Working mamma? Last minute bake sale? Cookie platter for the office holiday party? I've vetted the 75 best easy Christmas cookies with few ingredients to help you check all the boxes on your to-do list! Find easy gingerbread cookies, sugar cookies, Grinch cookies and cookies for special diets too. All recipes are just 2 to 10 ingredients!
Amongst all the traditional Christmas cookies, you'll find vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and air fryer options too. There are simple drop cookies, rolled and shaped cookies and the cookies to get out your favorite cookie cutters for. Whatever you're looking for, I'm almost certain you'll find it here. (Got vegan friends or family? Check out the 50 best vegan Christmas cookie recipes.)
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2 Ingredient Cookies
Cookies with just 2 ingredients? Yes, check them out!
Homemade Christmas Thin Mint Cookies
Easy, 3 ingredient, no-bake, copycat thin mint cookie recipe. These thin mint cookies can be made ahead and freeze well.
2 Ingredient Thin Mints 
2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies (No Egg) | Savor The Spoonful
These no-egg 2-ingredient peanut butter cookies are gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan. They’re soft, chewy, and straightforward to make. Peanut butter cookies are always a hit on a cookie platter and make a good cookie for Santa along with a glass of milk.
2 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies. 
3 Ingredient Cookies
Whip up some holiday cheer fast with these delicious Christmas cookies that only use 3 ingredients.
Santa Star Cookies
These easy Santa star cookies use just 3 ingredients + icing and you're done! These cute Santa cookies make great edible ornaments for bake sales. A cute and simple cookie to whip up in no time.
Santa Star Cookies 
3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Blossoms (Quick & Easy!)
These quick and easy 3-ingredient peanut butter blossoms are soft and chewy with crackly sugar-coated edges. Like the peanut butter cookies above, these take it next level with Hershey's kiss chocolates and are naturally gluten-free.
3 Ingredient PB Blossoms 
3-Ingredient Nutella Cookies (Easy)
These soft and rich cookies require only 3 ingredinets: Nutella, flour and eggs! Easy to bake and perfectly delicious, they are a tasty treat for movie night.
3 Ingredient Nutella Cookies 
Classic Vegan Shortbread Cookies (GF, V, Allergy-Free)
Traditional Scottish shortbread couldn’t be any easier! These soft, 3 ingredient shortbread cookies are delicious treats for everyone including those with allergies.
Vegan Shortbread Cookies 
Pinwheel Pastry Cookies
Just 3 ingredients plus leftover pie dough! Pie crust cookies are an delicious way to use up scraps of leftover pie dough. Fill your pie crust cookies with jam, cinnamon sugar, or even Nutella and roll them up for a pretty Christmas cookie.
Pinwheel Pastry Cookies 
3 Ingredient Air Fryer Shortbread
Got an air fryer? Try these easy shortbread cookies you can make in a single layer in your air fryer.
Air Fryer Shortbread 
4 Ingredients
With four ingredients, these favorite Christmas cookies are a breeze to make and take to any Christmas party. Fewer ingredients means more time for fun!
Christmas M&M Cookies
With just 4 ingredients, these melt-in-your-mouth cookies are a life saver for last minute parties. Cheery and bright with festive colors, these are always kid favorites.
Christmas M&M Cookies 
Zimtsterne: German Cinnamon Star Cookies
Zimtsterne, or German Cinnamon Stars, are light, gluten-free cookies that make great foodie gifts and keep well for weeks.
Cinnamon Star Cookies 
Oreos Covered in Chocolate
These chocolate-covered Oreo cookies are rich and velvety. Sprinkled with holiday colors, these will add holiday cheer to any party!
Chocolate Covered Oreos 
Easy Christmas Cake Mix Cookies
Using cake mix as the base makes these delicious cookies ultra fast to make. This simple recipe gets dressed up with food coloring and sprinkles for a simple cookie recipe with big impact.
Christmas Cake Mix Cookies 
Sugar Cookie Cups with Cheesecake Pudding
Premade classic sugar cookie dough is made into cups to fill with creamy cheesecake pudding. Pretty little tartlets make great festive treats.
Cheesecake Pudding Filled Cookie Cups 
5 Ingredient Cookies
Say Merry Christmas with a gift of any of these simple cookies. Just wrap them up in paper and tie with twine or fill a cute Christmas tin and bring a smile to someone's face!
