Which of These 10 Classic Holiday Cookies Will You Bake First?

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‘Tis the season for baking! Fill your home with the sweet aroma of Christmas with these 10 essential holiday cookies. From classic shortbread to festive candy cane twists, your cookie platters will be legendary.

There’s nothing quite like the smell of fresh-baked cookies during the holidays. We’ve gathered everything from buttery classics that melt in your mouth to creative seasonal twists that’ll have everyone asking for the recipe. Get ready to bake your way through the most wonderful time of the year!

Shortbread Cookies

Classic buttery shortbread cookies are a Christmas staple! Our recipe has just 5 ingredients for the easiest cookies with bakery-worthy results.

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Peanut Butter Blossoms

These are my absolute favorite Christmas cookies to make! The irresistible peanut butter cookie base paired with the perfect amount of chocolate from the Hershey's Kiss topping makes this cookie recipe hard to beat.

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Molasses Christmas Cookies

These are the perfect soft gingerbread cookies! They're egg-free and still extra chewy from buttermilk and molasses.

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Candy Cane Cookies

Festive Candy Cane Cookies for the Christmas season! Sweet sugar cookies made with twisted dough, resulting in beautiful cookies without messy icing!

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Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies that are super soft and easy to cut! They melt in your mouth and are amazing when topped with homemade buttercream frosting and sprinkles!

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closeup of pecan tassie cookies, one cut in half

Old Fashioned Pecan Tassies

If pecan pie became a cookie, these would be it! Use a mini muffin tin to create shortbread cookie cups to fill with sweet pecan filling.

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Cherry Wink Cookies

This vintage cookie recipe is full of nostalgia! They're made with corn flakes, dates, pecans, and Maraschino cherries.

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overhead view of a pile of snickerdoodles on a pan

Easy Snickerdoodle Cookies

An easy recipe for the traditional Snickerdoodle cookies you know and love! Soft, buttery, chewy cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar.

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Buckeye Brownie Cookies

These Buckeye Brownie Cookies are one of Taste of Lizzy T's most popular cookie recipes, and for good reason! They're so easy to make, using brownie mix as the cookie base.

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