The essentials for living your best life.
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These 12 Christmas cookie recipes include sugar cookies, peanut butter blossoms, spritz cookies, gingerbread, and other reliable favorites for gifting, freezing, and cookie platters. For more help, see our holiday baking guide (/easy-holiday-baking/) and cookie storage tips (/how-to-store-christmas-cookies/).
Soft matcha sugar cookies pair a tender, buttery crumb with the gentle bitterness of culinary-grade matcha, then finish with a thin vanilla glaze that keeps the flavor balanced. They are simple to make, hold their softness well, and suit tea service, gift tins, or an easy afternoon dessert.
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Soft cookies
Matcha flavor
Vanilla glaze
Easy to make
Keeps well
Sugar cookies spread when heat, fat, sugar, and flour don’t stay in balance, which is why a little cookie spread science goes a long way. With the right butter flour chilling and a few simple tweaks, sugar cookie troubleshooting becomes much easier and your cookies keep their shape better.
Bake your way through the holidays with classic favorites like gingerbread, sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, Linzer, and more—all starting with festive flavors perfect for gifting, cookie swaps, and Santa’s plate. Even better, many of these traditional cookie recipes can be made ahead and frozen, so holiday baking feels easy and fun.
Bake a batch of Christmas cookies that’s as festive as it is delicious with simple tips, classic flavors, and decorating ideas everyone will love. From gingerbread to sugar cookies, this guide helps you create sweet holiday memories with every bite.
