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    Home » Christmas » Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes with Few Ingredients (100+ Recipes)

    Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes with Few Ingredients (100+ Recipes)

    November 18, 2022 By Chandice | Leave a Comment | Updated November 18, 2022

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    When I think of the holiday season, I think of holiday cookie recipes. I love making easy Christmas cookie recipes with few ingredients for a cookie exchange or holiday party.

    Christmas celebrations aren’t complete without the best holiday cookies. We have found the easiest cookie recipes with simple ingredients.

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    You can make multiple cookies and put together a beautiful cookie tray, holiday cookie box or cookie plate. It’s a fun way to bring a treat for Christmas dinner or a Christmas party.

    A family tradition of ours is to make homemade cookies on Christmas Eve. It’s a great way to get into the holiday spirit. We use basic recipes so the kids can help make them.

    One of the best things about these easy cookie recipes is that they use minimal ingredients. That makes Christmas shopping easier and baking a simple process.

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    This time of year can be stressful, but with these easy recipes will make baking so much fun and relaxing. And so many are gluten or allergen free!

    Some of the recipes you will find in this post are easy peanut butter cookies, easy sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies and easy gingerbread cookies. Soft molasses cookies, peanut butter blossoms, and many other classic cookies.

    We have so many options that there will be a cookie for everyone. So take a look and make a list of which ones you will make. I’d love to hear!

    Reindeer cookie in a hand

    The CUTEST Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies

    Grinch Cookies (4-Ingredients) in a hand

    Grinch Cookies

    Plate with gingerbread molasses cookies. One cookie has a bite taken out of it.

    Gluten-Free Ginger Molasses Cookies

    Nativity cookies in a manger. Joseph, Jesus, and Mary are in the manger will straw. The star and wise men cookies are in the background.

    Decorated Sugar Cookies

    Gluten Free Gingerbread on a red plate

    Gluten-Free Gingerbread

    Easy Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies on a plate

    Easy Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies

    Gluten-Free Mexican Wedding Cookies on a marble board

    Gluten-Free Mexican Wedding Cookies

    Cherry Chip Cookies (Bakery Style) pin

    Cherry Chip Cookies

    These gluten-free snickerdoodles are the BEST! They are soft, chewy and so delicious that nobody would ever know they are gluten-free!

    Gluten-Free Snickerdoodles

    Christmas cookies on a platter with towel and milk

    Milk and Cookies

    A plate full of polar bear cookies. They have different colored noses.

    Polar Bear Oreo

    • Haystack Cookies
    • Vanillekipferl
    • Basic Cookie Dough (Make 8 Different Cookies!)
    • Mexican Pink Cookies Polvorones Rosas
    • Christmas Haystack Cookies
    • Easy Christmas Cake Mix Cookies
    • Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies
    • Duncan Hines Cake Mix Cookies
    • No Bake 4 Ingredient Grinch Haystack Christmas Cookies Recipe
    Marzipan cookies lined up next to each other

    Marzipan Cookies

    • Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies Recipe
    • Reindeer Pretzels
    • Crockpot Christmas Candy
    • Georgia Tea Cakes
    • Raffaello Snowmen
    • Italian Wedding Cookies
    • 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
    • Grandma’s Shortbread
    • Peppermint Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
    Vegan meringue cookies. It is a green Christmas tree on a gold stick. The tree is covered in red and white sprinkles.

    Easiest Vegan Meringue Cookies Ever With Aquafaba

    • Zimtsterne: German Cinnamon Stars (German Christmas Cookies)
    • Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies (3 ingredients)
    • Vegan Christmas Cookies with Pistachio and Cranberries
    • Buttery Whipped Shortbread Cookies
    • Soft Sugar Cookies With Almond Flour
    • 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
    • Make Your Own Christmas Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
    • Peppermint Bark Shortbread
    • Delicious Whipped Shortbread Cookies
    Gluten-free butter cookies on a white plate.

