Mark your calendar for December 4th! It’s National Cookie Day! It is conveniently celebrated in the month of December when Christmas Cookie Day swaps, baking for holidays, and gifting sweet treats to family and friends are in full swing. Extend National Cookie Day with these delicious cookie recipes to share all month long, or save them all for yourself… no judgment here : )
Christmas Cookie Day
- Instead of …
- a pear tree
- two turtle doves
- three french hens
- four calling birds
- five golden rings
- six geese a laying
- seven swans a swimming
- eight maids a milking
- nine ladies dancing
- ten lords a leaping
- eleven pipers piping and
- twelve drummers drumming…
- Gift family and friends with 12 Days of Christmas Cookies!
National Cookie Day
Set aside a day or two to transform your kitchen into cookie baking central! Baking is an easy way to get in the holiday spirit and spread Christmas cheer! Grab the aprons, stock the counters with flour, butter, and eggs, and bring on the Christmas carols. Get the kids involved and have them read directions, measure the ingredients, and taste test– which I am sure they will gladly do the latter! Shhhh! Don’t tell them this fun day to bake cookies is also a way to sneak in school work!
12 Days of Christmas Cookies
On the 1st day of Christmas, my true love made for me yummy Grinch Cookies (or these jam Grinch Christmas Cookies)
Make a plan on National Cookie Day to go see the latest Grinch movie (or snuggle on the couch and watch the movie from a few years ago) and then bake these delicious Grinch inspired cookies!
On the 2nd day of Christmas, my true love made for me Red Velvet Cookie Sandwiches
Whip up a batch of these using Red Velvet cake mix! My oldest would LOVE these!
On the 3rd day of Christmas, my true love made for me Peppermint Oreo Cookie Balls
Get the best of both worlds– peppermint and Oreos– with these delicious cookie balls! Gift to family and friends by using the cute printable tags included in the post.
On the 4th day of Christmas, my true made for me the BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies. (or these fantastic Monster Cookies)
Chocolate chip- a classic! Everyone needs a go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe and this is hands-down our favorite! Add a festive cheer by adding sprinkles, or red and green chocolate chips.
On the 5th day of Christmas, my true love made for me Nutter Butter Reindeer.
These adorable cookies look so easy to put together and the kids will be over the moon with how cute they are!
On the 6th day of Christmas my true love made for me Pecan Pie Cookie Bars.
Love Pecan Pie? This combination of sweet, salty, and crunchy into bar form looks divine
On the 7th day of Christmas my true love made for me No Bake Santa Cookies
The easiest no bake cookie you’ll ever make, even the little ones can participate!
On the 8th day of Christmas, my true love made for me Iced Oatmeal Cookies.
Oatmeal cookies are probably my personal favorite! Add a delicious iced topping and I won’t be sharing these- ha!
On the 9th day of Christmas, my true love made for me White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies.
Another super simple no-bake cookie recipe that would make a wonderful gift to family and friends. Just need 3 simple ingredients!
On the 10th day of Christmas, my true love made for me Caramel Turtle Cookies
Chocolate and caramel… in a cookie! These could easily become my next favorite cookie!
On the 11th day of Christmas, my true love made for me Christmas Lights Sugar Cookies.
These are the perfect Christmas cookies for the holidays. Kids will love adding the Christmas lights to each cookie!
And on the 12th day of Christmas, my true love made for me Big Soft Ginger Cookies.
These ginger cookies look delightful and I love the creative way they were pressed to flatten them with a design!
Plus, don’t miss some of our family favorite Christmas Recipes!
- Best Christmas Wassail Recipe – everyone’s favorite!
- Crazy Good Pineapple Cheeseball – potluck favorite
- Amazing Cinnamon Roll Recipe – better than Cinnabon
- Eggs Bake Casserole – so easy and yummy
- Heavenly Orange Rolls – great-great Grandma’s recipe
- Overnight French Toast Casserole – company favorite
- Best Twice Baked Potatoes – most requested recipe
- Easy Red & Green Christmas “Cookies” – great for cookie swaps
- Melt-in-Your-Mouth Sugar Cookies – sssh, it’s our secret recipe!
- Best Gingerbread Cookies you’ve ever had – so soft!
- Snicker Cookies – holy cow these are GOOD!
More Ways to Get Ready for the Holidays:
- Pretzel Turtle Recipe — Not cookies, but still delicious and easy to make!
- String Christmas Card for Kids to Make
- 20+ DIY Ornaments for Kids
Breakfast Recipes
- Amazing Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls
- Homemade Oatmeal: Crockpot Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal, Slow Cooker Blueberry Oatmeal. Bannana Oatmeal, Chocolate Berry Overnight Oats, or Butterscotch Oats – a really good oatmeal !
