With the holidays approaching, we need a handful of great classic Christmas cookies to make for holiday parties, cookie exchanges, and holiday cookie boxes.

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Hey there, and welcome back, friends.

You are in for a holiday treat!

I’m sharing 12 of my favorite holiday cookies that have received rave reviews, and I know they will bring you and your family joy.

The holidays are always a special time to show your love for your friends and family. Cookies are a great way to pass the joy and love around. With the kids home, we always turn to a few baking projects. These holiday cookies are easy for little hands to help with.

12 Christmas Cookie Recipes

These 12 Christmas cookies are perfect for adding to cookie trays, making for holiday parties, cookie exchanges, and holiday cookie boxes.

1

Cinnamon Pecan Shortbread Cookies

These shortbread cookies are buttery and melt in your mouth! It's a classic holiday recipe that's perfect for adding to holiday cookie gift boxes.

2

Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

A soft, chewy, oatmeal cookie that is packed with festive flavor. These cookies are made with fresh cranberries and white chocolate chips.

3

Peppermint White Chocolate Cookies

A classic peppermint white chocolate cookie that is soft and filled with white chocolate chips and crushed candy canes. These cookies are ready in less than 30 minutes.

4

Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

These cookies are a classic holiday cookie that everyone enjoys. They're soft on the inside with a sugary texture on the outside with a delicious chocolate center.

5

Snowball Cookies

These snowball cookies go by many names but they're always quick to disappear from the cookie tray! They are a buttery cookie filled with walnut pieces and rolled in powdered sugar.

6

Dark and Stormy Ginger Cookies

These ginger cookies have a tropical twist. They are infused with rum, rolled in zesty lime sugar, and topped with a rum glaze. 

7

Easy Christmas Decorated Cookies

Everyone needs a great sugar cookie recipe. My cookie recipe is light, tender, and buttery.

8

Gingerbread Chai Cookies

These chewy and tender gingerbread chai cookies are sweet, and spicy and perfect for your holiday cookie exchanges.

9

Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

These cookies are not only chewy and indulgent and filled with peppermint flavor but are made with a chocolate cookie batter with a chocolate glaze.

10

Gingerbread Cookies

Do you need a classic gingerbread man cookie recipe that works out perfectly every time? This recipe is easy, perfectly spiced, and decorated with royal icing.

11

Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

Red velvet crinkle cookies have a soft, cake-like texture with a rich red velvet flavor. They are covered in delicious powdered sugar for that festive crinkle cookie look.

12

Melting Snowmen Cookies

These adorable melting snowman cookies are made with a sugar cookie base and covered in candy melts.

What do you think of this list of holiday cookies? What cookies would you add to the list? Let me know in the comment section below. 

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Happy holiday baking, friends!