10 Classic Christmas Cookies
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 only call for 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 to taste.
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 cookie and a snickerdoodle cookie.
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 favorite during the holidays.
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 as well as peppermint, then 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 in between the layers of cookies.
The cookies should stay fresh for 3-4 days.
Most cookies can be made ahead and put in the freezer 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 cookies before they are frosted.
If you bake the cookies before freezing, let them cool completely before freezing.
If properly frozen, you can freeze unfrosted cookies for up to 12 months. If cookies are frosted, they can be stored frozen for up to three 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 Years.
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 that has been passed down through generations. It’s simply one of the ways to celebrate Christmastime.
Plus it’s a way for children to show gratitude to Santa Claus, and teaches them the kindness and value of giving and sharing.
Helping to bake the cookies and leaving a note for Santa helps to 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.