Caramel Turtle Tassies. Easy and great for a Christmas plate.

Espresso Orange Butter Cookies

Toasted almonds, milk chocolate, and toffee bits on a buttery brown sugar shortbread.

Homemade Oreos are fun and festive — color the icing for a Christmas treat! Day Four of the 12 Days of Christmas.

Cherry Pie Lattice Cookies: something new for the Christmas cookie plate with maple sugar, fennel pollen and homegrown cornmeal.

Fudgy chocolate cookies with a mint chocolate “puddle” on top!

Tender, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth wafer cookies sandwiched together with a creamy butter filling.

Orange and Oat Chewies

Try these Scotch oat crunchies — crispy sandwich cookies filled with raspberry key-lime jam, from Gourmet’s newest cookie book!

Silver Bells (Chinese Five Spice Butter Cookies)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies – there is nothing like biting into a soft chocolate cookie with a peanut butter filling!

These were the runner up at a cookie contest I recently judged- festive and delicious!

Whole Wheat Double Chocolate Cranberry Cookies. Who knew whole grain cookies could be so good!

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

Rich and decadent peppermint infused chocolate cookies drizzled with dark chocolate and sprinkled with crushed candy canes.

Need inspiration for your holiday baking?

Soft and chewy molasses kringles for the first day of the 12 days of Christmas treats!

Whole Wheat Maple Pecan Sables

Start off your holiday baking with these delicious Nutella Pinwheel Cookies!

On the First Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…some Star-Shaped Cookies For My Tree! Stained-Glass Sugar Cookies are so festive!

These cranberry and pistachio cookies are easy and have red and green festive colors perfect for a Christmas cookie exchange.

Black forest crinkle cookies speckled with tart cherries, chunks of chocolate, and encased in a coating of powered sugar.