- Cinnamon Zucchini Coffee Cake
- Family Favorite Blueberry Muffins with a streusal topping
- Blueberry Breakfast Casserole
- Fall favorite, Breakfast Apple Cake
- Breakfast Pizza is such a yummy, Easy Breakfast Ideas
- Overnight French Toast Casserole
- Dad’s Healthy Egg McMuffin
- Heavenly Orange Rolls
- Super Easy Egg Casserole you can make ahead
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
- No Fail Pancake Recipe or our Yummy Banana Pancakes
- Sourdough Crepes with Bananas Foster
- Homemade, Bread Machine English Muffins – way better than the store bought and easier than you’d think
- Pumpkin Waffles are so flavorful and taste like fall
- Easy Breakfast Casserole with Croutons
Soup Recipes
- BEST Sweet Chili Recipe
- Easy Pumpkin Chili
- Instapot Corn Chowder Soup
- Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
- Best ever Tomato Soup with bacon
- Leftover Thanksgiving Soup
- Green Chicken Taco Soup
- Early Autumn Fall Soup Recipes with sausage and apple
Recipes for Salads and Sandwiches
- Creamy Avocado Egg Salad Sandwich
- Shredded Chicken Sandwich Recipe that is perfect for company
- Grilled Brie and Pear Sandwich
- Kid Favorite Quesadilla Pizza School Lunch
- Best Oriental Coleslaw with Soy Sauce
- Beet Pear and Goat Cheese Salad
- Easy Chicken Salad Recipe
- Ground Beef Taco Salad
- Easy Spinach and Berry Salad
Main Dishes
- Mom’s Easy Lasagna Recipe
- General Tso Chicken Recipe
- Easy Cashew Chicken Recipe
- Delicious Homemade Tortilla Recipe
- Rich Mac and Cheese Pies
- Sausage Make Ahead Foil Packet Dinners
- Easy Barbecue Chicken Recipe
- Juicy Lemon Chicken Pasta Instant pot
- Jazzed up Creamed Chicken over Biscuits
- Best Ever Mac and Cheese
- Copycat Dave’s Gourmet Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce
- Easy Cheese Souffle
- Super Tender BBQ Roast
- Homemade Copycat Godfathers Taco Pizza Recipe
- Easy Crockpot Beef Stroganoff
- Leftover Turkey Pot Pie Recipe
- How to make homemade pasta
- Super Flavorful Grilled Pork Loin
- Healthy Pineapple Fried Rice
- Seriously the Best, Make Ahead Twice Baked Potatoes
- Easy Pasta Recipe with Ham, Walnuts, and Parmesan Cheese
Desserts
- This Easy Oreo Cheeseball can be served as an appetizer or dessert!
- Making this snow ice cream is one my kids’ favorite annual traditions!
- Pumpkin Lava Cake is an ooey gooey fall dessert your family will want seconds of!
- This sandcastle ice cream is so clever and EASY to make! You are sure to be the coolest mom on the block!
- You don’t need a fancy ice cream maker; here is how to make ice cream in a bag
- These homemade cinnamon sugar tortilla chips are the perfect dessert to go along with your Mexican dinner
- If you’ve never tried our melt in your mouth sugar cookies, you are missing out!
- Whip up a batch of this carmel chex mix for your next game night or potluck!
- These snicker cookies are so decadent with a delightful melty middle!
- This soft Gingerbread Man Recipe for kids is my most requested for every cookie swap!
- I can almost smell this cooking, my perfect every time, best pumpkin pie recipe
- My kids favorite cookies – Monster Cookie Recipe
- Or make these classic Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- So good their gone, easy homemade brownies recipe
- Perfect for summer, Lemon Bars with vanilla wafer crust
- Homemade Ice Cream Cake – this is what I request for my birthday cake every year! YUM!
- Classic Vanilla Ice Cream in a homemade ice cream maker
- Our favorite cake ball recipes
- So good you just can’t stop eating it Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge
- Mom’s Homemade Apple Pie
Appetizers
- Pepperoni Cheeseball Game Day Appetizers
- My famous pineapple cream cheese dip
- Zesty Spinach Artichoke Dip
- Our GO TO Salsa Recipe with gardne fresh tomatoes
- Grab your veggies, they are going to want to take a dunk in this Southwestern Dip
- Family Favorite appetizer meatballs with super quick secret sauce!
- Quick Pineapple Salsa made from scratch
- Sweet and Sour Bacon and Water Chestnut Appetizer
- Go to Peanut Butter Dip for Apples
- It wouldn’t be Christmas without serving up this family traditional Wassail Recipe
Breads and Side Dishes
- Super Moist Southern Cornbread recipe with creamed corn
- Easy Bread Machine Hamurger Buns
- Super Yummy Quick Yeast Rolls
- Rosemary Crock pot Bread
- Sweet Potato Sourdough Buns
- Delicious Yeastless Bread – quick bread recipe no yeast
