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21 Best Christmas Cookie Recipes from The Cookie Index

21 Best Christmas Cookie Recipes from The Cookie Index - A curated collection of Christmas cookie recipes from The Cookie Index.

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1Soft Catania-style cocoa ovals with a thin orange-marmalade layer, dark chocolate tops and chopped pistachios, traditionally associated with the autumn commemorations of the dead.Italian

Rame di Napoli

Soft Catania-style cocoa ovals with a thin orange-marmalade layer, dark chocolate tops and chopped pistachios, traditionally associated with the autumn commemorations of the dead.

2Italian-style home biscotti with pure maple syrup, pecan pieces and an amber crust.Italian

Maple Pecan Biscotti

Italian-style home biscotti with pure maple syrup, pecan pieces and an amber crust.

3Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies: peanut butter thumbprints with glossy red jelly centers.Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies

Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies: peanut butter thumbprints with a fruit-filled center, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.

4A batch of spritz cookies with a pastry bag arranged on a ceramic plate.Spritz

Spritz Cookies with a Pastry Bag

Spritz Cookies with a Pastry Bag: buttery Christmas spritz cookies with title-specific flavor, shaping and finishing details.

5Ragusa-style open-topped S-shaped pastries with a fig, walnut and almond filling and a fine white icing zigzag.Italian

Nucatoli

Ragusa-style open-topped S-shaped pastries with a fig, walnut and almond filling and a fine white icing zigzag.

6Deep brown gingerbread cut-outs made with dark unsulphured molasses and dark brown sugar for a robust spiced flavor.Gingerbread

Dark Molasses Gingerbread Cookies

Deep brown gingerbread cut-outs made with dark unsulphured molasses and dark brown sugar for a robust spiced flavor.

7Puffy lemon sugar cookies dotted with crunchy poppy seeds and fresh lemon zest.Sugar Cookies

Lemon Poppy Seed Sugar Cookies

Puffy lemon sugar cookies dotted with crunchy poppy seeds and fresh lemon zest.

8Golden orange sugar cookies with fragrant citrus zest, a delicate spice note and a sparkling orange-sugar crust.Sugar Cookies

Orange Sugar Cookies

Golden orange sugar cookies with fragrant citrus zest, a delicate spice note and a sparkling orange-sugar crust.

9Peanut Butter Blossoms With Butter: golden round cookies with chocolate kiss-shaped centers on a ceramic plate.Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter Blossoms With Butter

Peanut Butter Blossoms With Butter: sugar-rolled peanut butter cookies with a chocolate center, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.

10Molasses gingerbread cut-outs finished with naturally flavored pure maple icing for a warm holiday cookie.Gingerbread

Maple Gingerbread Cookies

Molasses gingerbread cut-outs finished with naturally flavored pure maple icing for a warm holiday cookie.

11Brown butter gingerbread snickerdoodles with cream-of-tartar tang, pillowy centers and a fragrant spiced sugar coating.Gingerbread

Gingerbread Snickerdoodles

Brown butter gingerbread snickerdoodles with cream-of-tartar tang, pillowy centers and a fragrant spiced sugar coating.

12Amber biscotti sweetened with honey and studded with dried apricot pieces.Italian

Honey Apricot Biscotti

Amber biscotti sweetened with honey and studded with dried apricot pieces.

13Gingerbread cut-outs with white icing and bright red-and-white crushed peppermint candy for a festive crunchy finish.Gingerbread

Peppermint Gingerbread Cookies

Gingerbread cut-outs with white icing and bright red-and-white crushed peppermint candy for a festive crunchy finish.

14Rye-hazelnut shortbread thumbprints baked with red-orange quince paste in the wells.Shortbread

Rye Hazelnut Shortbread with Quince Centers

Rye-hazelnut shortbread thumbprints baked with red-orange quince paste in the wells.

15A batch of spritz cookies with christmas sprinkles arranged on a ceramic plate.Spritz

Spritz Cookies with Christmas Sprinkles

Spritz Cookies with Christmas Sprinkles: buttery Christmas spritz cookies with title-specific flavor, shaping and finishing details.

16Plain shortbread with a baked pistachio frangipane cap, without a jam or icing layer.Shortbread

Pistachio Frangipane Shortbread Squares

Plain shortbread with a baked pistachio frangipane cap, without a jam or icing layer.

17Tender gluten-free vanilla sugar-cookie cut-outs with almond flour and crisp, clean daisy outlines.Sugar Cookies

Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies

Tender gluten-free vanilla sugar-cookie cut-outs with almond flour and crisp, clean daisy outlines.

18Italian-inspired hazelnut chocolate cookies with wheat flour, a soft baked crumb and a boldly cracked white sugar shell.Italian

Hazelnut Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Italian-inspired hazelnut chocolate cookies with wheat flour, a soft baked crumb and a boldly cracked white sugar shell.

19Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms: golden round cookies with chocolate kiss-shaped centers on a ceramic plate.Peanut Butter

Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms

Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms: sugar-rolled peanut butter cookies with a chocolate center, with measured ingredients and a complete batch method.

20Gingerbread present cookies with clearly defined Christmas shapes and simple white icing details.Gingerbread

Gingerbread Present Cookies

Gingerbread present cookies with clearly defined Christmas shapes and simple white icing details.

21A batch of classic cookie press cookies arranged on a ceramic plate.Spritz

Classic Cookie Press Cookies

Classic Cookie Press Cookies: buttery Christmas spritz cookies with title-specific flavor, shaping and finishing details.