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CHOW's Christmas Cookie Recipes

Crisp Chocolate Chip Cookies

Thin, buttery cookies loaded with chocolate chips.

Pistachio Mexican Wedding Cakes

A buttery, melt-in-your mouth cookie packed with nuts.

Fudgy Toffee Pecan Cookies

Buttery toffee and toasted pecans are an over-the-top addition to this deeply chocolaty cookie dough.

Oatzravaganza Cookies

Oatmeal cookies go crazy with the addition of coconut and nuts, making for moist, chewy treats that are a big hit.

Hazelnut-Anise Cookies

Crisp, buttery cookies with toasted hazelnuts and a hint of anise.

Crackly Sugar Cookies

Bites of buttery, sugary goodness, these cookies are beautiful as well as delicious.

Snickerdoodles

The classic bake sale favorite: crispy on the outside, soft in the middle, and dusted with cinnamon.

Cream Cheese Pinwheels

Crisp cream cheese cookies filled with raspberry jam.

Pistachio White Chocolate Cherry Crisps

Perfect for the holidays, these cheery butter cookies can be made weeks ahead and stored in the freezer.

Nutty Chocolate Peanut Butter Chews

Oatmeal, chocolate, and peanut butter chunks make for sweet, crunchy, irresistible cookies.

Mississippi Praline Macaroons

A favorite Southern dessert.

Zen Bars

Create good karma with these addictive cookie bars.

CHOW's Intense Brownies

Chewy, cakey, fudgy-- a recipe for chocoholics.

Shortbread Lemon Bars

Classic cookie bars packed with mouth-puckering lemon flavor.

Candied Pumpkinseeds

A sweet seasonal snack.

Almond Jay

Coconut and almond filling dipped in milk chocolate.

Twixt

Cookie crust and gooey caramel covered in milk chocolate.

Snickles

Nougat and peanut caramel covered in milk chocolate.

Salty Hazelnut Brittle

Shards of crackly caramel and toasted hazelnuts.

Peanut Butter–Chocolate Fudge

Peanut butter cups morph into a no-fuss fudge.

Nutty White Chocolate Blondies

Chewy, cakey, and melty, these treats are sure to be the star of your next bake sale.

Pumpkin Butterscotch-Chip Cookies

A rich buttery flavor and toffeelike sweetness.

Mexican Chocolate Icebox Cookies

Mexican chocolate and cayenne lend exotic spice.

Mendiants

Petite chocolate bites topped with pistachios, raisins, almonds, and orange.

Icebox Sugar Cookies

So easy to make.

Double Chocolate-Caramel Cookies

Thumbprint cookies filled with caramel candies.

Chocolate Almond Nut Jobs

Dark chocolate with shards of toasty almonds.

Super-Sized Ginger Chewies

The perfect example of a thick, chewy spice cookie.

Pistachio Shortbread

These buttery, nutty cookies are hard to resist.

White Chocolate-Cranberry Bark

A festive confection for the holidays.

Honey Nougat

A chewy, nutty honey-flavored candy.

Gingerbread Cookies

Soft, chewy, spicy, and full-flavored.

Chocolate Toffee Pumpkin Seed Bark

With a pinch of cayenne.

Sticky Peanut Cookie Bars

Peanuts, caramel, and chocolate layers on a shortbread-cookie base.

Peanut Butta Cups

Crunchy peanut filling covered in milk chocolate.

Charles Chocolates S'mores

A recipe that's become a staff favorite, developed by Charles Chocolates.

Coconut-Date Icebox Cookies

Make a big batch and keep it in the freezer.

Charles Chocolates Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles

Impress your friends by making these chocolate treats.

Meyer Lemon and Black Pepper Icebox Cookies

For those with subtle, sophisticated taste.