Christmas Cookies Recipes

From Family Circle

Red raspberry jam makes a delicious filling for these rolled hazelnut cookies. These versatile cookies are perfect for holiday baking as well as special occasions year-round.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

This dough is not only great for cut-out cookies, it also acts as the delicious bottom layer of the Florentines.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

For something a little unique, bring these cookies to a holiday cookie exchange.

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Tinted dough adds puffy bursts of color as it bakes onto the cookies.

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From Taste of the South

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

If you make these a day ahead of time, the cookies will soften a bit, and the flavors will mingle nicely. Fresh spices are key.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

For simplicity, I usually don't temper the dipping chocolate. Instead, I melt the chocolate with shortening, which helps it set. With this method, the cookies may get spotty after a day or two. To avoid that, use tempered chocolate for dipping and omit the shortening, or else drizzle plain melted chocolate on the cookies instead of dipping them.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

Rosemary gives these holiday cutout cookies a subtle piny touch, and lemon adds brightness.

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From Family Circle

You'll need a cookie press to make these buttery spritz cookies. Look for small red candies to use as berries for these holiday wreaths.

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From Taste of the South

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

This versatile dough can be used for everything from tarts to pie crust to turnovers. The dough is quite soft, but all the butter in the recipe makes it forgiving and easy to work with. When baked, the crust is very tender--almost like a shortbread cookie.

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From Taste of the South

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From Midwest Living

You can make these simple cookies as directed in the recipe, or add cocoa powder to make a chocolate version.

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From Family Circle

Because the hazelnuts are ground, you can't see them, but you sure can taste their sweet richness when you bite into a cookie.

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From Vegetarian Times

Rich, buttery shortbread is an ideal holiday cookie option because it keeps well and is sturdy enough to pack into gift baskets or send to faraway friends and family. For party preparation, either premeasure ingredients and combine on-site, or make the dough, press into the pan, and bake when you arrive.

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From Better Homes and Gardens

Use brandy for the adult cookies and orange juice for the kids version when making these adaptable holiday cookies.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

For best results, you'll need a candy thermometer for this recipe. Chopped candied citrus peel is an excellent addition. To make candied citrus peel, simmer orange zest in a sugar syrup until tender and let cool.

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From Taste of the South

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From Better Homes and Gardens

Enlist kids to help assemble these pretty Christmas cookies in stacks to wrap and give as gifts.

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From Fine Cooking Magazine

The darker the brown sugar, the deeper the cookies' flavor. You could use a more exotic brown sugar in this recipe, such as Billington's dark brown cane sugar from England or light or dark muscovado sugar.

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From Family Circle

The translucent stained glass in these holiday cookies is melted butterscotch candies. Be sure to bake the cookies on parchment paper so the can easily be removed from the cookie sheets.

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