    Crispy Buttery Gluten-Free Butter Cookies

    • Gluten Free Spritz Cookies
    • 5 Ingredient Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
    • Gluten-Free Thumbprint Cookies with Raspberry Jam
    • White Chocolate Dipped Coffee Shortbread Cookies
    • Easiest Chocolate Almond Clusters
    • Pumpkin Spice Cookies
    • Vegan Shortbread Cookies
    • Grandma’s Rum Balls
    • Old Fashioned Snowball Cookies
    Red and green sugar cookie blossoms with white chocolate kisses melted on top

    Sugar Cookie Blossoms

    • Moscato Truffles
    • Healthy Vegan Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies
    • Amaretti Cookies
    • Christmas Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies
    • Shortbread Chocolate Filled Christmas Cookies
    • Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies
    • Easy Bisquick Sugar Cookies
    • Walker’s Scottish Shortbread Cookies Recipe
    • Christmas Snowball Cookies
    Peanut butter cornflake cookies

    Peanut Butter Cornflake Cookies

    • Easy Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies Recipe
    • Easy Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie Recipe with a Cake Mix
    • Butterscotch Cornflake Cookies
    • Flourless Fudge Cookies
    • Soft & Chewy Almond Paste Cookies – Traditional German Christmas Cookies
    • Peppermint Shortbread Cookies
    • Easy Grinch Rice Krispie Treats (Heart-Shaped)
    • Vegan Snowball Cookies (Wedding Cookies)
    • Christmas White Chocolate-Dipped Sugar Wafers
    Caramel Ritz cookies stacked on top of a white plate. One cookie is cut in half to show the layers of Ritz crackers and caramel

    Caramel Ritz Cookies

    • Snowball Cookies
    • Chocolate Covered Peppermint Ritz Cookies
    • Stained Glass Cookies – A perfect treat for any occasion
    • Red Velvet Cookies
    • Whipped Shortbread Cookies
    • Bredele – Alsatian Christmas Cookies
    • Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
    • Dark Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies
    • Polar Bear Paw Cookies
    Cranberry shortbread cookies in a stack

    Cranberry Shortbread Cookies (easy slice and bake cookies) + video

    • Sugar-Free Keto Vanilla Crescents
    • Vegan Cinnamon Cookies
    • Russian Tea Cake Cookies
    • Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies
    • No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
    • Easy White Cake Mix Cookies with Chocolate Chips
    • No-Bake Gingerbread Date Balls
    • Rosette Cookies
    • Sweetened Condensed Milk Snowballs
    German cinnamon star cookies with white frosting

    Zimtsterne – German Cinnamon Star Cookies

    • Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies with Peppermint Buttercream Frosting
    • Easy Cranberry Shortbread Cookies
    • Santa’s Swirl Sugar Cookies
    • Pecan Snowball Cookies
    • Cranberry Walnut Shortbread Cookies
    • Vegan Amaretti: Naturally Gluten-Free
    • Easy Cake Mix Sugar Cookies
    • Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
    • Pecan Snowball Cookies (Mexican Wedding Cookies)
    Coconut Christmas tree cookies with gold stars on top

    Coconut Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe (gluten free)

    • Candy Bar Stuffed Cookies
    • Easy Turtle Cookies
    • Keto Snowball Christmas Cookies
    • Italian Wedding Cookies
    • Polish Kolachki Cookies
    • Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies Recipe
    • Homemade Peppermint Bark Oreos
    • Amaretti Cookies – Italian Almond Cookies
    • 4 Ingredient Peanut Clusters
    • Snowmen Meringue Cookies

    We wish you a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy a sweet treat or two.

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    Hi, I'm Chandice!

    Parties, gatherings, gorgeous food and ESPECIALLY holidays with my people are what make my heart pitter patter. Having a place to share our favorite traditions, recipes and celebrations is very important to me. I live each day with unapologetic, authentic happiness and hope to help others do the same. More About Chandice

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