Christmas is almost here again, and that means it’s just about time to bake all those delightful yummy Christmas cookies. With that thought in mind, I’ve put together this collection of Christmas cookie recipes, some (or all) that you’re sure to enjoy. 🙂
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Christmas Cookie Wreaths Recipe
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup of butter
1 cup of chopped raisins
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger
1 cup of sugar
4 teaspoons of sweet cream
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
3 1/2 cups of flour (sifted)
Mix butter and sugar in bowl until creamy. Whip eggs and sweet cream. Add other ingredients and mix well until mixture becomes dough. Place in refrigerator to chill. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Remove dough from refrigerator and cut small pieces. Roll into wreath shapes. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 minutes. Let cookies cool. Add decorations if desired.
Christmas Butter Cookies Recipe
1 cup of butter
1 1/2 cups of sifted powdered sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 1/2 cups of sifted flour
1 teaspoon of cream of tartar
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt
Cream butter, add sugar gradually and cream until fluffy. Add unbeaten egg and vanilla; beat well. Sift together dry ingredients; blend into cream mixture. Chill dough about an hour. Roll on well floured pastry board to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with floured cutter. Bake on an unbuttered cookie sheet for 6 minutes at 325 degrees. Yield: 6 dozen cookies.
Old Fashioned Butterscotch Cookies Recipe
1/2 cup of butter, melted
1 egg
3/4 cup of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of milk
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups of flour
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoon of baking powder
Melt butter and add brown sugar; dissolve well. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Add milk, flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix and drop by teaspoons-full onto a greased cookie sheet one inch apart. Bake 8 minutes or until light brown at 375F.
Christmas Surprise Cookies Recipe
3/4 cup of shortening
3/4 cup of light brown sugar
1 egg
1 3/4 cups of flour
1 teaspoons of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
3/4 cup of shredded coconut
2 teaspoons of cream of tartar
Any flavor jam or jelly
Cream shortening and sugar together. Add egg and mix well. Sift dry ingredients together and add. Add vanilla, and drop by teaspoons-full onto ungreased cookie sheet. With your finger or a spoon, make an indentation in the center of the cookie ball and fill with jam or jelly. Sprinkle coconut over all and bake at 375F for 10-12 min.
Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
1/3 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup of butter, softened
1/2 cup of peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup of flour
1/2 cup of quick cooking oats
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 – 6 ounce package of semisweet chocolate chips
Heat oven to 350F. Beat sugars, butter, peanut butter, vanilla and egg in a medium bowl, until creamy and well blended. Mix in flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheet.
Filled Christmas Cookies Recipe
For the Dough:
1/2 cup of shortening
1 cup of sugar
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup of milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of soda
2 teaspoons of cream of tartar
For the Filling:
1 cup of raisins
1 cup of shredded coconut
1 cup of brown sugar
1/2 cup of water
3 tablespoons of flour
1/2 cup of black walnuts
For the Filling:
Mix all ingredients together and cook 5 minutes.
For the Cookies:
Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy; stir in egg. Combine milk and vanilla; set aside. Combine flour, soda and cream of tartar; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture and mixing well after each addition. Roll half of dough on lightly floured board to 1/8 inch thickness, cut with 2 inch round cookie cutters. Place on lightly greased baking sheets; spread 1 teaspoon filling over each. Roll remaining dough to 1/8 inch thickness; cut with 2 inch round cookie cutters and place over filling. Lightly press outer edges together. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
Lemon Christmas Snow Bars Recipe
For the Crust:
1/2 cup of butter
1 cup of flour
1/4 cup of confectioner’s sugar
For the Filling:
2 eggs
1 cup of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 teaspoon of grated lemon rind
Confectioner’s sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine butter, flour and confectioner’s sugar and mix well until mixture clings together. Pat evenly into an ungreased 9 x 9 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until brown on edges. Beat together eggs, sugar, baking powder, lemon juice and lemon rind (if you don’t use rind, add another tablespoon of lemon juice). Pour over partially baked crust. Return to oven and bake 20 minutes longer or until set. Sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar. Cool, cut into bars.
Swedish Christmas Cookies Recipe
1 cup of butter
2 egg yolks
Dash salt
1 egg white, slightly beaten
4 tablespoons of chopped almonds
3/4 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of almond extract
2 1/2 to 2 3/4 cups of flour
2 tablespoons of sugar
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and almond extract. Add salt. Sift in flour and mix well. Make it pliable dough and chill 30 minutes. To shape, divide dough into 6 equal portions. Roll out each portion to make a rope, about 24″ long. Divide each into 2″ strips. Place on cookie sheets. Brush with egg whites and sprinkle with sugar and almonds. Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes or until cookies feel firm and are lightly browned around the edges. Let cool on cookie sheet a few minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Orange Slice Christmas Cookies Recipe
4 eggs
2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
A pinch of salt
2 1/2 cups of brown sugar
1 cup of chopped pecans
14 orange slices, cut in small pieces
Shake a little flour over the small pieces of orange slices. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together. Beat eggs and add sugar and then flour mixture and last, the nuts and orange slices. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
For the Icing:
3 tablespoons of orange juice
3 tablespoons of butter
Heat together and thicken with powdered sugar, while still hot.
