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Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes With Few Ingredients

Try our top easy Christmas cookie recipes with few ingredients for maximum yuletide fun.

If you’re looking for easy Christmas cookie recipes with few ingredients, you’ve come to the right place!

Baking Christmas cookies is one of our favorite holiday traditions. Of course, the process is even more fun if you can get the younger members of your family involved and teach them a thing or two about how to prepare their favorite festive treats.

And when it comes to passing on the joys of the kitchen to the next generation, simple recipes are always best.

Traditional, home-made Christmas cookies lie on plates in a household on December 21, 2010 in Berlin, Germany.

That’s why we’ve prepared a list of our simplest Christmas cookie recipes. None of the fuss, none of the muss — all of the yuletide fun! Some of these recipes are more complex than others, but all of them rely on relatively few ingredients.

You’ll enjoy baking these seasonal delicacies almost as much as you’ll enjoy eating them!

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Peppermint Chocolate Cookies Photo
Amanda Powell
Peppermint Chocolate Cookies Recipe
Peppermint chocolate cookies are the quintessential winter cookie. Buttery, chewy chocolate cookies studded with white chocolate peppermint chips. They’re perfect for your cookie platters or as a snow day treat!
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Keto Sugar Cookies Photo
Taylor Kiser
Keto Sugar Cookies Recipe
Keto sugar cookies are a health-conscious celebration of the holidays! These almond-flavored cookies are a cookie tray must.
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3
Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies Photo
Stacey Mebs
Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies Recipe
These soft and chewy ginger cookies are always a hit. So fast and easy to make and everyone loves them!
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4
Chocolate Sugar Cookies Photo
Amanda Powell
Chocolate Sugar Cookies Recipe
Irresistibly soft chocolate sugar cookies. These tasty morsels will be your new favorite cookie to dunk in a glass of ice cold milk.
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5
Red Velvet Cookies Photo
Rachel Gurk
Red Velvet Cookies Recipe
Easy Red Velvet Cookies are perfect for holiday cookie swaps. You’ll love the festive colors, and how easy they are to make!
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6
Butterscotch Banana Oatmeal Cookies Photo
Brie Norris
Butterscotch Banana Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
Butterscotch Banana Oatmeal Cookies are sweet, chewy, and made with just five ingredients. The perfect small batch recipe for baking in your toaster oven.
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7
Nutella Stuffed Sugar Cookies Photo
AMANDA POWELL
Nutella Stuffed Sugar Cookies
Super soft sugar cookies filled with a hidden pool of Nutella. There is nothing more fun than baking up a batch of Nutella-stuffed sugar cookies and sharing with everyone.
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8
Double Chocolate Macaroons Photo
Amanda Powell
Double Chocolate Macaroons Recipe
Chewy coconut macaroons loaded with chocolate. There is nothing better than having a couple of these double chocolate macaroons after dinner!
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9
White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies Photo
Sarah Grossett
White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe
White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are perfect for white chocolate and peanut butter lovers. A magnificent combination!
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10
Peppermint Patty Cookies Photo
Kristan Roland
Peppermint Patty Cookies Recipe
Peppermint Patty Cookies are the fudgy cookie that combines your two favorites. Chocolate and mint can’t get any better!
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11
Lemon Sugar Cookie Cups Photo
Stacey Mebs
Lemon Sugar Cookie Cups Recipe
These lemon sugar cookie cups are like mini lemon pies with a sugar cookie crust – easy to make, they’re the perfect little sweet treat! Your own little pocket of sunshine.
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12
Classic French Madeleines Photo
Amanda Powell
Classic French Madeleines Recipe
Light, buttery Classic French Madeleines are a melt-in-your-mouth cross between cake and cookie. Learn how easy it is to make these irresistible little treats.
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Chocolate Hazelnut Crinkle Cookies Photo
Nancy Piran
Chocolate Hazelnut Crinkle Cookies Recipe
Chocolate Hazelnut Crinkle Cookies are impossible to resist. They’re made with the sweet addition of hazelnut spread,
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14
Swig Sugar Cookies Photo
Stacey Mebs
Amish Sugar Cookies
Amish sugar cookies are prepared to the traditional recipe discovered in an Amish cookbook. These are great fun to make with the kids!
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Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies Photo
Sharon L.
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies Recipe
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies are gorgeous gluten free cookies topped with a chocolate candy kiss. A new twist on the iconic…
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Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with Orange Photo
Shashi Charles
Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with Orange Recipe
Spiked with a smidge of cinnamon, these gluten free Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies are an explosion of flavor. They are ever so slightly crispy on the outside and nicely soft and gooey on the inside and perfect for a twist on the traditional chocolate chip to offer up at your next cookie exchange!
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Chocolate Coconut Cookies Photo
Kim Beaulieu
Chocolate Coconut Cookies Recipe
Chocolate coconut cookies are at home on any holiday cookie tray. Just try to resist all that flaky coconut!
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Levain Double Chocolate Cookies Photo
Amanda Powell
Levain Double Chocolate Cookies Recipe
Giant, soft double chocolate cookies make the perfect treat for any occasion. Crisp on the outside, and irresistibly soft and gooey on the inside. They are everything.
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We hope you’ll try out some of these easy Christmas cookie recipes with few ingredients.

The processes are all fairly simple. And the results are undeniably delicious.

We can’t think of a better way to celebrate the most festive time of year!

Pro tip: Learn how to make your own frosting for sugar cookies — after all, decorating cookies together is a beloved holiday activity!