Christmas Cookie Countdown

Added: 18th June 2008

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Recipe4Living believes it's never too early to start planning for Christmas - especially when it comes to Christmas cookies! So we've put together this countdown starting 6 months before Christmas and counting down all the way to December 25.

Here's how it works: every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we'll post a new Christmas cookie recipe in our Recipe4Living newsletter. (Not signed up yet? Click here to get on the email list!) Check your newsletter for a link to this page that will be updated with the new recipes. You can also bookmark this page in your browser so you can come back every day to check for updates! Think we're missing something? Submit your favorite Christmas cookie recipe here!

1. Macadamia, Raspberry, White Chocolate Cookies - These pretty, swirled cookies are perfect for those with refined tastes.

2. Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies - Throw these sticky peanut buttery cookies together in minutes for an almost-instant dessert.

3. Cinnamon-Spice Oatmeal Raisin Cookies - Give me a handful of good oatmeal cookies any day. I like to use quick-cooking oats for the recipe that follows; but you could substitute old-fashioned rolled oats if you'd prefer coarser, chewier cookies. Of course, my recipe includes just about everything I like to add to a bowl of oatmeal in the morning: butter, sweet spices, brown sugar, raisins and walnuts. If you like, try replacing the raisins with dried cranberries or dried cherries. In fact, you might want to hide this article from the children, or they'll demand cookies for breakfast!

4. Mudslide Brownies - A rich Kahlua glaze tops off these exceptional brownies.

5. No-Bake Oatmeal Cookies - A quick and easy way to always have cookies around the house.

6. Christmas Mocha Nut Butter Balls - These festive balls will be a hit at your next holiday party.

7. Church Windows - I love Christmas time, not because of the presents, but because that's when mom made Christmas candy and cookies. As I grew older I helped her and this past year was the best as my nieces helped out. Passing on this tradition that my mom started has been wonderful.

8. Honey Cookies - Soft and moist cut out cookie passed down from Great Great Grandmother. Appearance is soft and puffy. Cookie itself is not too sweet. The cream cheese frosting adds to the over all flavor, yet does not hide the good honey taste. Cut out shapes frosted and decorated for the specific Holiday.

9. Peanut Butter Bars with Chocolate Ganache - If you like peanut butter and chocolate,you won't be able to resist these bars.They are so moist and tasty.

10. Fool Proof Fudge - My sister and I make this every Christmas, always a crowd pleaser, and makes a great gift.

11. Famous Oatmeal Cookies - A classic family favorite in every house.

12. Sugarless Apple Cookies - With no sugar added, the only sweetness in these cookies comes from dates, apples and raisins.

13. Chocolate No-Bake Cookies - Ready to eat in 5 minutes, these extra-rich cookies can be made in a flash.

14. Quick and Easy Fudgey Brownies - For the ultimate in brownie goodness without cutting into your day, try this easy recipe.

15. Shortbread Bars - These are no ordinary shortbread cookies – layered with melted sugar and chocolate, they are to die for.

16. Strawberry Angel Bars - For dessert in less than a half hour, try this quick and easy recipe.

17. Lemon Bars - This is an extremely quick and easy recipe that will have dessert on the table in less than 30 minutes.

18. Soft Molasses Cookies - Molasses, cinnamon, ground cloves and ginger make this spice cookie a perfect treat without being too sweet.

19. Easy Gingerbread Cookies - A fun way to get into the holiday season: let the kids help with the cookie cutter and then decorate! Also make edible tree ornaments!

20. Sugar Plum Cookies - Let these sugar plum cookies dance in your mouth. They are very moist and delicious, they're not like your usual Christmas cookie!

21. Double Chocolate Anise Cookies - These cookies are chocolatey and chewy with a taste of anise. Delicious!

22. Christmas Mint Cheesecake Bars - Cheesecake is great anytime of the year. Just add some mint and crushed candy canes for a delicios christmas delight!

23. The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies - Whenever you make these cookies for someone, be sure to bring along several copies of the recipe! You will be asked for it, I promise!!!

24. Peanut Butter Kisses - This easy recipe is very simple. A great one to have on-hand for snacktime or a quick dessert.

25. Orange Pecan Butter Cookies - These cookies have a delicious combination of orange, pecans and chocolate!

26. Milky Way Brownies - Add some caramel and nugget to your brownie recipe.

27. Lemon-Anise Biscotti - A Sicilian specialty, this recipe produces a relatively hard biscuit -- perfect with an afternoon cup of coffee.

28. Snickerdoodles - I originally found this recipe on the blog Bake or Break. She had adapted it from a Nigella Lawson recipe. The cookie comes out more cake-like and definitely isn't chewy. But the nutmeg adds special flavor, especially around the holidays.

29. Thumbprint Cookies with Rose Jelly - This is an age-old recipe that's a simple butter cookie with a sweet touch of rose jelly. Very pretty and easy to make.

30. English Raspberry Squares - The buttery crust of these delicious bars is perfect with the raspberry topping.

31. No-Bake Stained Glass Cookies - Beautiful, delicious, and most importantly EASY cathedral cookies. Just combine, roll, and stick in the fridge!

32. Homemade Chocolate Truffles - This is a really easy way to make a normally complicated dessert.

33. Triple Chocolate Biscotti - For a super-chocolaty treat, these cookies will give you a sweet crunch to sink your teeth into. Try them with coffee for a rich mocha taste.

34. Sugar Cookies - This basic recipe is essential to have on hand with little kids. Decorating sugar cookies is the perfect solution to birthday parties, rainy days and much more!

