30 Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes With Few Ingredients
These 30 Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes are made with simple ingredients and fewer ingredients than a lot of the homemade cookies on the internet today. They are perfect for the holiday season and great to bring to any Christmas celebration.
Alright, cookie lovers, the most wonderful time of the year is upon us, and you know what that means—cookies, cookies, and more cookies! Whether you’re a baking newbie or just short on time (aren’t we all?), I’ve got your back with some easy Christmas cookie recipes with few ingredients.
This collection of easy Christmas cookie recipes pack all the festive cheer you need to make this holiday season extra sweet.
You don’t need a long list of fancy ingredients or hours in the kitchen to whip up these delicious treats. Nope, these easy cookie recipes are for those of us who want to get straight to the good part—eating the cookies, of course!
So, grab your mixing bowl, preheat that oven, and let’s get baking. Because nothing says “Merry Christmas” like a platter full of homemade easy Christmas cookies that look and taste like you’ve been channeling your inner Martha Stewart (without the stress!).
If you’re specifically looking for gluten free treats, you may like to check out my 43 Gluten Free Christmas Desserts.
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WHY YOU’LL LOVE THESE EASY CHRISTMAS COOKIE RECIPES WITH FEW INGREDIENTS
These are the best Christmas cookie recipes because they’re proof that delicious doesn’t have to mean complicated!
With just a handful of simple ingredients, you can whip up a variety of festive treats. Also without spending hours in the kitchen or making a giant mess (who has time for that?).
Whether you’re a baking pro or a total newbie, these recipes are foolproof and perfect for Christmas baking with minimal effort. Plus, they’re versatile enough to please everyone, from your picky eaters to your dessert-loving besties.
So go ahead, bake up a storm and impress your friends and family with your effortless cookie-making skills. Because sometimes, less really is more—especially when it comes to Christmas cookies!
COMMON INGREDIENTS YOU WILL NEED FOR THE SIMPLE COOKIES TO GET YOU INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
You will need the following ingredients listed below to make each easy holiday cookie recipe (the exact measurements, nutrition information and full recipe are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post):
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Cream cheese
- Peanut butter
- Egg yolks and egg whites
- Corn flakes
- Rice krispies
- Vanilla extract
- Maple syrup or honey
- Coconut oil
- M&M’s
- Lemon juice
- Lemon zest
Gluten Free Soft Molasses Cookies
These Gluten Free Ginger Molasses Cookies are crispy on the outside, and soft and chewy on the inside. They’re festive, full of warming spices, and the best gluten free holiday cookies to bring to any Christmas party!
Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
For a nostalgic holiday treat, try my Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies studded with dark chocolate chips and crushed candy canes. These healthy protein cookies are the perfect gluten-free Christmas cookie recipe.
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies
This gluten free peanut butter cookie recipe takes less than 20 minutes to make, and only requires 10 ingredients! These easy peanut butter cookies are chewy, soft, and taste like a regular “unhealthy” peanut butter cookie, perfect for Christmas Eve!
Heart Shaped Jam Thumbprint Cookies
These Heart Shaped Jam Thumbprint Cookies are made with a simple sugar cookie dough and filled with your favourite type of jam. These cookies are perfect for holiday baking, valentine’s day, or for any special occasion.
Brownie Crinkle Cookies
Rolled in powdered sugar, these classic cookies are slightly crisp on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. This is like a brownie dough consistency and flavour shaped like a gluten free Christmas cookies!
Healthy Oatmeal Protein Cookies
This Oatmeal Protein Cookies recipe is loaded with nuts, seeds, gluten free oats and whole grains for a cookie that packs some serious health benefits. These are the best healthy protein cookies …ever!
Chocolate Brownie Sea Salt Cookies (Gluten Free & Dairy Free)
Fudgy middles, chewy edges, & intense chocolate flavour in one easy, homemade cookie recipe. You never have to choose between a brownie and a cookie again, instead give my Chocolate Brownie Cookies a whirl. One of the best cookie recipes around!
Gluten Free Dairy Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Gluten Free Dairy Free Chocolate Chip Cookies are an easy recipe that yields healthy, soft and chewy cookies packed with melty chocolate chips! These dairy and egg free cookies are made with almond flour and gluten free oat flour to keep them gluten free, and vegan butter, almond milk, and dairy free chocolate chips to keep them a vegan cookie recipe!
Vegan Banana Cookies
These healthy gluten-free, vegan banana bread cookies are soft, chewy and so easy! They make the perfect snack, breakfast or healthy dessert! Loaded with peanut butter and chocolate chips, these almond flour banana cookies are a must have recipe!
Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
This is the best soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe ever with super simple ingredients, and no chilling time! Such an easy homemade recipe, with soft gooey centers, these will turn out perfectly every time!
Sugar Free Christmas Sugar Cookies
With only a few simple ingredients you can recreate the classic sugar cookie into a much healthier homemade version! These gluten free sugar cookies are sugar free, gluten free, and taste just as good as your traditional sugar cookie recipe!
