9 Homemade Christmas Cookie Recipes

Nothing says "Christmas" quite like the smell of freshly baked cookies wafting from the oven. This collection of 9 Homemade Christmas Cookie Recipes features some essential Christmas cookie recipes to help you bake your way through the holiday season. Whether you bake up a batch or two for your neighborhood cookie exchange or to give to friends as a gift, you will not go wrong with the Christmas cookie recipes included in this collection.

9 Homemade Christmas Cookie Recipes

Chocolate-Covered Cookie Pops - These Chocolate-Covered Cookie Pops make for an easy edible gift to give to friends and co-workers this holiday season.

Cloud 9 Cookies - Nothings beats the heavenly taste of these Cloud 9 Cookies. Cinnamon, coffee, peanut butter, and butterscotch chips all come together in this other-worldly Christmas cookie recipe.

Date and Nut Chews - This is one of the most traditional Christmas cookie recipes around. Dates and pecans are coated in a simple batter and then baked. These chewy cookies can then be doused in powdered sugar for a sweet treat.
 

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Doubly Delicious Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies - These delectable homemade Christmas cookies are perfect for this year's Christmas cookie exchange. Homemade peanut butter cookies are dunked in chocolate to make these Doubly Delicious Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies.

Forgotten Chocolate Nut Cookies - It may go against your instincts to forget about your cookies in the oven, but it's a requirement to make this recipe for Forgotten Chocolate Nut Cookies. To make these cookies, you preheat your oven and then place the cookies inside before shutting the oven off. The residual heat will bake your cookies to perfection every time.

Indulgent Eggnog Cookies - Every bite of these Indulgent Eggnog Cookies will have you thinking that you're sipping your favorite holiday beverage. These homemade Christmas cookies taste best served with a hot cup of coffee.
 

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No-Bake Christmas Oatmeal Cookies - No-bake cookie recipes are essential around the holidays because oven space is a hot commodity. No-Bake Christmas Oatmeal Cookies are simple to make, and you can easily adapt the recipe to feed a crowd.

No-Bake Peanut Butter Crunchies - The best thing about this no-bake cookie recipe is that all of the ingredients are pantry staples. Corn syrup, sugar, peanut butter, and cereal combine to make these chewy Christmas cookies.

No-Bake Salted Caramel Hazelnut Cookies - Salted caramel hazelnut spread is the secret ingredient that makes these cookies irresistible. Everyone will be clamoring for a bite of these No-Bake Salted Caramel Hazelnut Cookies.