Christmas Cookie Recipes

For tinted cookies, add drops of gel-paste food coloring once the flour is incorporated. If you'd like to try a variation, see what ingredients to add: Spice Cookie Dough, Chocolate Cookie Dough, Citrus Cookie Dough.

These hearty cookies are packed with wholesome dried fruits and nuts. They borrow their delicious flavors from the traditional holiday fruitcake.

This recipe is used to make our Snow-Swept Gingerbread Cottage.

Coating the outsides of the dough with cornmeal or sanding sugar lends a lovely bit of crunch.

Not only do snickerdoodles taste delicious, but they also have a fun name! Finish off this classic snickerdoodles cookie recipe with a cinnamon-sugar dusting. After rolling the balls of dough in the cinnamon sugar, give them ample room on cookie sheets -- the snickerdoodles spread a lot as they bake.

For this Scottish variation of our Classic Shortbread, the dough is baked in a stoneware mold.

This crunchy chocolate-chip cookie is enhanced by rolled oats, salted peanuts and natural peanut butter.

These Italian cookies are made without butter or oil and are twice baked to crisp perfection. Try Rum-Soaked Raisin Biscotti, Cherry Espresso Biscotti, Mexican Chocolate Biscotti, and Brown Sugar and Date Biscotti.

Though they look complicated, these tender cookies are easy to make if you use a ruler. To ensure an even design, measure the strips of dough carefully.

These simple shortbread-like treats use plenty of butter.

One of our go-to Christmas cookies! Chocolate kisses are perched atop textbook peanut butter cookies in these sweet-and-salty treats.

These rum-infused brownie balls are perfectly-sized treats for adults.

German for "pepper nut," pfeffernusse cookies are named for the pinch of pepper added to the dough before baking. It joins a quartet of warm spices -- cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.

Also known as cuccidati or turtigliuna, buccellati are Sicily's best-known Christmas cookie. Martha fills the buttery dough with a delicious combination of figs, pecans, and raisins.

To preserve the appearance of the sugary tops, layer cookies between parchment or wax paper when packing them for school lunches or as gifts. Freezing the dough for 20 minutes makes it easier to work with.

Martha made these cookies on Martha Bakes episode 312.

The underrated dried fruit takes center stage in these chewy, irresistible bars. Martha made this recipe on "Martha Bakes" episode 710.

Rendering your own lard is what really makes these anise-flavored Mexican sugar cookies stand out, but you can use vegetable shortening in a pinch. Martha made this recipe on "Martha Bakes" episode 711.

Try this easy take on gingerbread construction, which is proof that candyland dreams can be two-dimensional.

Two kinds of chocolate plus walnuts and coconut equals one tempting treat.

These traditional spice cookies are just right for the holidays.

A signature Christmastime sweet, our tiny almond-flavored cookies bear the print of the baker's thumb, which is gently pressed into the partially baked cookie to create a well. A dollop of apricot, red currant, or raspberry jam fills the center. If you use fruit preserves you've put up yourself, the signature is even more personal.

This classic almond cookie is moist, soft, and chewy.