3 Christmas cookies from Grandma’s recipe cards

The best Christmas cookie recipes come from Grandma’s recipe box. Our very own Foodblogs editor Betsy Bailey shares three of her favorite nostalgia-rich recipes her grandma made. Get ready to fall in love with Grandma’s oatmeal cookies, chocolate chips cookies (including a gluten-free option), and no-bake crispy coconut balls. The oatmeal cookie recipe is an irresistible classic that delivers oat-rageous treats that are chewy, caramely, dense, and utterly delicious. The chocolate chip cookie recipe yields a tall, tender chocolate-studded cookie that has extraordinary flavor and chew -- even the gluten-free option boasts a remarkable chewiness. The crispy coconut balls are made simply with a yummy mixture of crispy rice cereal, butter, and dates rolled into balls and covered in shredded coconut. Each of these heirloom cookie recipes will bring holiday cheer to your family’s dessert table.

Crescent moon cookies

These simple butter cookies made with ground nuts, shaped like crescent moons, and dusted white with powdered sugar are a Christmas classic that has a rich history around the world. They’re buttery, sweet, and delicate in texture from the ground nuts. Traditional crescent moon cookie recipes feature walnuts, almonds, or hazelnuts. We use ground almonds, but you can use your favorite nut of choice or a combination of nuts. The shortbread dough is easy to shape into crescents and can even be rolled into balls if you feel like completing your dessert table with crescent moon cookies and snowballs.

Christmas cutout sugar cookies

Is your creative spirit craving Christmas cutout sugar cookies to decorate, eat, swap, and share? We’ve got a scrumptious Christmas cutout sugar cookies recipe just for you! Make a big batch of dough and go wild with your favorite cookie cutters and royal icing. Our sugar cookies are made with real butter, vanilla, granulated sugar, and meticulously measured dry ingredients. Follow our expert tips and tricks for baking these treats and your cutout cookies will come out of the oven soft and chewy in the middle and slightly crisp around the edges. Once they cool, use royal icing (our fail-safe recipe is included) to decorate them to your heart’s content. Even if you’re not a cookie artist, you’ll have fun baking and making these classic holiday treats.

Classic candy cane cookies for Christmas

Nothing says Christmas like candy canes. Our classic candy cane cookies are a festive riff on the holiday staple. These red and white striped cookies are shaped like candy canes, so you can decoratively hang them over a mug of cocoa. But, unlike the crunchy candy, they’re melt-in-your-mouth soft and chewy. Featuring luscious vanilla and a hint of mint, each cookie is a double-strand twist of dough bent into a cane before baking. When the cookies cool, they’re ready for giving and eating. These mouthwateringly memorable Christmas cookies are a tradition-worthy treat you can make with your kids or best friends year after year.

Chocolate-Kahlúa snowball cookies

Tired of making the tried-and-true snowball cookies you’ve always made? Then give the classic bite-sized cookies a boozy twist. Our chocolate-Kahlúa snowball cookies are pure pleasure with every nibble. Made with crushed wafer cookies, coffee, Kahlúa, sugar, and toasted almonds, this adults-only version of snowballs will wake up your cookie-making excitement and give you an impressive treat to share with your friends, co-workers, and holiday party guests. In addition to a flight of cocktails or tray of gourmet coffee drinks, you can set down a platter of these chocolatey coffee-flavored cookies for all to eat.

Best-ever cutout sugar cookies

When we say these are the best-ever cutout sugar cookies, we mean it! Our Christmas sugar cookie recipe -- inspired by the Pioneer Woman -- is ingeniously formulated to make decorative cookies that hold their shape but stay melt-in-your-mouth soft, even with icing and sprinkle decor. Pull out your favorite cookie cutters and recruit your kids to help you roll, cut, bake, and decorate. We use white royal icing and glittery sprinkles, but you can personalize your cookies with an eye-catching array of icing colors and candy embellishments of your choice. Keep the cookies for your family holiday gatherings or give them away in ribbon-tied treat bags. Homemade decorated cookies are always a welcome and appreciated holiday gift.

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