10 Classic Christmas Cookies
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Here are 10 classic Christmas cookies that often make a yearly appearance during the holidays.
If you remember your mother baking cookies, you probably recall the sweet scent of sugar and vanilla filling your kitchen.
To me, it depicts a cozy, warm place. A hallmark of childhood. And wonderful memories you carry with you into adulthood.
Maybe you’re continuing this time-honored tradition with your own family.
Whipped Shortbread Cookies:
These delicious whipped shortbread cookies require only 4 ingredients. Those ingredients are: butter, confectioner’s sugar, flour, and cornstarch.
You could also add flavorings like vanilla, almond, mint, orange, or lemon to this dough.
Shortbread is delightfully light and buttery.
Fudgy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies:
These cookies are brownie-like with a fudgy center and crunchy edges. If you like brownies, then you will love this cookie.
Eggnog Cookies:
These eggnog cookies are supposed to melt in your mouth. That reminds me, I need to order eggnog!
Hot Chocolate Cookies:
If you are a fan of hot chocolate, then you will love these hot chocolate cookies!
Chewy Christmas Gingerdoodles:
These soft and chewy gingerdoodle cookies are a cross between a gingerbread and a snickerdoodle.
Perfect Cut Out Sugar Cookies:
These sugar cookies are delicious with just a dusting of fine sugar. But add frosting, and you get a really sweet experience!
Classic Snowball Cookies:
Snowball cookies are a longtime holiday favorite. They’re made with simple ingredients and taste both buttery and nutty. They are melt-in-your-mouth good.
Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies:
If you like chocolate and peppermint, you’re going to have the perfect cookie! These cookies are full of dark chocolate with chewy centers.
Soft & Chewy Gingerbread Men:
Gingerbread cookies are made with a perfect blend of spices and molasses. They’re frosted with an easy royal icing.
Holiday Spritz Cookies:
Holiday Spritz Cookies are a favorite at Christmastime. They are light, buttery, and flavorful.
Storing 10 Classic Christmas Cookies:
Most cookies should be stored in an airtight container at room temperature. If there’s icing on the cookies, layer parchment paper between the layers.
The cookies should stay fresh for 3-4 days. Most cookies can be made ahead and frozen until it’s time to cook them. According to Pillsbury, drop cookies such as oatmeal, chocolate chip, and cut-out cookies are generally freezer-friendly.
They recommend freezing the cookies before frosting. And if you bake the cookies before freezing, let them cool completely before freezing.
If properly frozen, unfrosted cookies can be stored for up to 12 months. If cookies are frosted, they can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.
What Is The Most Popular Christmas Cookie?
In a survey, sugar cookies with frosting were America’s most popular Christmas cookie. It won 21 of 50 states. If you want to see what your state voted for as the most popular Christmas cookie, click here.
According to PR Newswire, 93% of Americans bake cookies during the holiday season. And 61% bake three or more batches between Thanksgiving and New Year’s.
That’s a lot of cookies!
The History Of Christmas Cookies:
Putting out cookies for Santa is a tradition that began in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Parents were trying to instill a sense of thankfulness in their children.
That practice continues today.
Why Do We Leave Out Milk & Cookies For Santa?
This is a tradition passed down through generations. It’s simply one way to celebrate Christmastime.
Plus, it’s a way for children to show gratitude to Santa Claus, and it teaches them the value of kindness and giving.
Helping bake the cookies and leaving a note for Santa helps build a child’s excitement for the holiday season.
Try one of the recipes for these 10 classic Christmas cookies this season.
Ah cookies, and that appeals to most everyone!!
These cookies all look delish! Thank you Brenda!
Every single one of those looks delicious! I usually make the frosted sugar cookies and the Scotch shortbread cookies. I usually only make one batch of each, as they are labor intensive, with all the rolling out and cutting into cute shapes. We always get the family together to decorate the frosted sugar cookies. That’s been our tradition over the years.
Every single photo of those different types of cookies looks fabulous and delicious – and so pretty! I’m a sucker for anything chocolate. I’m good at baking brownies of all kinds, but cookies – nope. But I have fond memories of watching my paternal grandma whipping up all kinds of goodies on her old butcher block in a tiny kitchen. She was so experienced she could do a “pinch of this” and a “pinch of that” all from memory, and her food (especially her baking) was always so yummy! The butcher block was small, square, and tall, she would lift me up on a stool where I would sit mesmerized watching every move as she worked her magic. I’m 72. She passed in 1961 when I was just 11 and she was 63, but I still miss her. Christmas especially for me brings back great memories, but also some sad ones.