browned butter, coconut, and toasted pecans!

62. White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies from Chew Out Loud

The Best White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies are ultra chewy, soft, and incredibly delicious. The addition of a secret ingredient makes them deliciously mind-blowing.. Both the dough and the baked cookies freeze beautifully.

63. Mochi Cookies from The Rice Chick

Chewy, crunchy, and absolutely delicious mochi cookies. Perfect for morning teas, lunch box snacks, or even as an afternoon treat. They are so simple to make and look great too.

64. Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies from Artsy Fartsy Mama

These festive Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies are a soft & chewy treat that Santa (and everyone else) are sure to love!

65. Spiced Pumpkin Cookies from Muy Bueno Blog

These southwest chunky, chewy Spiced Pumpkin Cookies are bursting with crunchy nuts and sweet, plump raisins for a fun new riff on the pumpkin spice craze.

66. Candy Cane Cookies from Love From The Oven

You’ll love these super cute Candy Cane cookies! Soft sugar cookie dough is colored an twisted together to resemble a candy cane!

67. Rudolph Nose Christmas Cookies from Mommy Travels

These simple cookies come together quickly thanks to using Devil’s Food cake mix. And they’re so festive-looking!

68. Peppermint Mocha Cookies from Zen and Honey

This chewy, soft, chocolate-y Peppermint Mocha Cookies recipe that will be perfect for gift giving this year.

69. Cherry Wink Cookies from Blend With Spices

These sweet, rich, and delicious old-fashioned holiday cookies are filled with pecans, dates, and cherries, and rolled in a crunchy cornflake coating. A must-have vintage cookie recipe for Christmas!

70. Kourabiedes (Greek Christmas Cookies) from Foodess

This Greek Christmas cookie has a sweet almond flavor with a delicate meltaway texture that I can’t get enough of. You’ll LOVE this easy, one-bowl recipe.

71. Almond Tea Cake Cookies from 2 Sisters Mix It Up

Easy Almond Tea Cake Cookies are light and fluffy, with a hint of almond flavor, and a delicate sweetness that melts in your mouth. This tea cake recipe is perfect for an afternoon tea!

72. Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies from Simply Made Eats

These Butterscotch Chocolate Chip cookies are so tasty, easy to make, and require no chilling

73. Christmas Cornflake Wreaths from Tastes Better From Scratch

Cornflake Wreaths are one of my favorite easy Christmas treats, made with just a few ingredients including cornflakes, marshmallows and butter.

74. Oatmeal White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies from A Cedar Spoon

Oatmeal White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are full of holiday sweetness. These cookies mix together oats with white chocolate chips, peppermint M&Ms and crushed candy cane along with peppermint extract. Santa is going to love these cookies!

75. Maple Pecan No Bake Cookies from Tessie’s Table

With simple pantry ingredients like oats, butter, and pecans, you can whip them up in no time. The maple glaze on top adds just the right amount of sweetness!

76. Italian Pignoli Cookies from Coley Cooks

Pignoli cookies ever are light and chewy with the best buttery flavor from the pine nuts – no butter needed.

77. Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies from Chocolate Covered Katie

These vegan chocolate chip cookies are soft, chewy, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. They are everything you could ever want in a chocolate chip cookie recipe (vegan or not)!

I hope you found a few easy Christmas cookies on this list that you’re itching to start making! Come back and try some more ideas – and please let us know which ones are your favorites!

More Must-Have Christmas Recipes

• Easy Oreo Marshmallows
• Festive Santa Buttercream Board
• Cranberry Cheesecake
• Festive Christmas Charcuterie Board
• Dr. Seuss Grinch Waffles

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