35. Neiman Marcus Cookies - Perhaps a favorite from your childhood, relive the whole experience with these cookies.

36. Lemon Cheesecake Bars - A variation on the traditional cheesecake, this recipes makes bars that are easier to serve.

37. Whoopie Pies - Chocolate cookies with marshmallow fluff sandwiched in the middle - what could be bad?

38. Cherry Squares - These cookies are like little mini cherry pies for everyone.

39. Lemon Bites - Made with a box of lemon cake mix, these balls are easy to throw together in under an hour.

40. Fruit Cake Cookies - These bring me memories of my Grandmother, she made them every Christmas and the smell in her home while they were baking always makes me feel warm inside. I hope you enjoy them as much as we always did.

41. Snowballs - This recipe is a favorite treat for Dancer. As Santa delivers gifts around the world, he often visits places too warm for snow. Dancer often brings around this treat to remind us of home.

42. M&M Goodies - These tasty bars are quite an upgrade for M&M's.

43. Easy Cinnamon Strips - This is a simple cookie that's very simple to make. The delicate taste of cinnamon, sugar and walnut make the perfect pairing with tea or coffee.

44. Easy Lemon Sugar Snaps - A cup of cornmeal adds a grainy texture to these easy cookies.

45. Coconut Brownies - Spice up your normal brownie recipe with the addition of some flaked coconut.

46. Secret Center Cookie Cups - A Snickers candy bar hides inside each of these sweet cookies – kid love them!

47. No Sugar Raisin Cookies - All-natural and delicious, these cookies have fresh apple, oats and walnuts for a wholesome – and sugar-free – cookie.

48. Jingle Balls - This recipe makes about 120 chocolate covered jingle balls. A batch this large is perfect to give as gifts to all your friends. If you want to make these just for yourself, cut this recipe in half or into thirds.

49. Butter Cookies - These simple cookies are a great tea-party choice since they pair well with most teas.

50. Brown Sugar Cookies - This is a soft cookie with a deep brown sugar flavor.

51. Jelly Bean Cookies - Little jelly beans inside these cookies make them fun, chewy and colorful!

52. Magic Rainbow Cookie Bars - Create a rainbow of spring colors with your child's favorite candy and celebrate spring with their own Magic Rainbow Cookie Bar!

53. Award-Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies - Instant pudding mix is the secret ingredient to these super-soft cookies.

54. Applesauce and Raisin Cookies - This low sugar recipe uses unsweetened, natural ingredients for a wholesome cookie that everyone can enjoy.

55. Pecan Pie Cookies - If you love the taste of pecan pie, try this more portable dessert alternative.

56. Eggnog Bars - Yummy bar cookie you can stripe like a candy cane, or any way you like. I got this from one of my four sisters!

57. Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies - These are just like the classic cookies, except without eggs! Just as tasty!

58. Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies - Giada calls these "biscotti" but in my mind they are cookies. If you like your cookies crunchy, then these are for you. Chocolatey, sweet and very airy! The original recipe used much more sugar, but I don't think it needs it.

59. Coconut Cashew Crunchers - The perfect dessert for the coconut and nut lover!

60. Icebox Cookies - These were a tradition for the holidays in my house growing up. It was my grandmother's recipe and both of my brothers would take a bag home to have later.

61. Southern Toffee - A simple twist on delicious toffee using saltines, toffee bits, and milk chocolate. Try it!

62. Double Chocolate-Cherry Drops - This recipe was handed down to me by my grandma.

63. Apricot and Cherry Bars - A lusciously fruity, sweet dessert.

64. Cathedral Cookies - Stained Glass cookies are also called Cathedral Cookies. We made this for our Christmas program and were a big hit. The kids loved helping make these as well since they were so easy!

65. Strawberry Divinity - Like the name says, this delectable combo of strawberries, nuts, coconut, and sugar will make you see heaven!

66. Ginger Crisps - Snap into one of these when you feel like a yummy snack!

67. Walnut Cookies - This family recipe for walnut cookies has been pasted down for years and it is still as good as they were years and years ago.

68. Apricot Cream Cheese Thumbprints - Apricots add a sweet touch to these cookies.

69. Caramel Cheesecake Bars - A vanilla wafer crust, pecans, and caramel topping add the extra touch to cheesecake.

70. Blonde Brownies - No offense to blondes but I had to name my brownie recipe after you. It is just so simple and easy.

71. Hallie Cookies - This cookie dough is perfect for holiday cookies: it holds its shape when baked and can easily be doubled. Not too sweet, slightly crisp and flaky from the leavening, the cookies are delicious unadorned, but are nice, too, sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar or decorating sugar before baking. The recipe is from New York City pastry chef Michael Morehouse, who named the cookies for the aunt who passed the recipe on to him.

72. Caramel Frosted Turtle Brownies - Brownies with a turtle frosting on them, the ultimate guilty pleasure.  But how can you improve on homemade brownies?  Try this recipe and see.  I think if you close your eyes when you eat them there are no calories (Just kidding!)

73. Date Squares - The great taste of fresh dates is sandwiched between a soft cookie crust.

74. Lime Fruit Balls - Simple, sweet and crunchy! The perfect no-bake dessert or snack.

75. Honey Pecan Delight - A rich, pecan filling is sandwiched between two cookies and covered with chocolate ganache.

76. Sour Cream Cookies - A moist cookie with chopped nuts, brown sugar, and a simple sugar icing.

77. Forgotten Kiss Cookies - These are one of my favorite cookies that I love to make during Valentine’s Day and Christmas. I love to give these out as gifts.

78. Date Nut Balls - This simple cookie is sweet and sweeter with dates and maraschino cherries. Rice Krispies and pecans give them a fun crunch.

79. Chocolate Cherry Oaties - These delicious treats with pecans and chopped cherries are not your ordinary cookies.

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