I love to bake when I can find the time to do so. When the action starts in the kitchen, it’s fun to watch the flour fly and chocolate melt. I’ve been swooned by the the decadence I see online. Treats created by my pals around the web ~ some of these are healthy, others pure holiday fun. Take your pick!
Enjoy tempting holiday cookie recipes that you can bake at home ~ Get some practice in before Christmas.
For regular cookie updates follow my Cookies and Christmas Joy! Pinterest boards.
Biscotti
These twice baked dippers are great for breakfast with coffee and to pack in tins as gifts.
- Cardamom Orange Biscotti (gluten free)Â All Day I Dream About Food
- Candy Cane Biscotti Savory-Bites
- Chocolate Dipped Almond Biscotti The Midnight Baker
- Chocolate Toffee Biscotti Rachel Cooks
- Cranberry Pistachio Christmas Biscotti Crumb
- Double Chocolate Biscotti Cookies Chew Out Loud
- Intensely Chocolate Fudgy Biscotti Scientifically Sweet
- Peppermint Biscotti Home Cooking Memories
Chocolate
Everything tastes better with chocolate. Don’t you agree?
- Chewy Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Laura’s Sweet Spot
- Chocolate Caramel Cookies with Sea Salt Two Peas and Their Pod
- Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies Leite’s Culinaria
- Chocolate Wafer Cookies Smell’s Like Home
- Hot Cocoa Cookies Some Kitchen Stories
- Mexican Chocolate Earthquake Cookies Spoon Fork Bacon
- Mini Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies Pinch of Yum
- Peanut Blossom Cookies Season With Spice
- White Chocolate Mocha Cookies Milk and Honey
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Classic is always fabulous!
- Chocolate Chip Cookies My Little Gourmet
- Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cookies MarlaMeridith.com
- German Chocolate Cookies Heather Christo Cooks
- Homemade Chocolate Wafer Cookies Smells Like Home
- Orange Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies Cooking Classy
- Peanut Butter Carob Chip Cookies Cooking For Seven
- Pretzel M&M, Butterscotch & White Chocolate Cookies Amy Bites
- White Chocolate Cranberry Pistachio Drop Cookies Parsley, Sage and Sweet
Decorated Cookies
Stunning creations that delight the eyes and tastebuds!
- Christmas Light Cookies Rock UR Party
- Christmas Present Cookie Bites The Decorated Cookie
- Christmas Sugar Cookies The Slow Roasted Italian
- Colorful Spiral Cookies Sprinkle Bakes
- Faux Bois Bake at 350
- Gingerbread Cookie (Decorated Nutcracker Design)Â Sweetopia
- Iced Sugar Cookies Cooking Classy
- White Chocolate & Peppermint Christmas Cookie Wreaths Foodiecrush
Gluten Free
Also take a look at the Vegan category for more great GF options.
- Almond Chickpea Cookies (vegan) MarlaMeridith.com
- Bourbon Caramel Samosas Minimalist Baker
- Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies Roxana’s Home Baking
- Crispy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (vegan) Oh She Glows
- Gingerbread Cookies The Healthy Apple
- Persimmon Cookies The Spunky Coconut
- Spiced Orange Clementine Cookies My Darling Lemon Thyme
Gingerbread
These spiced cookies always delight!
- Candied Ginger Shortbread Cookies A Farmgirl’s Dabbles
- Soft Chocolate Gingersnap Cookies Zesty Cook
- Gingy Bread Men Diamonds for Dessert
- Ginger Molasses Cookies (gluten free) Bonjon Gourmet
- Gingerbread Pudding Cookies Chef in Training
- Gingerbread Snowflake Cookies CosmoCookie
Minty
Winter cookies are so fun with a cool, crisp minty chill!
