From Shortbread to Ginger Spice: 24 Holiday Cookie Recipes

Rolled in coarse sugar, these sophisticated pecan shortbread cookies are long on buttery, nutty flavor.

These holiday cut-out butter cookies are a dream to make, and they’re as delicious as they are pretty!

Perfect for the chocolate lovers in your life, these rich chocolate chip cookies turn out puffy, gooey, chewy, and crunchy every time.

Looking for the best sugar cookies? These are rich and buttery in flavor with a crisp exterior and soft interior.

Made famous by Ina Pinkney, blobbs are mounded cookies/brownies packed with pecans, walnuts, and two kinds of chocolate.

I’ve tried many recipes for peanut butter cookies over the years. Gwyneth Paltrow’s version is one of the best!

Soft and chewy on the inside, crisp and golden on the outside — these are the perfect coconut macaroons.

These double chocolate mint cookies taste just like Thin Mints® but have the texture of chunky chocolate chip cookies.

Slightly crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, these are my favorite oatmeal cookies.

Soft and chewy with a crackled sugar crust, these ginger spice cookies have just the right balance of spices to please kids and adults alike.

You’d never guess these outrageously good peanut butter cookies are made from just 5 ingredients.

Buttery, crisp, and just barely sweet, this Scottish shortbread is easy to make with ingredients that are always on hand.

These festive gingerbread guys and gals taste as good as they look!

Tender, puffy, and fudgy with perfectly crisp edges — these chocolate chunk cookies taste better than Toll House and are more reliable.

These are everything you want biscotti to be: buttery, lightly sweet, crunchy, and delicious any time of day!

Crispy outside and chewy inside, these are wonderful chocolate chip cookies. You’ll never guess what’s in them.

A much-loved Jewish holiday treat, chocolate rugelach are miniature pastries posing as cookies.

These could win a cookie contest on looks alone, but they taste wonderful too.

This crowd-pleasing mandel bread, a traditional Jewish cookie, is studded with walnuts and chocolate chips.

These gluten-free chocolate chip cookies are not just “good for gluten-free” — they are delicious cookies that just happen to be gluten-free.

These shortbread-like Mexican wedding cookies are flavored with lime, coconut, and ground pecans.

Chocolate biscotti are tailor-made for dunking into into coffee, warm milk, or hot chocolate.

Tender peanut butter cookies topped with Hershey’s kisses, peanut butter blossoms are the cutest cookies around.

Crisp on the outside and fudgy on the inside, these chocolate crinkle cookies are like brownies in cookie form.