Our Best Holiday Cookie Recipes

Baking cookies is one of our most-loved holiday traditions and there are a few treasured recipes we make year after year. This is a collection of our all-time favorite holiday cookie recipes including two that are among our most popular posts with readers – Ricotta Cookies and Hungarian Kiffles.

Our Best Holiday Cookie Recipes

Limoncello Glazed Ricotta Cookies - These light, cake-like ricotta cookies are made are flavored with a bit of limoncello liqueur and are an all-time favorite for the holidays.

Hungarian Kiffles - Kiffles are delicate Hungarian cookies made from cream cheese pastry wrapped around fruit or nut fillings.

Chocolate Dipped Orange Biscotti - These easy-to-make biscotti are lightly flavored with orange liqueur, dipped in melted semisweet chocolate and sprinkled with crushed pine nuts.

Bourbon-Pecan Butter Cookies - A buttery, rich shortbread-style cookie flavored with a splash of bourbon and topped with a candied pecan.

Cranberry Orange Bars - Easy-to-make, buttery blondies flavored with orange juice, orange zest, dried cranberries and slivered almonds.

Eggnog Cookies With Rum Icing - Flavored with rum, vanilla, nutmeg and butter, these easy, slice and bake cookies taste like holiday eggnog spiked with rum.

Raspberry Rugelach - These raspberry, walnut and cinnamon filled cookies are made from a rich, flaky cream cheese dough and lightly glazed with coarse sugar.

Spiced Pumpkin, Orange And Cranberry Cookies - Pumpkin, orange juice, dried cranberries and freshly ground spices combine to make the perfect fall cookie.