Santa's Favorite Cookies Recipes (2024)

Are you ready for a sticky, gooey,unabashedly messy challenge? What if Isaid you’d be rewarded with one of the most indulgent desserteverat the end? This is a life-changing cookie right here.

AMAZING Nutella Stuffed Cookies just like the ones in New York. I’ll show you how to hide all that gooey Nutella in your cookies – it’s so much easier than you’d think!

If you love the taste of lemons then this Italian Lemon Stuffed Cookie is for you. A simple dough is stuffed with a delicious Italian pastry cream then baked. So good you can’t stop at one.

These chocolate peanut butter stuffed cookies are thick and chewy bakery style cookies. They are stuffed with creamy cinnamon peanut butter. These are the perfect cookie.

These thick and chunky Oreo Stuffed Cookies have Oreo stuffed between cookie dough and each bite is loaded white chocolate chips.

Easy recipe for delicious dulce de leche stuffed cookies! Crispy and chewy cookies, made with brown butter and filled with luxurious caramel.

This easy recipe for sour cream chocolate chip cookies makes soft, chewy melt in your mouth treats! No chill and ready ready in about 30 minutes!

These sour cream oatmeal cookies will remind you of Grandma’s cookies. The soft oatmeal cookies are filled with chopped raisins or dates.

These Sour Cream Sugar Cookies are soft and fluffy with just the right amount of sweetness — with or without frosting! Freezer friendly for Christmas

These soft chocolaty sour cream cookies can easily be altered to make several different varieties—I’ve added everything from mints to macadamia nuts to them.

Soft and fluffy Sour Cream Cookies topped with a classic buttercream frosting. These cookies are super delicious and so easy to make, with no chilling time required you can whip up a batch in no time!

Air fryer chocolate chip cookies are a delicious way to make cookies. Buttery warm cookies are ready in just a few minutes in the air fryer.

Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies are ready in half the time of traditional recipes! There’s only 7 minutes between you and a tasty homemade treat! Peanut butter cookies are the perfect salty and sweet treat.

Can you air fry sugar cookies? You bet! These air fryer sugar cookies from scratch are quick and easy to make.

I am crazy about chocolate chips, and this chewy cookie has enough to satisfy me. My husband and kids love these cookies. This big batch is perfect for our family.

Air Fryer Homemade Snickerdoodle Cookies are amazing! If you love cookies, you will truly love this recipe! What a great Batch of Cookies!

Decadent air fryer cookies that are loaded with chocolate flavor, are gluten free and can be made in 10 minutes all in the air fryer.

Air Fryer S’mores Cookies are a delicious combination of the classic chocolate chip cookie and the campfire s’mores we all love!

Nothing beats a warm cookie, but sometimes you don’t have the time to bake off an entire batch — that’s when the microwave is the perfect shortcut. Mixed right in a mug, this cookie comes together in only a couple of minutes.

These classic thumbprint cookies are perfect for the holidays! This easy recipe yields delicious buttery cookies filled with apricot and raspberry jam.

I think fall is perfect for this special treat, appropriately called Haystacks. They scream fall pumpkin picking, and tailgating time to me, don’t cha think?

This ginger molasses cookies recipe is perfect for the holidays! The cookies are soft, chewy, and full of delicious flavor from warm spices.

These Easy Lemon Drop Cookies are made in one bowl, a simple buttery lemony cookie that will satisfy every lemon lover. No refrigerating the dough needed, just drop, bake and you will have delicious homemade cookies in 30 minutes.

No Bake Cookies with chocolate, peanut butter, and oatmeal! These classic no bake cookies are an all-time favorite cookie and they are so easy to make!

Dairy free chocolate chip cookies – chewy and delicious! One of the best dairy free cookie recipes, these dairy free cookies are so yummy!

You’ll fall head over heels for these dairy free chocolate cookies! Soft, thick and chewy, they’re easy to make with no mixer required.

These classic Peppermint Meringue Cookies are perfect for your Christmas cookie tray! They are light and airy and easy to make.

Italian Pignoli Cookies Recipe – soft, chewy almond cookies covered in pine nuts. Super quick and easy to make! 4 ingredients, 30 minutes.

Coconut macaroons are easy and indulgent bite sized treats with a crispy coating, chewy interior, and dipped in chocolate!

These soft sugar cookies are packed maple flavor, vanilla and crunchy toasty walnuts. An easy maple glaze makes them over the top delicious!

These Gluten-free Almond flour Shortbread Cookies are easy, healthy 3-ingredient vegan shortbread cookies also egg-free, paleo, dairy-free.

Despite their name, these Grinch Cookies are just about as festive and holiday-friendly as can be! These soft and chewy cookies are colored Grinch-green and decorated with milk chocolate candy pieces.

This recipe for no-bake cornflake Christmas wreath cookies has just six ingredients and can be made in 15 minutes.

Hands down the most popular cookie at every cookie exchange and the first cookie that everyone reaches for at holiday parties are these glorious Peanut Butter Blossoms.

Made with only 3 ingredients, this easy Santa’s Coal candy recipeis one of my favoriteeasy Christmasrecipes.

These Christmas Pinwheel Cookies are sure to be the star of your holiday cookie plates! Bring them to a cookie swap and watch everyone’s eye light up!

When it comes to Christmas Cookies, these are my absolute favorite. They are soft and chewy, but have great texture with the various mix-ins like toffee, salt, pecans, and chocolate.