Christmas Chocolate Peppermint Truffles
These Christmas Chocolate Peppermint Truffles are one of my favorite Christmas desserts. This is the perfect recipe to bring to a holiday party or serve as a festive treat on Christmas day.
Peanut Butter Marshmallow Squares
These classic Butterscotch Peanut Butter Butterscotch Marshmallow Squares isn’t technically one of the minimal ingredient cookie recipes. It’s creamy peanut butter and butterscotch chips mixed in with rainbow coloured marshmallows are truly a match made in heaven!
Easy Melted Snowman Cookies
Dive into sugary whimsy with our Melted Snowman Sugar Cookies – adorable puddles of sweetness complete with candy buttons and a carrot nose. These bites of winter magic are not just cookies; they’re smiles in every gooey bite!
Oreo Cookie Christmas Ornaments
Deck your halls with sweetness! Create delightful Oreo Cookie Christmas Ornaments – edible masterpieces dipped in white chocolate, adorned with festive sprinkles, and perfect for adding a tasty twist to your holiday décor.
Gluten Free Hot Chocolate Cookies
Indulge in the warmth of the season with our Gluten Free Hot Chocolate Cookies – a delightful blend of rich cocoa and gooey marshmallows, creating a cozy, gluten-free treat perfect for winter evenings. These cookies capture the essence of hot cocoa in each bite, ensuring a festive and inclusive indulgence for everyone.
Gluten Free Christmas M&M Cookies
Savor the joy of the season with our Gluten Free Christmas M&M Cookies – a delightful twist on classic flavors, perfect for gluten-free indulgence. These cookies combine festive M&M candies with a chewy, gluten-free texture, ensuring a delicious and inclusive treat for all.
Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread Cookies
These chocolate peppermint shortbread cookies are dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled with crushed peppermint! The perfect Christmas cookie!
Cranberry Orange Cookies
The secret to the absolute best cranberry orange cookies is soaking the dried cranberries in fresh orange juice! Plus, a fresh orange glaze makes these cookies so special!
Vegan Snowball Cookies
These vegan snowball cookies are tasty, melt-in-your-mouth treats made with buttery pecans. They are easy to make with just 6 ingredients!
Flourless Peanut Butter Blossoms
You can make flourless peanut butter blossoms, that’s right, without any flour at all! These chewy cookies are so easy to make with only a handful of ingredients. Everyone loves this classic Holiday cookie with a Hershey’s Kiss on top.
Easy Cake Mix Sugar Cookies
Easy Cake Mix Cookies uses 3 simple ingredients to create the perfect holiday sugar cookie. These make a great base for adding other things to them like sprinkles, icing or candy.
Peppermint Chocolate Dipped Cookies
These cookies combine two of my favorite flavours, peppermint and chocolate. And the best part is that they are very quick and easy to make!
Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe (With Icing)
A perfect sugar cookie recipe! They are easy to make with basic ingredients, bake up with crisp, defined edges and include a simple icing that dries firm!
Vegan Gingerbread Cookies
These vegan gingerbread cookies are soft, chewy and so easy to make. Full of warming spices and a hint of orange zest.
Easy 3-Ingredient Brown Sugar Cookies
One of my favorite Christmas cookie recipes as it’s a very basic 3 ingredient recipe that can be easily varied with other additions such as cinnamon and vanilla
Easy Vegan Peppermint Mocha Cookies
Soft, fudgy, and rich, these easy cookies are the perfect holiday, winter, or Christmas cookie. These are such delicious cookies!
Rudolf Reindeer Cake Mix Cookies
These Rudolph cookies are made with a cake mix, making them so easy and super fun to decorate! Perfect for a cookie exchange party.
Grinch Sugar Cookies
These soft, chewy Grinch Sugar Cookies are colored green for the holidays, rolled in sugar, and decorated with a red heart. They are so simple to make; no chilling, rolling, or cutting required!
Christmas Kiss Cookies
These easy to make Christmas Kiss Cookies are sure to be a hit! These soft chocolate cookies are covered with sprinkles and topped with a Hershey’s Kiss!
Christmas Lights Cookies
Christmas Lights Cookies with a small batch of royal icing and mini M&Ms as Christmas Lights.
Chrismas Tree Sugar Cookies
Deceptively easy, these fun Christmas tree sugar cookies are perfect for unexpected festive visitors or for gifting.
No Bake Nutella Cookies
No bake Nutella cookies are chocolatey, full of hazelnut flavor, ready in 15 minutes and gluten free! The perfect holiday cookie for all occasions!
Red Velvet Cookies
These red velvet cookies are so fun and festive for Christmas! This one bowl, no chill recipe is quick, easy and always a big hit.
FAQS
WHAT’S THE EASIEST WAY TO BAKE COOKIE WITH CRISP EDGES AND SOFT CENTERS?
For cookies with crisp edges and soft centers, make sure to bake them at the right temperature (usually 350°F) and for the correct bake time. Keep an eye on them and pull them out when the edges are golden brown and the centers are still slightly soft. They’ll firm up as they cool on the wire rack.