- Candy Cane Oreo Chocolate Chunk Cookies Picky Palate
- Homemade Thin Mints Averie Cooks
- Mint Chocolate Kisses Muffin Top Cookies Roxana’s Home Baking
- Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies TidyMom
- Peppermint Bark Cookies Thyme In Our Kitchen
- Peppermint Dream Butter Cookies Recipe Girl
- Peppermint Icebox Cookies Smells Like Home
- Peppermint Mocha Blossoms damn delcious
- Peppermint White Chocolate Chip Cookies Closet Cooking
Mix It Up
Cookie creations I cannot resist sharing…
- Buttercream Sugar Cookies i am baker
- Chewy Brown Sugar Cookies with Brown Sugar Frosting Cookies & Cups
- Christmas Cherries The Pioneer Woman
- Cinnamon Blueberry Biscoff Breakfast Cookies Kevin and Amanda
- English Shortbread Thyme
- Gingered Carrot Cake Cookies Rosa’s Yummy Yums
- Hazelnut Chocolate Linzer Cookies Aida Mollenkamp
- Lemon Pistachio Wreath Cookies Martha Stewart
- Match Stick Cookies Cook. Snap. Savour
- Orange Pecan Waffle Cookies Cooking by Moonlight
- Peppermint Tea Shortbread Bluebonnets and Brownies
- Red Velvet Christmas Cookies She Likes Ruffles He Likes Truffles
- Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Cookies The Novice Chef
- Vanilla Raspberry Linzer Cookies Haniela’s
Oatmeal Cookies
Oatmeal cookies are always a comfort food favorite. These have some extra charm.
- Apple Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies – Gluten Free MarlaMeridith.com
- Carrot Oatmeal Cookies The Flour Sack
- Cherry Apricot Oatmeal Cookies Baked By Nicole
- Chewy Oatmeal Cookies Fork Knife Swoon
- Chocolate and Dried Cherry Oatmeal Cookies Cookin’ Canuck
- Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Buttered Up
- Oatmeal Cream Pie Cookies Being a Bear
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookies David Lebovitz
- Oatmeal Toffee Cookies Little B Cooks
- Old Fashioned Ranger Cookies Following in My Shoes
- Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies What’s Gaby Cooking
Paleo
Grain free cookies…
- 10 Paleo Christmas Cookie Recipes Elana’s Pantry
- Chocolate Chip Cookies Fueling Endurance Performance
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bites FreeRange Human
- Double Chocolate Pecan Cookies Against All Grain
- Ganache Filled Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites The Urban Poser
- Sunny Strawberry Sandwich Cookies MarlaMeridith.com
- Thumbprint Cookies Delciously Organic
Sandwich Cookies
Cream & Crunch? Bring it. Also don’t forget to enter your chocolate sandwich cookie recipes into the Chocolate Adventure Contest.
- Chocolate Sandwich Cookies First Look, Then Cook
- Ganache Filled Espresso Cookies A Stack of Dishes
- Hot Chocolate Sandwich Cookies Not Crocker
- Peanut Butter Chocolate & Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies The Stay at Home Chef
- Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies The Flour Sack
- Pumpkin Molasses With Cream Cheese Frosting My Baking Addiction
- Sunflower Seed Butter Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies MarlaMeridith.com
Snickerdoodles
These cinnamon spiced sugar cookies are always popular ~ especially this time of year!
- Biscoff Stuffed Snickerdoodles Life {Made} Simple
- Brown Butter Snickerdoodles Two Peas and Their Pod
- Coffee Snickerdoodles The Baking Robot
- Mexican Chocolate Snickerdoodles Sunny Side Up
- Snickerdoodles with Cinnamon Chips Very Culinary
Vegan
It is always nice to have choices, even when it comes to Christmas cookies. Here are healthier vegan options.
- Classic Gingerbread Cookies Naturally Sweet Recipes
- Chocolate & Ginger Chia Seed Holiday Cookies Happy Hearted Kitchen
- Chocolate Cranberry Breakfast Cookies MarlaMeridith.com
- Mountain Fudge Sandwich Cookies Healthy Happy Life
- Peanut Butter Kisses Sunday Morning Banana Pancakes
- Quinoa Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies Jeanette’s Healthy Living
- Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies Mighty Vegan
- Walnut Thumbprint Cookies Trans-Planted
What an amazing round-up, Marla! So many ideas to choose from! Thanks so much for adding/linking up my drop cookies!
A wonderful roundup! What great recipes.