Nutella Candy Cane Cookies
With just 5 ingredients, Nutella candy cane cookies are perfect for Christmas or for when you’re in the holiday mood. Chocolate homemade cookies with just a handful of ingredients!
Nutella Candy Cane Cookies 
Best Whipped Shortbread Cookies Recipe
Whipped shortbread cookies are delightful holiday cookies will melt in your mouth. They are light, buttery and SO easy to make.
Whipped Shortbread 
Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
Chocolate cake mix cookies are an easy dessert perfect for anyone who loves chocolate and cookies! All you need are five simple ingredients: chocolate cake mix, butter, egg, vanilla extract, and chocolate kisses for a pretty cookie on the holiday table.
Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies 
Grinch Crinkle Cookies
Cute Grinch crinkle cookies look great on any holiday dessert table! These chewy cookies are an easy treat with bright festive colors.
Grinch Crinkle Cookies 
Fudgy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies with Cake Mix
Chocolate crinkle cookies are an easy holiday cookie recipe that gets rolled in powdered sugar for an easy frosted cookie.
Fudgy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies 
5 Ingredient Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies
These easy peanut butter cookies have only 5 ingredients, take under 30 minutes to make and are both dairy and gluten free! A fancy looking yet simple cookie to make.
Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies 
No Bake Grinch Cookies
No bake Grinch cookies are fast and easy to make. Always a huge hit at bake sales, Christmas gatherings and given as gifts.
No Bake Grinch Cookies 
Christmas Meringue Cookies
Peppermint stick Christmas meringues are an easy, gluten-free dessert with a hit of pure peppermint extract and crushed candy canes for color and crunch.
Christmas Mint Meringues 
Easy Authentic Italian Pignoli Cookies
Pignoli cookies, or pine nut cookies, are a classic Italian confection. They’re chewy, sweet and the best part is that they only require 5 ingredients!
Italian Pignoli Cookies 
Chocolate Chip Coconut Macaroons
Chewy on the inside with crispy edges on the outside, chocolate chip coconut macaroons are perfect for your sweet tooth. Without sweetened condensed milk, they are much healthier than other macaroon recipes. An easy cookie recipe using just 5 simple ingredients and ready in just 30 minutes!
Chocolate Coconut Macaroons 
Christmas Wreath Cookie Recipe
These cute Christmas wreath cookies are the perfect bright centerpiece for your holiday cookie trays. Easy cookies with just 5 ingredients and lots of festive flavor.
Christmas Wreath Cookies 
Italian Pistachio Cookies (Paste di Pistacchio)
Italian pistachio cookies are an elegant, not-too-sweet traditional cookie recipe. With just 5 ingredients, these chewy, fragrant cookies pair perfectly with a shot of espresso or a late afternoon aperitif.
Italian Pistachio Cookies 
Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies Three Ways (Easy Dessert Recipe)
Need an easy no-bake cookie for holiday gatherings, homemade gifts, or a dessert craving? Fix these chocolate-dipped shortbread cookies in 1 hour and with just 5 ingredients.
Chocolate Dipped Shortbread 
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
With just 2 steps and 5 ingredients, these chocolate chip cookies are anything but boring. Pretty red and white cookies that will help make your holiday table sparkle!
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies 
Peanut Butter Balls with Rice Krispies
Just 5 basic ingredients make up this crowd favorite. These chocolate dipped, peanut butter balls are a great addition to easy sugar cookies and gingerbread on cookie platters. Plus they're eay, no-bake, and gluten-free!
Peanut Butter Balls 
Easy Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies
Christmas cake mix crinkle cookies use 4 simple ingredients plus food coloring and only take half an hour! These are easy, colorful and fun soft baked cookies.
Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies 
6 Ingredients
With 6 ingredients each, these are some of my favorite Christmas cookie recipes. With ginger and spice, crispy Italian pizzelle cookies, the classic sugar cookie and lemon flavored faves, this section offers big flavors and textures.
Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies
Luscious, bright and tangy sugar cookies made with lemon zest and lemon curd filling. These use only 6 ingredients and can be done in just half an hour!
Lemon Thumbprint Cookies 
Vegan Cinnamon Cookies (Gf, V, Oil-free)
Perfect chewy cinnamon cookies with just 6 ingredients? Yes please! These cookies are vegan, gluten-free and made in just 20 minutes!
Cinnamon Cookies 
Easy Vanilla Pizzelle Cookies
Italian pizzelle cookies are easy to make and a great job to share with kids! You just need a few simple ingredients, a pizzelle iron, and this tasty cookie recipe.
