As the highlight of the holiday season hurries ever nearer, cookie recipes may be at the top of every party host’s baking priority list.
Which kind will tickle everyone’s fancy, though? Food & Wine has determined the most popular Christmas cookies in the nation.
Among these are classics, such as sugar cookies, spritz cookies, gingerbread cookies, and peanut butter blossoms. Unlike most places, Texas has a standalone favorite Christmas cookie, with the most popular being Springerle cookies.
With only seven ingredients, the basic sugar cookie is a classic Christmas favorite. Allrecipes boasts a recipe for rolled sugar cookies with over 8,000 five-star reviews that can be found here.
If you are looking to make soft gingerbread cookies that may not have the constructional integrity to make a house but are sure to taste delicious, check out the Allrecipes Big Soft Ginger Cookies recipe here. This recipe has over 5,500 five-star reviews.
The New York Times takes the top-ranking Peanut Butter Blossoms recipe from Allrecipes, with five-star ratings from over 4,500 users. These chocolatey, peanut buttery treats are sure to impress your guests.
Allrecipes brings us the best snickerdoodle recipe with Mrs. Sigg’s Snickerdoodles, which has garnered over 5,100 five-star reviews. If you want to bake something simple and not buy any extra ingredients, this cookie recipe is for you.
Italian Christmas cookies turn out to be the favorite of many East Coast states; it is the most popular cookie in six. The New York Times shared the recipe for this East Coast favorite with their highly-rated Italian Ricotta Cookies. These sweet ricotta cookies feature lemony icing.
For the Springerle lovers in Texas, there is an authentic German five-star recipe from The Daring Gourmet.
The anise-flavored cookies originated 700 years ago and continue to be mouth-watering. These crispier cookies that go well with coffee or hot cocoa get their name from how they “spring up” when baked.
We hope you find these recipes useful, whether you are sticking to classic Christmas favorites this season or branching out into unknown cookie territory.