Thanks for the link. 🙂
Cheers,
Rosa xxx
Marla this post is amazing – WOW! It’s pretty much every cookie I’ve seen, wanted to make, have on my radar screen, or didn’t even know existed but now I have to have it – all rolled into one! Thanks for including my Homemade Thin Mints and wow, just opened about 25 links! Thanks for taking the time to compile this!
What an awesome line-up of cookies! There is something in here for everyone. Thanks so much for including one of my recipes, Marla.
Wow–what an incredible collection of cookies! And always so chuffed to see cookies that I can actually EAT! 😀 Thanks, Marla. Have a great holiday season!!
Awesome list! You have something on here for everyone!!
What a GREAT round up, Marla! They all sounds delicious.
What at timely roundup Marla – just sitting down to figure out what cookies to make for our Holiday Open House. Would love to pick one from each category – there are so many to choose from! Thanks for including one of mine ;).
What a great list of holiday cookies! Thanks for putting this together and for including my little cookie recipe. Happy Holidays, Marla!
I don’t even know where to begin!! So many great ideas, so little time! 🙂
Thanks for the round-up. This is a great resource to pin!
Marla, this is such a great cookie round-up, and it’s so generous of you to include so many talented food bloggers out there… all well deserving of your mention! Looks like I’ve got some Sunday recipe reading to do… Happy holidays to you & your family!
great round-up…and the baking robot sent me those cookies- delish!!!
What a great round up! Thanks 🙂
What a great list of cookie ideas…thanks for compiling this and including my chocolate chip cookies. Now, what to bake first?… 🙂
What an awesome recipe roundup and thank you for devoting so much time to pinning amazing recipes. I think I found about half of my pins through you 🙂
What a beautiful collection of cookie recipes! Can’t wait to try some of them out. Thanks for including me!
I did a trial run of one of my planned Christmas cookies last night and it didn’t turn out as planned, imagine my delight when I got on Facebook today to see a post of 100 cookie recipes I could try to replace it in my plans, thanks!
Beautiful round-up Marla! Thank you so much for including my recipe in here! Happy Holidays. Miss you.xox
Thank you for all those recipes 😉
Bisous
What a fantastic list! Thanks for including my biscotti, Marla!
What a fab round-up!
So many cookies to try, what an awesome assortment. thank for putting this together, I can’t wait to come back and pick few new ones to try. Thank you so much for including my linzer cookies. merry christmas, hani
Such a great list! I’m still looking for holiday treats to bake and already see a few on here that sound perfect. And thank you so much for featuring my Peppermint Biscotti!
Thanks Marla – that is an epic list! Love your categories, too. Merry Christmas!
fabulous round-up. I loooove holiday cookies and will be baking some tomorrow for my daughter’s school holiday sing. I’ll have to have a good look through this list!
Wow, this is a wonderful list! Thanks for including me, what an honor! Happy Holidays 🙂
Thanks so much for including my Snickerdoodles, Marla 😀 They are truly my absolute favorite cookie!
What a fabulous round-up, Marla! Thank you for including my recipe. 🙂
Great list of cookies! Thanks so much for including my Spiced Orange Chocolate Chunk cookies 🙂 Merry Christmas xx
Wow, this is a serious list! I have all of the gluten-free ones popped up in separate tabs ready to read through. Thanks a bunch, definitely takes the guesswork out of the Christmas baking I was going to begin today!
There can never be too many Christmas cookies. I love the smiles and joy they bring! Thank you so much for linking to my candied ginger shortbread. Have a very merry Christmas, Marla! xo
Looks like a scrumptious list of cookies! Thank you for including my peanut butter carob chip cookies. 🙂
Thanks for including the link to my cookies in this yummy list!
So fun Marla! Thank you for including me 🙂
Yay for cookies! Fabulous round up! Thanks for including the peas:)
Now THIS is a round-up! Santa’s going to need a buffet table rather than just a plate!
What a fabulous round-up! I appreciate the inclusion. 🙂
Thanks so much for including my red velvet crinkles in the list! There are so many amazing recipes included…this really makes me want to get baking!!!!
Ekkkk! So many cookies, so little time!!!
I am bookmarking my faves and baking all weekend long.
Love this round up, Marla!!