Vanilla Pizzelle 
Snowball Cookies
Snowball cookies are also known as Italian wedding cookies or Mexican wedding cookies! Flavored with pecans, these butter cookies are simple and delicious. After being coated in powdered sugar, these classic Christmas cookies have a snowy appearance!
Snowball Cookies 
Surprise (Chocolate filled) Snowball Cookies
Looking for a fun Christmas dessert idea with an exciting twist? These are classic snowball cookies with a chocolate filling that melts in your mouth.
Surprise Snowball Cookies 
Easy Slice & Bake Cookies (Vegan)
5 ingredient slice and bake cookies! These vegan cookies are inspired by Pillsbury slice-and-bake cookies. Includes instructions for customizing with your own colours and flavours. Easy, pretty and delicious.
Slice + Bake Cookies 
Air Fryer Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies in air fryer are so crispy and beautifully golden brown with a delicious melt-in-mouth buttery sugar base.
Air Fryer Sugar Cookies 
Vegan Toffee: Graham Cracker Toffee Bars — Plant-Powered Livin’
Looking for an easy, crowd-pleasing dessert? Check out this addictively delicious vegan toffee with graham crackers, chocolate, and nuts.
Vegan Toffee Bars 
Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies
Made with almond flour and natural sweetener, these are an easy, tasty and healthy cookie dipped in sugar-free chocolate to finish.
Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies 
Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies
With tangy cranberries and fresh orange zest, cranberry orange shortbread is so tasty and flavorful. A soft, 6 ingredient cookie that's perfect with tea.
Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies 
Christmas Tree Meringues THE EASY WAY!
Whip up some colored meringue and pipe into Christmas trees on popsicle sticks for a fun Parisian holiday treat!
Christmas Tree Meringues 
7 Ingredient Cookies
Best Maraschino Cherry Christmas Cookies
Buttery cookies with real vanilla extract and sweet, juicy maraschino cherries makes the perfect cookie recipe for Christmas (or anytime). Whip up these easy cookies in no time, they're great for cookie exchanges, Christmas parties or for Santa on Christmas Eve.Prep time: 8 minutes to make the dough + 2 hours to chillBake time: 12 minutesYield: 18-20 cookies
Maraschino Cherry Christmas Cookies 
Stained Glass Cookies
Remember these classic Christmas cookies? With a candy “glass” window cut into a buttery sugar cookie, these stained glass cookies are tasty, impressive, and perfect for the holidays.
Stained Glass Cookies 
Shortbread Cookies
Roll a log of this classic shortbread dough in green and red colored sugar or nonpareils for an extra festive touch. An easy, make-ahead recipe with just a handful of ingredients.
Shortbread Cookies 
Almond Crescent Cookies
Another classic Christmas cookie, almond crescent cookies are tender, melt-in-your-mouth treats. Flavored with almond, and dusted with powdered sugar, these delicate cookies look beautiful on the holiday dessert table.
Almond Crescent Cookies 
Snow Cookies
Snow cookies are buttery cookies sandwiched with jam, topped with icing and shredded coconut. Easy cookies that your kids can assemble in no time.
Snow Cookies 
Authentic Italian Anise Biscotti
A favorite, quick, and easy family recipe for anise biscotti. Great for holiday baking or as an accompaniment to coffee any time of the year.
Italian Anise Biscotti 
Pecan Meringue Cookies aka Cloud Cookies (gf, df)
Pecan chocolate meringue cookies are crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. This homemade cookie has lovely crisp edges and great flavor. They’re gluten free and dairy free.
Pecan Meringue Cookies 
Chocolate Coconut Macaroons with Caramel Drizzle
Chocolate coconut macaroons with caramel drizzle are a delightful twist on a classic cookie. A great recipe for a delicious, festive cookie!
Chocolate Coconut Macaroons 
Kolaczki Cookies (Polish Fruit-Filled Cream Cheese Cookies)
Kolaczki Cookies are a classic Polish cookie made from cream cheese pastry dough and fruit filling. These are a lovely Northern European cookie for the Christmas season that are easy to make.
Polish Fruit-Filled Cookies 
Christmas Snowball Cookies with M&Ms
Another snowball cookie but these ones are filled with M&M's and don't have any nuts. These are powdery white on the outside and full of Christmas colors on the inside!
