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A close-up of an assortment of decorated Christmas cookies on a rustic wooden table.

Christmas Cookies Ideas

Celebrate the holiday season with a variety of festive cookies, from gingerbread men to decorated sugar cookies and chocolate treats.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: holiday
Calories: 150
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Doughs and Bases
  • 2.5 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 0.5 teaspoon cloves
  • 1 cup butter
  • 0.5 cup molasses
  • 0.75 cup brown sugar
  • 0.5 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 0.5 cup chocolate melted for topping
  • 0.25 cup crushed peppermint for topping
  • 0.5 cup jam for filling
  • 0.25 cup chopped nuts
  • 0.25 cup colored sugar for decoration
  • 0.5 cup dried fruits chopped
  • 0.25 cup red candy for decoration
  • 0.5 cup vanilla icing for decorating

Method
 

  1. Mix flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves with butter, molasses, and brown sugar. Roll out, cut, bake, and decorate.
  2. Cream butter and sugar, add flour, baking powder, vanilla. Roll, cut, bake, and decorate.
  3. Make chocolate cookies, bake, top with melted chocolate and peppermint.
  4. Form dough into balls, make thumbprints with jam, bake until golden.
  5. Combine flour, butter, nuts, form balls, bake, roll in powdered sugar.
  6. Cut shortbread into shapes, bake, spread jam, top with another cookie.

Notes

Use high-quality ingredients for best flavor and presentation.