Want to get the kids involved this holiday season? Try making these easy Christmas cookie recipes for kids (or adults)! These recipes are easy to bake and, oh, so delicious! See the recipes for snowball cookies, gingerbread boys, shortbread, and more.
5 Christmas Cookie Recipes for Kids
Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies
Thumbprint cookies filled with jam are a delicious treat all year long, but especially at Christmas! They’re super simple to make, too.
Credit: C. Quinnell
Gingerbread Boys
Smaller than their grown-up counterparts, these gingerbread boys are perfectly bite-sized. Just don’t eat them all in one sitting!
Dried Cranberry and White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sweet meets tart in these tasty cookies. Yum. What more is there to say?
Credit: Emily Adamson
Snowball Cookies
A lovely Christmas cookie reminiscent of fresh snow that’s easy to make and very tasty.
Credit: Sam Jones/Quinn Brein
Classic Christmas Sugar Cookies
The classic sugar cookie. Use different cookie cutter shapes to mix things up, then decorate your heart out!
Credit: Sam Jones/Quinn Brein
More Cookie Recipes to Try:
Love to decorate cookies for Christmas? View our selection of basic sugar cookie recipes.
And watch our short video with Christmas Cookie Baking Tips!
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Eat, drink and be merry,
Eat, drink and be merry, right? Which is what I was doing at the last family Christmas party I went to, enjoying the variety of cookies made by my many aunts, until a cousin says, haven't you had enough of those? Bah, humbug.
bah humbug is right
Ha ha ha. We hear you. Got to love those family members! Enjoy yourself this holiday season!
I'm looking for Christmas
I'm looking for Christmas cookie recipe and this is a good one thank you For my children to be making for the holidays but I wanted to ask can I still use the recipe with no shortening r do you have a recipe with Christmas cookies with no shortening added
When making baked goods, you
When making baked goods, you can substitute butter for the shortening in an equal amount.