M&M Christmas Snowball Cookies 
Cinnamon Swirl Cookies
An easy recipe for cinnamon swirl cookies with minimal ingredients. These taste like a cinnamon swirl pastry but with a cookie base. Delicious with Christmas morning coffee.
Cinnamon Swirl Cookies 
Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
An easy sugar cookie recipe gets fancy with the addition of chocolate! It comes together with just six simple ingredients and tastes absolutely amazing. These cookies look adorable in a decorated in a graphic pattern and they have a delicious melt-in-your-mouth texture.
Chocolate Shortbread Cookies 
Vanillekipferl - Vanilla Crescent Cookies with Walnuts
Vanillekipferl is a traditional European Christmas cookie! These vanilla butter cookies are made with walnuts and shaped like crescents. They are an easy and delicious traditional Christmas cookie.
Vanilla Crescent Cookies 
Chocolate Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies
For a special sweet treat, make this chocolate hazelnut shortbread recipe. Topped with some melted chocolate and dried or candied fruit, these are great for all your Christmas celebrations.
Chocolate Hazelnut Shortbread 
8 Ingredient Cookies
With 8 ingredient Christmas cookies, you'll find dough to cut with all your favorite cookie cutters, a classic spritz cookie recipe, traditional Italian pizzelle, ginger snap cookies and more! Dive it, these may have a few more ingredients, but they are all very easy cookies to make.
Shortbread Linzer Cookies with Raspberry Filling
With just 8 ingredients, these shortbread Linzer cookies are a classic version made with a raspberry filling sandwiched between two tender almond shortbread cookies.
Shortbread Linzer Cookies 
Old Fashioned Spritz Cookies
Soft, buttery, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious, these old fashioned spritz cookies are a festive addition to your holiday baking.
Old Fashioned Spritz Cookies 
Soft Gluten-Free Christmas Sugar Cookies (GF)
Here's a great gf sugar cookie recipe from a celiac mom! This recipe makes soft & delicious Christmas cookies you can cut out with cookie cutters. Enjoy the Christmas traditions you love!
Soft Christmas Sugar Cookies (GF) 
Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies
These slice and bake cranberry orange shortbread cookies are melt-in-your-mouth delicious and ridiculously easy. Bake up a few for your movie night with the family or the weekend Christmas party.
Cranberry Orange Shortbread 
Italian Pizzelle Cookies (Almond or Anise)
Learn to make the best Italian Pizzelle Cookies! These thin waffle cookies are light, buttery, and crispy. Flavor them with almond, anise, or vanilla and serve the up at all your Christmas celebrations!
Italian Pizzelle Cookies 
Easy Snickerdoodles Without Cream of Tartar
These easy snickerdoodles don't need cream of tartar! They have the classic cinnamon sugar topping and a soft, chewy texture. I bet you'll make them more than once this Christmas season!
Easy Snickerdoodles 
Milk Chocolate Toffee Butter Cookies
Milk Chocolate Toffee Butter Cookies have bits of toffee that add a nice crunch to this delicious and easy-to-make cookies.
Chocolate Toffee Butter Cookies 
Basic Cookie Dough (That makes 8 different kinds of cookies!)
Here's a fun way to make LOTS of cookies quickly. Make a big batch of this easy, basic cookie dough. You can then make it into 8+ different types of homemade Christmas cookies!
Basic Cookie Dough 
Old Fashioned Ginger Snap Cookies Recipe
These soft molasses cookies are chewy, old fashioned ginger snap cookies. They are super easy with just 8 ingredients and 8 minutes of bake time per cookie sheet! Roll them in sugar for an extra treat.
Old Fashioned Ginger Snap Cookies 
Cranberry Shortbread Cookies
Cranberry shortbread cookies are soft, buttery, and speckled with chopped pecans. Top with a drizzle of white chocolate for extra sweetness!
Cranberry Shortbread Cookies 
9 Ingredient Cookies
9 ingredient cookies bring us some gorgeous filled and shaped cookies with lots of Christmas color. But don't worry, they are still easy and straightforward Christmas cookie recipes.
Hershey Kiss Chocolate Blossom Christmas Cookies
Delicious, fudgy chocolate cookies with a slightly crunchy coating and decadent chocolate kiss on top. An easy, crowd-pleasing Christmas cookie made in under 30 minutes!
Chocolate Blossom Christmas Cookies 
Homemade Pecan Sandies
Homemade pecan sandies are brown sugar shortbread cookies packed with chopped pecans. This great recipe makes slice-and-bake cookies that are delicious!
