It’s the final day of Christmas Cookie Week 2014, so let me present: the BEST Christmas Cookie recipes of the year. Check out ALL the lovely recipes that have been made and shared this week!
Christmas Cookie Week flew by in the blink of an eye, and I cannot believe it’s already time for this year’s recipe round-up.
It was an incredible week — the biggest Christmas Cookie Week to date! — and I am so pleased with the turnout.
It’s truly amazing to see so many bloggers coming together to all create something similar at the same time.
Not to get all sappy on y’all, but my heart is full from the turnout, the stunning cookies presented and the new blogger friends made.
Reasons to love this year’s cookie exchange:
For those of you who are curious, here’s a little breakdown of some tidbits I found interesting about this year’s Christmas Cookie Week:
- Thirty-four total recipes were submitted during the week by 20 total bloggers from various countries and three separate continents. (!!!)
- The most popular ingredients were chocolate and peanut butter. (Is anyone really surprised?)
- There were several gluten free and food allergy-friendly recipes shared, too!
… And without further ado, here are all the gorgeous recipes and the bloggers who whipped them up in celebration of Christmas Cookie Week.
Feel free to visit all of these blog friends — new and old — and leave them some love on their posts… and then bake their cookies because they ALL look delicious!
What was your favorite recipe created during this year’s Christmas Cookie Week? Which recipes do you want to make immediately?
The Sweetest Season by Year
Reindeer Cookies
Transform a simple sugar cookie into a reindeer cookie with 3 easy steps! These festive Christmas Cookies make a fun and delicious treat.
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Gluten Free Peppermint Brownie Cookies
Slightly sweet, chewy brownie cookies bursting with candy cane chunks are the perfect gluten free dessert for the holidays!
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Bronados
What is a Chocolate Chip Cookie Bronado? Also called brookie cookies, these are sturdy, cut-out style chocolate chip cookies filled with brownie batter, sliced and baked to swirled perfection.
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Oatmeal Cinnamon Cookies with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze
Dense, chewy cinnamon-y oatmeal cookies, drizzled with a rich maple cream cheese glaze, are the perfect cookies for those who don't love chocolate. These Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze are easy to make, require no chill and are fun to share with the people you love!
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Cocoa Snickerdoodles
Like the cookie we all know and love, but made chocolatey! What is there not to love about a cookie made with cocoa and then rolled in cinnamon sugar?
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Gluten-Free No-Bake Avalanche Cookies
No-bake Avalanche Cookies are a quick and easy holiday cookie you can make in a pinch. With just five ingredients, these Christmas cookies will be ready in a snap!
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Maple Syrup Ginger Thins
These gluten free Maple Syrup Ginger Thins are a thin, delicate and lightly spiced. They are perfect for the Christmas holidays.
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The $250 Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie
Made with ground oats, blended nuts and three kinds of chocolate, Neiman Marcus Cookies are worth every penny of their price tag!
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Mint Chocolate Delights
Peppermint and mint are the flavor of winter, especially during the holiday season. These Mint Chocolate Delights taste like peppermint hot chocolate!
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Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookies with Raspberry-Orange Glaze
A peanut butter and jelly twist on traditional shortbread cookies for the holidays! Peanut butter shortbread is topped with a tart glaze to make these Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookies with Raspberry-Orange Glaze.
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Oatmeal Peanut Butter Pretzel Chunk Cookies
These Oatmeal Peanut Butter Pretzel Chunk Cookies are fun mix of classically favorite snack foods: peanut butter pretzels and chocolate chunk granola bars.
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Nankhatai (Eggless Indian Cookies)
Nankhatai, which are eggless Indian shortbread cookies, are a delightful mix of flavors, spice and texture!
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M&M Christmas Cookie
These thick and chewy M&M Christmas Cookie Bars are perfect for your holiday cookie exchange and holiday get-togethers! Every bite of these easy holiday cookie bars is packed with red-and-green M&M's and chocolate chips.
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Cookie Pie
M&M Cookie Pie is the ultimate bar dessert. This recipe offers a beautiful balance of chewiness from the chocolate chip cookies along with a nice crispy edge of crust. This easy recipe takes little time to mix up in a single bowl and bake off.
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Raspberry Linzer Snowflake Cookies
Slightly sweet shortbread-style cookies filled with a deliciously tart raspberry filling. These Raspberry Linzer Snowflake Cookies are the perfect balance for those who love the not-so-sweet desserts!
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Bourbon-Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars
These Bourbon-Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars were made from Joy the Baker's cookbook, Homemade Decadence. Dark chocolate, pecans and bourbon make for a flavorful dessert and combine a shortbread crust with a crunchy topping. This is the perfect combination for the holidays.
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Peanut Butter Blossoms
Classic Peanut Butter Blossoms, made with butter instead of shortening, get a festive holiday twist with colored sugar. A classic Hershey’s Kiss is the final touch!
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White Chocolate Cranberry Brown Butter Bars
White Chocolate Cranberry Brown Butter Bars are an in-your-face brown butter bar cookie, stuffed with dried cranberries and white chocolate chips, with a hint of saltiness on top. They are great for coffee dipping and nibbling for any occasion.
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Lemon Drop Cookies
Fluffy, light drop cookies containing lemon zest, topped with slightly sweet and tart lemon glaze. These Lemon Drop Cookies are the perfect non-chocolate holiday cookies!
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Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
Need a sweet treat to share for your next bake sale or cookie exchange? Mix up these chocolate covered cherry cookies. This recipe is fast AND easy!
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Snickerdoodles (3 Ways!)
A classic snickerdoodle cookie recipe, modified into three different but equally delicious variations: Gingerdoodle, Scotchadoodle, & Double Chocolate Chunkadoodle.
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Mississippi Mud Cookies
A spin on the Southern pie, but in cookie form, these Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies with Pecans strike a beautiful balance. With a chocolate cookie base, mini marshmallows and pecan pieces, these Mississippi Mud Cookies are perfect for the chocolate lover in your life.
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Pumpkin Butterscotch Streusel Cookies
Pumpkin Butterscotch Streusel Cookies are a pillowy soft pumpkin cookie, filled with gooey butterscotch and topped with a cinnamon-gingersnap streusel.
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Eeeee… so excited to see so many cookie recipes. How can I choose a favourite? Your Peppermint Brownie Cookies are super tempting. The White Chocolate Cranberry Brown Butter Bars look amazing. And then there’s Cookie Pie. Ugh. Give me everything. Thanks for being the loveliest, most gracious host! I’ve enjoyed this so much. Count me in next year. And the year after 😉 I bet it’ll be even more exciting with Lady Baby coming along.
This was a fun cookie party…so many wonderful cookies!! Thanks for hosting!!
What fun to be part of this! I already have several of yours bookmarked to try, and those peppermint mocha icebox cookies are calling my name too. Love the beverage pairings post too – I did a cupcake and beer/wine pairing party over the summer and it was such a hit. Of course I should try it with cookies too!
I don’t know if it’s possible to “win” a cookie exchange, but Feast+West’s No Bake Avalanche Cookies sure earned me some cookie love this past weekend! It was really hard to choose, so obviously I’ll have to make some more cookies this weekend. You know, for research.