We’ve Got All The Christmas Cookies You’re Going To Want To Make This Holiday Season

These cookies look so much more complicated than they are. They are actually just a simple sugar cookie where half of the dough gets dyed red and then twisted together. So simple!

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Even Santa has a snacky side. These cookies are loaded with chocolate chips, sprinkles, pretzels, and potato chips for the salty-sweet dessert of your (and his!) dreams.

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This year, we’re excited to do things a little differently, and bake up a batch of sugar cookies to serve as our advent calendar. This cookie countdown is as fun to decorate as it is to eat, and makes a delightful gift for the holidays too.

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For us, gingerbread should have a lot of ground ginger, a bit of cinnamon, and a tiny amount of cloves. It's the perfect Christmas formula. But if you don't have cloves (or really loathe them), you can just leave them out. As for the ginger, it's necessary but negotiable. Feel free to use less.

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Not everyone's all about the Christmas cheer, and that's okay! These adorable sugar cookies will warm hearts even if they're 10 sizes too small this holiday season.

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Though we’re all for pulling out all the stops for holiday baking masterpieces, sometimes you just really want or need some festive cookies, like right now. That’s where these cake mix cookies come in. Best part? How versatile these are—you can use any mix-ins you like.

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Thanks to Pillsbury’s adorable holiday-shaped sugar cookie doughs, all you need to bring out the festive vibes is two packs of dough (one with shapes, and one without) and some colorful sprinkles. Pull out your ugly Christmas sweater, put on your favorite holiday movie, and get ready to create the ultimate (and easiest!) cookie plate for Santa.

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These extra fudgy chocolate cookies are just as beautiful as they are delicious. The best ways to guarantee your crinkles stand out? Chill your dough and roll it in powdered sugar twice.

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To think a fluffy, enriched bread can somehow translate into a buttery cookie might seem preposterous. But don’t stop reading! These cookie are the perfect base for the orange peel, currants, dried apricots, chocolate, and almonds you love about the original, with half the work.

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With a texture similar to a crinkle cookie (minus the sugar coating), these chocolate peppermint crunch cookies are soft in the center and slightly chewy around the edges. They're made extra festive with a dip in melted chocolate and crushed peppermint candies too.

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Wanna get into the holiday spirit? Make these pan-banging sugar cookies. Loaded with colorful sprinkles and sparkling with sugar, these exuberant cookies promise to bring out the kid in all of us all season long.

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Set out a plate of these cookies for the big guy this Christmas Eve, and they will guarantee to keep you on his nice list for years to come! They’re cute, delicious, and super-simple to make. Sprinkled with warm cinnamon sugar and filled with decadent Nutella, these cookies have an extra touch of Christmas magic.

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These bite-sized, crisp, chocolate chip-packed cookies are just too cute. Perfect for weekends, holidays (put some out for the big guy on Christmas Eve!), and every-other-Tuesday, this classic combo of milk-and-cookies is so delightful you can, and should, eat it with a spoon…literally.

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Regular chocolate chip cookies are great, but this time of year, festive green peppermint chocolate chip cookies are even better. We added Andes Mints and peppermint extract to our cookies instead of chocolate chips to take these OTT.

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We personally LOVE eggnog, but ahem, don’t always enjoy having to buy a big container of it that no one else will drink. Enter: these eggnog snickerdoodles. They take the beloved cookie recipe and add a little extra festive, but not overwhelming, depth that everyone will enjoy.

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Looking to wow people at the Christmas cookie swap this year? Look no further than these gorgeous cookies. We know, it sounds like an oxymoron, but these stunners truly redefine "ugly sweater."

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As the story goes, a woman by the name of Mrs. Freda F. Smith from Ohio developed the original recipe for these for The Grand National Pillsbury Bake-Off competition in 1957. She lost, but her cookies still became legendary, particularly after Pillsbury instated the Bake-Off Hall of Fame and ranked her recipe 7th on the list. The more you know!

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All you need is store-bought sugar cookie dough, an easy homemade buttercream (colored green to nail the Christmas vibes), and your desired decorations to create these tiny edible trees. In 30 minutes, you’ll have the cutest cookie stacks that everyone will be fighting over.

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Peanut butter cookies are salty, sweet, and more rich than a chocolate chip cookie ever could be. We're suckers for the classic fork crosshatch look, but you can totally skip it. (Ready for the next level? Make peanut butter STUFFED cookies.)

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If you love the richness and the comfort of homemade French silk pie, then these chocolate pie cookies are just what you need. Inspired by the classic, but with the ease and convenience of a cookie, this recipe offers a unique twist on beloved flavors.

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