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    Holiday

    It's not just Christmas that comes around each winter. No matter what holiday you celebrate, food (and cookies!) are a staple of each gathering. Think of these holiday cookie recipes as classics that fit right into cookie trays or are hearty enough to be wrapped up for gifting.

    I've tried to cover a nice mix of cultures and traditions in these cookie recipes to make sure you have your old standbys ready. You might even find some new favorites!

    Black sesame butter cookies on a white plate on top of a wooden tray.

    Black Sesame Butter Cookies

    Champagne Cookies with Raspberry Buttercream Frosting on a New Year's Eve plate.

    Happy New Year 2023 Cookies

    Front view of shortbread slice that is baked and showing the cranberries, orange and pecans.

    Fresh Cranberry Orange Pecan Shortbread Cookies

    Finish cranberry orange with crystallized ginger on a tray.

    Cranberry Orange with Crystallized Ginger Cookies

    Close up of a maple butter pecan cookie on a white plate.

    Maple Butter Pecan Cookies

    Pumpkin cranberry cookies and cream cheese icing with a single cranberry in the middle.

    Pumpkin Cranberry Cookies and Cream Cheese Icing

    Second single closeup of a traditional Sicilian Almond Cookies.

    Traditional Sicilian (traditional Italian) Almond Cookies

    Rum Raisin with Orange filled Cookies on a with dish and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

    Welcome 2022 With New Year's Eve Cookies

    Christmas tree sugar cookies in white serving bowl on fake snow.

    Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

    Peppermint Mocha Cookies on a white plate.

    Peppermint Mocha Cookies

    Feature image of Pear and Hazelnut cookies in a white dish.

    Pear and Hazelnut Cookies

    White bowl with finished molasses cookies stacked in it.

    Kentucky Molasses Cookies

    Pecan Pie Cookie cups with whip cream on top and one cut in half to show the inside of the cookie.

    Pecan Pie Cookie Cups

    Pumpkin with applesauce and walnut cookies in a white bowl on a wooden plank.

    Pumpkin with Applesauce and Walnut Cookies

    Cardamom Orange with Cinnamon Pizzelle

    Italian Almond with Lemon cookies sitting on a wooden serving tray.

    Italian Almond with Lemon Cookies

    Finished coconut macaroons with the chocolate drizzle on top of each cookie.

    Easy Creamy Coconut Macaroons

    Banana with Chocolate and Caramel Chip Cookies on a white plate resting on pine tree limbs.

    Banana with Chocolate and Caramel Chip Cookies

    Tender Cream cheese spritz cookies on a clear glass plate.

    Tender Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

    Soft Pumpkin Cookies on a plate with a few small pumpkins.

    Soft Pumpkin Cookies

    Shortbread cookie with jam with fall leaves around a stack of baked shortbread cookies with jam.

    Shortbread Cookies with Jam

    Ready for Christmas Whipped Shortbread Cookies sitting on a clear plate and half a cherry baked into the middle of the cookie.

    Ready for Christmas Whipped Shortbread Cookies

    Finished Pumpkin sugar cookies on a white dish with a spoonful of pumpkin puree on the side.

    Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

    Pumpkin Spritz cookies with a teaspoon of pumpkin puree.

    Pumpkin Pie Spritz Cookies

    So good ginger cookie leaning against a stack of cookies, you can see the sugar baked onto the cookie.

    So Good Ginger Cookies

    Gingerbread crinkle cookie finished and sitting on a wire rack.

    Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies

    Cranberry Hazelnut cookie frosted with cranberry sugar on top.

    Cranberry Hazelnut Holiday Cookies

    Stack of Cardamom Orange shortbread cookies with slices of orange skin.

    Cardamom Orange Shortbread Cookies

    Brown butter crinkle cookie baked with powdered sugar propped up.

    Brown Butter Cinnamon Crinkle Cookies

    Stack of cranberry and white chocolate round cookies on a piece of parchment paper.

    Cranberry and White Chocolate Cookies

    Stack of finished Lemon Ricotta cookies on a Christmas dish.

    My Real Lemon Ricotta Cookies

    Sweet potato pie cookies on a white plate ready to eat.

    Southern Sweet Potato Pie Cookies

    A display of Cranberry Orange and Walnut Rugelach on a white stand.

    Cranberry Orange and Walnut Rugelach

    Apricot Almond Rugelach cookies on a wooden tray.

    Apricots with Almonds Rugelach

    2021 New Year's cookie, on a white plate with colored mini M&M's all over the place.

    Happy New Year 2021 Cookies

    Italian anise cookies with multi-colored nonpareils sprinkled on top.

    Easy Italian Anise Cookie Recipe

    Stacks of PA Dutch Sand Tarts which are round with cinnamon sugar and a pecan half on top.

    Pennsylvania Dutch Sand Tart Cookies

    Cranberry Cinnamon Caramelized Walnut cookies on a white dish with fresh cranberries around the rim of the plate.

    Cranberry Cinnamon Caramelized Walnut Cookies

    A stack of red raspberry kolache cookies on a Christmas plate with a sprig of red berries.

    Red Raspberry Jam Kolache Cookie Recipe

    This is a pumpkin cookie with pumpkin icing and candied pumpkin seeds on top.

    All About Pumpkin Cookies

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