Christmas Cookies Santa Will Love
Pinwheel Cookies
Recipe: Pinwheel Cookies
Put Santa in a cookie trance with these sweet cookies.
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Easy Santa Cookies
Recipe: Easy Santa Cookies
Santa might leave some extra presents under the tree if these cookies are left out for him.
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Toasted Oatmeal Cookies
Recipe: Toasted Oatmeal Cookies
The key to oatmeal cookies that are better than your neighbor’s? Toast the oatmeal.
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Fudgy Flourless Chocolate-Pecan Cookies
Recipe: Fudgy Flourless Chocolate-Pecan Cookies
Santa will never know that these chocolately cookies don’t have flour.
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Red Velvet Crackle Sandwich Cookies
Recipe: Red Velvet Crackle Sandwich Cookies
Video: Red Velvet Crackle Sandwich Cookies
How could Santa resist these? They match his outfit!
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Raspberry Jam Thumbprints
Recipe: Raspberry Jam Thumbprints
These sweet little cookies will look perfectly festive on your Christmas china.
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Eggnog-Glazed Cookies
Recipe: Eggnog-Glazed Cookies
Video: Eggnog-Glazed Cookies
Making Santa’s favorite drink into a glaze is pure genius.
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Chocolate Pecan Honeycomb Cookies
Recipe: Chocolate Pecan Honeycomb Cookies
Santa will think you’re as sweet as honey for making him these cookies.
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All-Time Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe: All-Time Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
Santa appreciates a classic recipe just as much as we do.
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Minted White Chocolate Balls
Recipe: Minted White Chocolate Balls
These festive white chocolate balls will be your go-to hostess gift of the season, and Santa will love them, too.
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Molasses Crinkles
Recipe: Molasses Crinkles
These cookies have all the sweetness of the season.
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Nutty Chocolate Thumbprints
Recipe: Nutty Chocolate Thumbprints
Save some of these bite-sized treats in the kitchen for yourself, because Santa will eat every last one you leave out.
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Peanut Butter-Toffee Turtle Cookies
Recipe: Peanut Butter Toffee Turtle Cookies
These cookies with chocolate, peanut butter, caramel, and toffee have every sweet flavor Santa could want.
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Ginger Shortbread Cookies with Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe: Ginger Shortbread Cookies with Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting
These ginger cookies are the most delicious break from chocolate for Santa.
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Mississippi Mud Medallions
Recipe: Mississippi Mud Medallions
These four-ingredient cookies are easy enough to make right before Santa arrives.
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Peanut Butter-and-Jelly Linzer Cookies
Recipe: Peanut Butter-and-Jelly Linzer Cookies
You’ll have to remind your kids that these deliciously sweet cookies cannot replace the peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches in their lunchboxes.
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Snow Flurries
Recipe: Snow Flurries
Delicious proof that snow flurries can happen in the deep South.
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Chocolate-Dipped Peppermint Meringue Cookies
Recipe: Chocolate-Dipped Peppermint Meringue Cookies
These will be the prettiest cookies Santa sees all night.
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Pecan Tea Cakes
Recipe: Pecan Tea Cakes
The holidays call for at least one pecan dessert, and we think it should be these tea cakes.
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Coconut Snowballs
Recipe: Coconut Snowballs
Santa will like these coconut snowballs much more than the snowballs he sees at home.
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Chocolate Ganache Thumbprints with Crushed Peppermints
Recipe: Chocolate Ganache Thumbprints with Crushed Peppermints
Santa will never know that this rich chocolate filling was made in the microwave.
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Red Velvet Madeleines
Recipe: Red Velvet Madeleines
Video: Red Velvet Madeleine Display
No worries—the intricate display tree is not required for these delicious cookies. They’ll look just as beautiful stacked on a plate for Santa.
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Chocolate-and-Almond Macaroons
Recipe: Chocolate-and-Almond Macaroons
These 6-ingredient macaroons are beautiful and easy to make.