What’s worse than serving Santa the same old boring cookies every year or bringing the same old boring cookies to the neighborhood cookie exchange?! Shake up tradition this holiday season with one or all our festive Christmas cookie recipes.

We’ve got 8 outrageously delicious cookie recipes like peanut butter oatmeal cookies, snowball cookies, gingerbread star cookies and coconut macaroons. With so many sweet treats to choose from, how will you decide which recipes are your favorites?

8 delicious Christmas cookie recipes for Santa, elves and everyone else!

christmas cookie recipes for the cookie exchange! | Everyday Dishes & DIY.com1. Gingerbread star cookies

baby, you’re a star

Jazz up your hot cocoa with our gingerbread star cookies. Ginger, cloves, cinnamon and molasses smell and taste like Christmas spirit!

christmas cookie recipes for the cookie exchange! | Everyday Dishes & DIY.com2. Stacked star cookie Christmas tree

how lovely are your branches

If it’s a crowd pleaser you seek, our stacked sugar cookies Christmas tree will knock even Santa’s socks off. This is one recipe where the decoration looks good enough to eat!

christmas cookie recipes for the cookie exchange! | Everyday Dishes & DIY.com3. Coconut macaroons

swoon for macaroons

Make coconut macaroons with the whole family. They’re easy to make—just throw the ingredients in a bowl then let the kids go to town.

christmas cookie recipes for the cookie exchange! | Everyday Dishes & DIY.com4. Snowball cookies

snowball’s chance

Sometimes they’re called Mexican wedding cakes, and other times they’re called Russian tea biscuits—but in the month of December, we call them snowball cookies!

christmas cookie recipes for the cookie exchange! | Everyday Dishes & DIY.com5. Reindeer cookies

Santa’s 9th reindeer

Our reindeer cookies have festive appeal without the caloric overload! Whip up a batch of our reindeer sugar cookies with pretzel antlers. They’re super cute without the gobs of calorie-saturated frosting that accompany most Christmas confections.

christmas cookie recipes for the cookie exchange! | Everyday Dishes & DIY.com6. Gingersnaps

oh, snap!

If you want your house to smell like Christmas, our chewy gingersnap cookies recipe is right up your alley! Your little elves will love them too!

Christmas cookie recipes for the cookie exchange! | Everyday Dishes & DIY.com7. Peanut butter oatmeal cookies

sow your oats

Even Santa has his favorites! Our peanut butter oatmeal cookies are outrageously delicious. Served with a glass of ice-cold milk, old St. Nick might stay awhile.

Cheryl Najafi | CEO & Creative Catalyst | Everyday Dishes & DIY “If you like your cookies on the soft side, just take 5 minutes off the bake time!” – Cheryl