Easy Christmas Cookies | 2020
The 38 Easiest Christmas Cookies You Should Make This Year
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Decorating elaborate Christmas cookies can be fun, but we don't all have the patience (or skill) for that. Instead, these easy Christmas cookies — while still made from scratch — include few ingredients and are perfect for beginners (as well as kids!). From traditional red and green cookies to unique ideas, a batch (or more) of these recipes will get you in the holiday-baking spirit without poring over all the meticulous details. Simply add a dollop of frosting, a handful of sprinkles, and all the sugar your heart desires, and you'll have the best Christmas cookies in town! Because less time baking means more time eating, right? See our favorite Christmas cookie recipes ahead.
— Additional reporting by Haley Lyndes
1 Chocolate Vanilla Pinwheel Cookies
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2 Chocolate and Sesame Thumbprint Cookies With Maple Tahini Caramel
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3 Hot Chocolate Lace Cookies
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4 Goey Butter Cookies
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5 Raspberry Jam Thumbprint Cookies
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6 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
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7 Chewy Sugar Cookies
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8 3-Ingredient Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
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9 Peppermint Sugar Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting
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10 M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
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11 Chocolate Marshmallow Crinkle Cookies
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12 Candy Cane Blossom Sugar Cookies
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13 Peppermint Oreo Cookie Balls
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14 Pecan Pie Cookies
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15 Molasses Spice Cookies
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16 Cowboy Cookies
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17 Hot Chocolate Meltaway Cookies
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18 Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies
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19 Lemon Snowball Cookies
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20 Lollipop Sugar Cookies
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21 White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Sugar Cookies
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22 Gingerbread Cookies
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23 Soft Frosted Chocolate Chip Cookies
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24 Eggnog Cookies
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25 Double Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies
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26 Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies
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27 Molasses Cookies
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28 Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
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29 Pistachio Amaretti Cookies
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30 Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
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31 Italian Ricotta Cookies
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32 Cake Mix Cookies
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33 One Santa Cookie
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34 Rum Snickerdoodles
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35 Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
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36 Nutella Cookies
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37 Thin and Crispy Red Velvet Cookies
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38 Easy Gooey Butter Cookies
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