18 Recipes to Fill Your Christmas Cookie Platters

Julie Grice is a blogger who shares her wisdom with us at SheSpeaks.


December is the season for cookies. Not the typical chocolate chip cookies, but those cookies that you only bake once a year, just for the holidays. Here, I share seven of my favorite recipes for the holiday classics, as well as 10 recipes for new or revamped treats to fill out your Christmas cookie platters.

The Creatives:

Chai Latte Cookies from A Spicy Perspective

Brown Butter Brown Sugar Cookies from The Novice Chef

Caramel Toasted Coconut Stars from Little Bitty Bakes

Chocolate Fire Cookies from Savvy Eats

Chocolate Fudge S'more Thumbprints from How Sweet Eats

Lemon Almond Meringues from Joy the Baker

Coconut Lime Slice & Bake Cookies from Heather's Dish

Hot Chocolate Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies from Savory Sweet Life & Tasty Kitchen

Nutmeg Maple Butter Cookies from Smitten Kitchen

Persimmon Cookies from Two Peas and Their Pod

The Classics:

Classic Linzer Cookies from Eat Live Run

Championship M&M Cookies from "proudmama" at SheSpeaks

The Best Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies from Bake at 350

Grandma's Spritz Cookies from The Cilantropist

Pecan Snowballs from Bake at 350

Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies from Savvy Eats

The Perfect Sugar Cookie from Blue-Eyed Bakers

Rugelach from Brown Eyed Baker

What are your favorite holiday cookies?

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