Maple Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe
2 1/2 cups of sifted Flour
1 teaspoon of baking Soda
1 teaspoon of cream of tarter
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 1/3 cup of butter flavor Crisco
1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla
2 tablespoons of pure maple syrup
2 cups of sugar
2 egg yolks
Sift together the flour, soda, tarter, and aalt, and set aside. Cream the Crisco, vanilla, and maple syrup until well mixed, then add the sugar gradually creaming until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time and beat well after each is added. Slowly add the sifted dry ingredients and beat until just blended. Make balls 1 1/2 inch in diameter and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 9 to 11 min or until the edges just start to turn golden brown. Allow to cool at least two min on the sheet before removing to a rack until completely cool.
Christmas Ginger Cookies Recipe
6 cups of flour
1 tablespoon of baking soda
1 tablespoon of ginger
1 teaspoon of cloves
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of Crisco shortening
1 cup of molasses
1 cup of packed brown sugar
1/2 cup of water
1 large egg
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Mix flour, soda, spices and salt. Beat shortening, molasses, sugar, water, egg and vanilla until well blended. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Will be soft. Divide into fourths. Pat each 1/4 into 1″ thick round. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 3 hours or up to 1 week. Roll on lightly floured surface to 1/8″ thick, cut with gingerbread men cutters and bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cool slightly on cookie sheet, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Christmas Fruitcake Cookies Recipe
1/2 cup of vegetable oil
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon of ground allspice
1/4 cup of milk
1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
1/2 cup of raisins
1/2 cup of snipped dried apricots
1/2 cup of chopped dates
Cream together the oil and sugar. Add the egg. Then blend in the remaining ingredients. Drop by spoonfuls onto a lightly oiled baking sheet. Bake in 350 F oven for about 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack and store in a tightly closed container.
Christmas Butterscotch Cookies Recipe
1/2 cup of butter
2 cup of brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
3 1/2 cups of flour – sifted
1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar
1 teaspoon of baking soda
Cream butter, add sugar and then add eggs and vanilla. Sift flour with cream of tartar and baking soda and add to first mixture. Form into a roll and allow to stand in ice box overnight. Slice thinly and bake on a greased baking sheet at 375 F. for 10 minutes.
Amish Christmas Sugar Cookies Recipe
1/2 cup of sugar
1/3 cup of powdered sugar
1/4 cup of butter or margarine (1/2 stick)
1/3 cup of vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 teaspoon of lemon or almond flavoring
2 tablespoons of water
2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon of salt
Place sugars, margarine and oil in a mixer bowl and mix at medium speed until creamy. Add egg, vanilla, flavoring and water, and mix at medium speed for 30 seconds, scraping down the bowl before and after adding these ingredients. Stir remaining ingredients together to blend well; add to creamy mixture and mix at medium speed to blend. Form dough into 24 balls using 1 tablespoon dough per ball. Place balls on cookie sheets that have been sprayed with pan spray or lined with aluminum foil. Press balls down evenly to 1/2′ with the back of a tablespoon dipped in water. Bake at 375 for 12 to 14 minutes, or until cookies are browned on the bottom and lightly browned around the edges. Remove cookies to a wire rack and cool to room temperature.
Old Fashioned Christmas Walnut Balls Recipe
1 cup of butter or margarine
1/3 cup of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 cups of flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 cups of finely chopped walnuts
Powdered sugar
Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla until fluffy. Sift flour and salt together; add to creamed mixture. Mix well; stir in walnuts. Shape dough into walnut-sized balls. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet with spatula. When still warm but cool enough to handle, roll in powdered sugar.
Chocolate Covered Cherry Christmas Cookies Recipe
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 cup of butter or margarine softened
1 cup of granulated sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla
1 -10 ounce jar of maraschino cherries, drained, reserve juice
1 – 6 ounce package of semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup of sweetened condensed milk
In large bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and soda. In mixer bowl, beat together butter or margarine and sugar on low speed until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture; beat until well blended. Shape dough into 1″ balls; place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press down center of dough with thumb. Drain Maraschino cherries, reserving juice. Place a cherry in the center indention of each cookie. In small saucepan combine chocolate pieces and sweetened condensed milk; heat over low heat until chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of the reserved cherry juice. Spoon about 1 teaspoon frosting over each cherry spreading to cover cherry. (frosting may be thinned with additional cherry juice if necessary) Bake at 350 degrees or until done. Remove to wire rack to cool.
Christmas Crescent Cookies Recipe
1/2 lb. of butter (2 sticks)
2 cups of flour
2 cups of chopped pecans
5 tablespoons of sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla
1 tablespoon of water
1/2 teaspoon of salt
Powdered Sugar
Cream butter and sugar; add vanilla and water. Sift flour and salt, stir into mixture. Add pecans and mix well. Shape into size of walnut and shape into crescent. Bake slowly at 325 degrees about 20 minutes. While warm, roll in powdered sugar.
Almond Christmas Balls Recipe
1 cup of soft butter
1/4 cup of confectioner’s sugar
2 cups of sifted flour
1 cup of ground almonds
1 teaspoon of almond extract
Candied or jar cherries
Cream together. Roll teaspoon of dough into a ball and press cherry in middle. Cover completely. Bake on greased cookie sheet 30 minutes at 325 degrees. Roll in granulated sugar before cooling. Makes about 4 dozen.
Cinnamon Christmas Logs Recipe
1 cup of butter
5 tablespoons of sugar
A dash of salt
2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 teaspoon of almond extract
1/4 cup of sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons of ground cinnamon
Mix first 6 ingredients. Roll into 2 inch length logs. Bake at 300 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Cool. Roll logs in a sugar and cinnamon mixture.
