It goes without saying that Christmas is one of the busiest times of the year. Between shopping Christmas markets, planning your family's epic Christmas dinner, and attending parties for work and pleasure, there's barely time for anything else. Yet lo and behold, every year many of us find ourselves signing up for that cookie exchange anyway. If you're kicking yourself for that decision and fretting about how you'll find the time, here are 20 easy, festive cookie recipes you might want to consider for this year's swap, or even to share as gifts!
Easy Peppermint Brownie Cookies
Get your favorite brownie and cookie in one with this gluten-free recipe that's soft and chewy inside with a little peppermint crunch. (via The Real Food Dieticians)
Easy Slice ‘n’ Bake Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies
Your cookie secret weapon: hazelnut liquor and almond extract to bring out the vanilla flavor. These buttery soft cookies generously frosted with a creamy whipped caramel buttercream frosting. (via Half Baked Harvest)
Classic Gingerbread Cookies
Filled with ginger and warming spices, these gingerbread cookies are a throwback to a classic Christmas. Be playful with all sorts of decorations! (via Averie Cooks)
Holiday Spritz Cookies
These melt-in-your-mouth cookies with hints of vanilla and almond extract are easy to bake but stand out in the cookie crowd. (via Completely Delicious)
Cake Mix Christmas Cookies
Simplify your cookie baking with a box of cake mix to start, then dip in chocolate with lots of festive sprinkles! (via Kathryn's Kitchen Blog)
Cinnamon Roll Cookies
Craving a cinnamon roll this season? Here it is in cookie form, made with sugar cookie dough and a buttery cinnamon-sugar filling, yum! (via Pink Owl Kitchen)
Best Ever Sugar Cookies
Everyone loves a classic sugar cookie, and this recipe makes things easy with just six ingredients so you can whip up several batches stress-free. (via Pip and Ebby)
Butter Cookies
Milk powder gives these buttery cookies a slight tenderness, a delightful crisp, and a subtle milkiness. Decorate as you like! (via Woman Scribbles)
White Chocolate Walnut Cookies
Spread some joy with a delicious mix of white chocolate, nutty walnuts, and a hint of sweet icing. (via The Fast Recipe)
Christmas Monster Cookies
Have some fun baking and eating these cookies, made with peanut butter, oats, M&Ms, and white chocolate chips. (via The Endless Meal)
Cherry Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
The only way chocolate cookies can get any better is by sticking sweet maraschino cherries in the center. A drizzle of white chocolate doesn't hurt either. (via The Kitchen Is My Playground)
Chocolate Pizzelles
This Italian classic is a must around the holidays, and this recipe kicks things up a few notches by bringing chocolate, candies, and nuts into the equation. (via Saving Room for Dessert)
Turtle Thumbprint Cookies
Combine your love of turtles and cookies together with these chocolatey treats rolled in chopped pecans and filled with a gooey caramel sauce that'll blow your tastebuds away. (via Swanky Recipe)
Coconut Flour Cookies
These low-carb, vegan cookies only call for five ingredients, and none of them is sugar! Dipped in Stevia-sweetened chocolate, they're garnished with nuts for extra crunch. (via Sweet As Honey)
Reindeer Cookies
Nutter Butters and sugar cookies fuse together to create adorably festive (and delicious) reindeer. (via Pip and Ebby)
Maple Pecan Tea Cookies
Whether you're eating them accompanied by a cup of tea or coffee or enjoying them solo, these bites will satisfy your sweet tooth with their crumbly and buttery texture. (via Oat and Sesame)
Classic Chewy Gingersnap Cookies
This warming recipe brings you sugar, spice, and everything nice with almost three dozen cookies in just 30 minutes. Magical. (via Yay! For Food)
Strawberry and Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
Life is too short to just have ONE type of cookie, which is why this recipe gives you tasty options with fruit and chocolate. (via Casablanca Cooks)
Cookie Dough Bites
Sate your raw cookie dough craving with these egg-free hunks of soft chocolate chip bliss. (via Seasoned Sprinkles)
Ginger-Spiced Sugar Cookies
If you can't decide between the classics, mash two faves together to create a bomb confection your friends will *love.* (via The View from Great Island)
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Dana Sandonato
Born in Canada and now living in the beautiful state of North Carolina, Dana is a coffee-reliant food writer with a healthy appetite, a taste for culinary adventure, a thirst for good beers, and an endless hunger for food photography. When not writing for Brit + Co, she can be found pouring herself into her blog-turned-webzine, Killing Thyme, or taste-testing at local breweries with her husband. Dana's ideal down time includes pizza, marathoning on Netflix, or watching her fave flicks from the 80s and 90s - no matter how great or awful they are!