HOW SHOULD I STORE MY CHRISTMAS COOKIES TO KEEP THEM FRESH?
Store your cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. This helps maintain their texture and flavor for up to a week. If you’ve got frosted cookies, place a piece of plastic wrap between layers to prevent sticking.
CAN I USE COOKIE CUTTERS TO MAKE SHAPES WITH ANY TYPE OF COOKIE DOUGH?
Cut-out cookies work best with firm doughs like easy sugar cookies or gingerbread. Roll the rolled-out dough to about 1/4-inch thickness, then use your cookie cutter to cut out shapes. For softer doughs, chill the dough before cutting to help maintain the cookie form.
HOW DO I KEEP MY COOKIES SOFT AFTER BAKING?
Store your easy christmas cookie recipes with few ingredients with a slice of bread in the container. The bread will absorb any excess moisture, keeping your cookies soft and chewy for the whole Christmas season.
ARE ANY OF THESE RECIPES NO BAKE COOKIES?
Yes, a few of them are. The Peanut Butter Marshmallow Squares are perfect on cookie platters and don’t require any bake time.
These 30 Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes are made with simple ingredients and fewer ingredients than a lot of the homemade cookies on the internet today. They are perfect for the holiday season and great to bring to any Christmas celebration. These classic Butterscotch Peanut Butter Butterscotch Marshmallow Squares are one of my favourite nostalgic childhood treats. Creamy peanut butter and butterscotch chips mixed in with rainbow coloured marshmallows are truly a match made in heaven! Made with simple ingredients and no need to chill the cookie dough, this is the best soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe ever. Such an easy homemade recipe, with a soft chewy texture, these will turn out perfectly every time. These healthy gluten-free, vegan banana bread cookies are soft, chewy and so easy! They make the perfect snack, breakfast or healthy dessert! Loaded with peanut butter and chocolate chips, these almond flour banana cookies are a must have recipe! Gluten Free Dairy Free Chocolate Chip Cookies, an easy recipe that yields healthy, soft and chewy cookies packed with melty chocolate chips! These dairy and egg free cookies are made with almond flour and gluten free oat flour to keep them gluten free. They are also made with vegan butter, almond milk, and dairy free chocolate chips to keep them a vegan gf cookie! Rolled in powdered sugar, these fudgy chocolate crinkle cookies are slightly crisp on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. This is like a brownie dough consistency and flavour shaped like a gluten free Christmas cookies! These superfood oatmeal cookies are loaded with nuts, seeds, gluten free oats and whole grains for a cookie that packs some serious health benefits. These are the healthiest breakfast cookies…ever! These Heart Shaped Jam Thumbprint Cookies are made with a simple sugar cookie dough and filled with your favourite type of jam. These cookies are perfect for the holiday season, valentine’s day, or for any special occasion. This gluten free peanut butter cookie recipe takes less than 20 minutes to make, and only requires 10 ingredients! These gluten free cookies are chewy, soft, and taste like a regular "unhealthy" peanut butter cookie! These Gluten Free Ginger Molasses Cookies are crispy on the outside, and soft and chewy on the inside. They're festive, full of warming spices, and perfect for a holiday cookie exchange. Dive into sugary whimsy with our Melted Snowman Sugar Cookies – adorable puddles of sweetness complete with candy buttons and a carrot nose. These bites of winter magic are not just cookies; they're smiles in every gooey bite! Deck your halls with sweetness! Create delightful Oreo Cookie Christmas Ornaments - edible masterpieces dipped in white chocolate, adorned with festive sprinkles, and perfect for adding a tasty twist to your holiday décor. Savor the joy of the season with our Gluten Free Christmas M&M Cookies – a delightful twist on classic flavors, perfect for gluten-free indulgence. These cookies combine festive M&M candies with a chewy, gluten-free texture, ensuring a delicious and inclusive treat for all. Indulge in the warmth of the season with our Gluten Free Hot Chocolate Cookies – a delightful blend of rich cocoa and gooey marshmallows, creating a cozy, gluten-free treat perfect for winter evenings. These cookies capture the essence of hot cocoa in each bite, ensuring a festive and inclusive indulgence for everyone.30 Easy Christmas Cookie Recipes With Few Ingredients
No Bake Peanut Butter Marshmallow Squares
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Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Cookies
Healthy Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gluten Free Brownie Crinkle Cookies
Healthy Gluten Free Breakfast Cookie Recipe
Heart Shaped Jam Thumbprint Cookies
Protein Peanut Butter Cookies
Easy Gluten Free Ginger Molasses Cookies
Melted Snowman Sugar Cookies (Christmas Recipe)
Oreo Cookie Christmas Ornaments (Easy Recipe)
Gluten Free Christmas M&M Cookies (Easy Recipe)
Gluten Free Hot Chocolate Cookies (Christmas Recipe)
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Omg tried the ginger molasses cookies and brownie crinkle cookies and they are AMAZING!! Will be referring back to this list all Christmas long!
I’ve tried about 4 recipes from this list and they have all turned out to be absolutely delicious!! Super fun to make with the kiddos too! Thank you for this amazing list! 🙂