Christmas Cookies: 3-Ways

Celebrate the holidays with three classic Christmas cookies from one versatile dough base: buttery Sugar Cookies, spiced Gingerbread, and snowy Snowball Cookies!

Classic Christmas Sugar Cookies (Soft, Buttery & Easy to Decorate)

This recipe creates the best Christmas Sugar Cookies for your holiday baking. The dough is soft, buttery, and incredibly easy to roll and cut into festive shapes like stars, trees, and snowflakes. They hold their shape perfectly during baking, making them an ideal canvas for decorating with colorful royal icing and sprinkles. It's a fun and festive activity for the whole family and a classic cookie for any holiday platter or cookie exchange.

Chewy Gingerbread Cookies (Classic Christmas Recipe)

Fill your home with the warm, nostalgic aroma of these classic Gingerbread Cookies. This recipe makes soft, chewy cookies that are packed with the festive flavors of ginger, cinnamon, and molasses. The dough is easy to work with, perfect for cutting out gingerbread men, women, or any other holiday shape. Once baked, they are ready to be decorated with royal icing for a fun and delicious Christmas treat that everyone will love.

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Snowball Cookies (Christmas Favorite)

Also known as Russian Tea Cakes or Mexican Wedding Cookies, these Snowball Cookies are a holiday staple. They are delicate, buttery shortbread cookies packed with finely chopped pecans that simply melt in your mouth. Rolled in a thick coating of powdered sugar while still warm, they look like little snowballs, making them a perfect addition to any festive dessert table. This easy, no-cut-out recipe is a must-try for your Christmas baking.