89 Christmas Cookies Full of Sparkly Holiday Cheer

As you peruse our list of spectacular Christmas cookie recipes, don’t forget Dorie Greenspan’s wise words: “The reason we bake is to share.” Because once you get a taste (or even a whiff) of our best Christmas cookies, you might find it difficult to be generous with your precious goods. We’re talking about ultra-soft, pink-as-can-be grapefruit sugar cookies. And Great British Bake Off champion Nadiya Hussain’s lacy, chocolate-dipped ginger-almond florentines. Plus caramel crunch chocolate chunklet cookies from Dorie herself, which she’s called one of her top holiday cookie recipes. Needless to say, we’ve got enough Christmas cookie ideas to keep the oven warm all season long.

And if efficiency is your priority during this busy time of year, our list of easy cookie recipes is here for you. Because sometimes the easiest cookies make the best Christmas cookies (just saying).

So whether you’re shipping them off with love, setting them on a plate for Santa, or just saving them for yourself, our best holiday cookie recipes have you covered.