Pecan Sandies 
Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies
With just 9 ingredients including the colorful Christmas sprinkles, these cream cheese spritz cookies are the best spritz cookie recipe ever! They’re tender, full of flavor and so pretty when dipped in chocolate.
Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies 
Mini M&M Christmas Cookies (GF)
Tiny, cute, and so easy to eat, these mini M&M Cookies are a hit with adults and kids alike! At only 40 calories a cookie & 10 minutes in the oven, this is a recipe you will for sure have on repeat!
Mini M&M Christmas Cookies (gf) 
Gingerbread Cutout Cookies (paleo, GAPS-friendly)
Love gingerbread, but can’t find a healthy option? Enjoy your holiday favorite again with these paleo gingerbread cutout cookies! (paleo, GAPS-friendly)
Gingerbread Cutout Cookies 
Easy Candy Cane Cookies
Candy cane cookies are a holiday favorite. Buttery cookies with a hint of peppermint and adorable candy cane shape are the perfect festive cookie for a Christmas cookie tray!
Candy Cane Cookies 
Pizzicati Cookies
Love a fruit-filled cookie? Pizzicati or Italian pinch cookies, are delicious buttery cookies filled with jam and sprinkled with a dusting of powdered sugar.
Pizzicati Cookies 
Linzer Cookies
Linzer cookies (Eggless) or Linzer Tarts are two buttery cookies sandwiched together with fruit preserves or jam. These are the best holiday cookies to make with kids because they'll love cutting out their favorite shapes and dolloping jam into them.
Linzer Cookies 
Mantecaditos (Almond-Flavored Butter Cookies)
Mantecaditos are a beloved childhood cookie. This buttery, almond-flavored shortbread cookie is easy to make ahead, customizable, and hard to resist.
Mantecaditos 
German Hazelnut Meringue Cookies (GF)
These German Hazelnut Meringue Cookies ( Haselnussmakronen) are a gluten-free traditional German Christmas cookie recipe. These tasty cookies are a great one to add to your collection of holiday cookie recipes.
German Hazelnut Meringues 
10 Ingredients
We're up to 10 ingredient cookies but most of the ingredients are fridge and pantry staples like butter, flour, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Eggs, cream cheese and chocolate chips are in a few of these, as is powdered sugar and some nuts. Simple ingredients, right?! Let's get baking and you'll be done in no time!
Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
The best chocolate gingerbread cookies are perfect for Christmas frosting and decorating. This homemade recipe is chewy, crisp, spiced, & mellow.
Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies 
Easy Banana Bread Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting
These tasty, soft banana bread cookies are topped off with a creamy, flavorful cream cheese frosting and pecans, these are so delicious. Banana bread flavor in a cookie!
Banana Bread Cookies 
Gluten Free Christmas Cookies
These gf cookies are a nostalgic treat the whole family will love. Made with almond flour, they’re a great paleo holiday dessert.
Gluten Free Christmas Cookies 
Christmas Cookie Pinwheels
Christmas Cookie Pinwheels are a festive holiday treat that’ll be the star of your Christmas cookie plate!
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Turkish Apple Cookies (Elmali Kurabiye)
Turkish apple cookies, aka Elmali Kurabiye, are delicious melt-in-the-mouth pastries made with crispy cookie dough that's filled with apple, cinnamon, and walnuts.
Turkish Apple Cookies 
Healthy, Soft, White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
White chocolate and cranberry cookies are made in a healthier way using whole wheat flour and organic coconut sugar. The combination of white chocolate chips and orange-flavored dried cranberries is makes delicious cookies that will get anyone into the holiday spirit!
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies 
Confetti Christmas Cookies
Treat your friends and family this year with a plate of these Christmas cookies filled with bright M&Ms, tiny marshmallows and sprinkles!
Confetti Christmas Cookies 
Cranberry Orange Biscotti
There is something irresistible about biscotti. Crispy, buttery and perfect for dunking in espresso or hot chocolate there a few things better than good biscotti. Flecked with tart dried cranberries, bright orange zest and drizzled with white chocolate these biscotti exude coziness.
Cranberry Orange Biscotti 
Coconut Pecan Cookies
Coconut pecan cookies are soft, chewy, and packed with shredded coconut and chopped pecans! Quick & easy, these cookies are ready in 20 min. They are great made ahead and stored in an airtight container for later.
Coconut Pecan Cookies 
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Thanks for the share. Your cookies are always fabulous.