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    This list of Christmas Cookie Recipes will give you cookie recipe inspiration for the Christmas holiday season and whenever you have the craving for these cookies. Enjoy the Christmas cookie recipe list!

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    Hello Everyone, we have a list here of our Christmas Cookie recipes to give you some cookie inspiration for the Christmas season and any time you have a cookie craving!

    These cookies in this list are particularly popular during the Christmas holiday season.

    Are there any Christmas cookies that you love? Let us know in the comments at the end of the post.

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    This list of Christmas Cookie Recipes will give you cookie recipe inspiration for the Christmas holiday season and whenever you have the craving for these cookies. Enjoy the Christmas cookie recipe list!

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    Gingerbread Cutout Cookies

    Gingerbread Cutout Cookies are a classic & traditional Christmas holiday cookie to make every year, this recipe also has ground nutmeg and pure vanilla extract to take the flavor over the top! You can bake them to be crisper or chewier, depending on how you like them. These fun cutout cookies are perfect for decorating with classic, sweet & crisp Royal Icing!

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    Cutout Sugar Cookies

    Cutout Sugar Cookies are a classic, butter and sugar-based cookie dough recipe that can be used for cutout Holiday cookies, to make a Sugar Cookie Candy House, or as a base for other classic cookie recipes. These cookies are perfect for decorating with Royal Icing! Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

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    Chocolate Crinkles

    These Chocolate Crinkles have a subtle chocolate flavor and just the right amount of chew. They are made with coconut oil and chocolate (unsweetened cocoa). 

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    Peanut Butter Blossoms

    Peanut Butter Blossoms are classic cookies, they are peanut butter cookies topped with chocolate Hershey’s kisses. (makes about 54 cookies)

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    Almond Crescent Cookies

    These Almond Crescent Cookies are classic, sugar-dusted cookies with buttery flavor and a crunchy texture from chopped almonds.

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    Mocha and Chocolate Covered Holiday Cookies

    Mocha and Chocolate-Covered Holiday Cookies have 5 ingredients (cookies, instant coffee, dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, and crushed candy canes), are quick to put together with only 3 steps, and make entertaining with holiday flair look easy!

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    Linzer Cookies

    This classic, Linzer Cookies recipe is popular to make around the winter holidays and can easily be customized to any occasion and flavor with different jams, jellies, chocolate, nut butter, or curd fillings. It has crisp, Viennese cookie dough (with almond flour/meal) and they can be dusted with confectioner’s sugar or left plain.

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    Nutella Linzer Cookies

    Nutella Linzer Cookies (Chocolate Hazelnut Linzer Cookies) is popular to make around the winter holidays and can easily be customized to any occasion and flavor with different jams, jellies, chocolate, nut butter, or curd fillings. It has crisp, Viennese cookie dough (with almond flour/meal) and they can be dusted with confectioner’s sugar or left plain.

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    Pignoli Cookies

    Pignoli Cookies have a crunchy, nutty exterior and the most perfect, soft & chewy inside with almond flavor in every bite. They are made with almond paste, sugar, salt, pine nuts, and an optional dusting of powdered sugar. Enjoy these classic, Italian cookies at Christmas time or any time of the year that you have a craving! (makes 38 cookies, vegetarian, gluten-free)

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    Ginger Cookies

    These Ginger cookies are crisp on the outside, soft on the inside; they are spiced with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, and also have molasses in them. These are classic cookies, perfect for the holiday season!

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    Peanut Butter Cookies

    These Peanut Butter Cookies are a classic, homemade peanut butter cookie recipe. They are savory and sweet and can be made crispy or chewy. They taste delicious when drizzled or dipped in chocolate.

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    Spritz Cookie Recipe

    This Spritz Cookie Recipe is a favorite for Christmas as it uses a cookie press and makes a large batch of cookies. These sugar cookies have a great butter flavor and can be decorated as you like or left plain.

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    Russian Tea Cakes

    Russian Tea Cakes are a classic, simple, cookie recipe made with unsalted butter, all-purpose flour, pure vanilla extract, finely chopped nuts, and confectioner’s sugar. They are a popular cookie for swaps, cookie boxes, Christmas holiday parties, and Easter time. Makes 48 cookies.

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    Pinwheel Cookies

    Pinwheel Cookies are perfect for the Christmas holiday season; this family recipe has a dough that can be made ahead and then sliced when ready to make them. They are crisp sugar cookies with alternating vanilla and chocolate dough, and optionally coated in festive sugar sprinkles.

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