Christmas baking recipes traditional

Chocolate peppermint crinkle cookies should be on your holiday baking list. Roll the balls of dough in confectioners sugar to achieve that crinkle look. Perfect for a cookie exchange party!

This classic Chocolate Crinkle Cookies recipe is fun to make, super delicious, and perfect for the holidays!

These easy-to-make beautiful Butter Cookies will be the hit of your Christmas cookie trays. Get ready for all the oohhs and aahhs from family and friends.

Cranberry Orange Cookies - a tender, buttery shortbread slice and bake cookie loaded with tangy cranberries and zingy orange.

Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies are thick and fudgy with just a hint of cocoa flavor. Easy and festive treat for Valentine's Day OR Christmas!

Traditional Linzer Cookies are rich, buttery cookies beautifully accentuated by almonds, fruit preserves, and cinnamon. Cut out in all sorts of fun shapes and filled with your choice of jam filling, Linzer cookies deserve a starring role on your Christmas cookie platter!

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are deliciously thick, soft-baked and super fudgy! Generously coated with powdered sugar and beloved for Christmas!

Rugelach are a traditional Eastern European Jewish dessert that is very popular all over Israel. The widely available rugelach cookies in Israel these days are commonly made with a yeast or croissant-like dough, but a classic recipe contains no yeast and its dough is simple and cookie-like. It’s wonderfully flakey and crumbly.

Lebkuchen is a soft gingerbread cookie frosted with sweet & tangy lemon frosting. You can find these cookies hanging in every German bakery at Christmas.

These no-bake Pecan Pie Balls recipe is a twist on the traditional holiday dessert and transforms the nutty crunch and rich flavors found in the classic confection into perfectly portioned, bite-sized pieces. The perfect addition to your Christmas Cookie exchange!