These 5-ingredient Christmas cookies are easy to make with simple pantry staples, perfect for when you want homemade holiday cookies without too much fuss. Whether you're filling cookie boxes, baking with the kids, or bringing a treat to a holiday gathering, you'll find plenty of delicious ideas here!
If you love homemade Christmas cookies but don't want to spend hours measuring ingredients or making complicated doughs, this collection is for you! These 5-ingredient Christmas cookies keep holiday baking simple, with easy recipes that use just a handful of ingredients. You'll find buttery Christmas shortbread cookies, slice-and-bake Christmas cookies, and even nut-free Christmas cookies, along with other 5-ingredient Christmas treats perfect for sharing. Some are also great for making ahead, including Christmas cookies you can freeze, so you can get a head start on your holiday cookie boxes!
Cashew Snowball Cookies are eggless, buttery, with a melt-in-your-mouth texture. Packed with cashew nuts and flavored with ground cardamom, they are perfect for Christmas or anytime.
Pecan Snowball Cookies are irresistibly buttery and nutty, with a delicate, melt-in-your-mouth texture that crumbles with every bite. Loaded with toasted pecans, these are the perfect addition to any holiday cookie tray.
Three-ingredient Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies are an easy slice-and-bake cookie recipe for Christmas. They are crisp, buttery shortbreads with deep caramel notes from the brown sugar!
These 3 Ingredient Almond Butter Cookies are mildly sweet and crisp yet tender. They are gluten-free, dairy-free, protein-rich and flourless -Simplicity at it's best!
These chocolate shortbread cookies are simply the best! Made with just 5 ingredients, they are crisp, tender texture that simply melts in your mouth and is mildly sweet shortbread cookies for Christmas!
These Christmas Tree Cookies will be a unique addition to your holiday cookie tray! These easy cut out sandwich cookies are simple yet elegant shortbread cookies for Christmas!
Crispy Almond Flour Chocolate Cookies are made with only 4 ingredients! They are vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, grain-free, and eggless! Easy, simple, and outrageously good!
These Cardamom Cookies are tender, buttery, crisp, and melt in your mouth. An easy slice-and-bake shortbread cookie for Christmas made with just 4 ingredients and infused with plenty of ground cardamom
These Pie Crust Cookies are the perfect way to use up leftover pie dough! Simple, delicious, and so fun — cut into triangles with fringed edges to look like mini pie slices, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, top with a pecan, and bake until crispy, golden, and flaky.
These Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies are made with only 3 ingredients! They are vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, grain-free, and eggless! Easy, simple, and outrageously good!
Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies are buttery, slice-and-bake Christmas shortbread cookies with a delicious swirl of chocolate and vanilla dough — all made from one basic cookie dough. They’re easy to make yet look impressively beautiful!
Almond Flour Pistachio Snowball Cookies are nutty with a melt-in-your-mouth texture that crumbles with every bite. Packed with raw pistachios, cardamom, and almond flour, these cookies are healthier and naturally gluten-free and flourless!
Almond Flour Thumbprint Cookies are made using only 4 ingredients. Vegan, gluten-free, flourless, dairy-free, and low-carb, they’re the perfect way to enjoy a guilt-free version of holiday thumbprint cookies.
These Christmas Icebox Cookies are buttery, crisp, and an easy slice-and-bake Christmas cookie recipe. Made using only 5 ingredients, they are a festive addition to your holiday cookie tray.
Almond Flour Black Sesame Cookies are made using only 5 ingredients. They are gluten-free, vegan, protein-rich, flourless, eggless, dairy-free and low carb - A healthy cookie recipe!
You don't need an elaborate recipe to fill your holiday cookie platter with homemade treats! Choose a few favorites from these easy 5-ingredient Christmas cookies, bake them with the kids, or make a batch ahead to freeze for later. Whether you're preparing cookie boxes, sharing with friends, or keeping a few treats for yourself, these simple recipes make holiday baking a little easier and more enjoyable!
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