Vintage Christmas Cookie Recipes Roundup

Christmas Cookie Recipes

When it comes to Christmas cookie recipes, which are at the top of your list?

Below are our latest published cookie recipes that we think fit the holiday tradition.

Did we miss one?

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Sugar Cookie Recipes

Sugar Cookies have long been a popular cookie for the holidays.

Click here to view our article on the history and fun facts about Sugar Cookies.

Below is a list of the Sugar Cookies that have been published on Vintage Recipe Project. As new recipes are added, we will update this page.

This recipe for Amish Big White Soft Sugar Cookies is from Vintage Recipe Box 008.

Front of the Amish Big White Soft Sugar Cookies recipe card with the notation that the recipe is from Marsia Adams and Cooking from Quilt Country.

Her name is actually Marcia and she is the author of a series of cookbooks.

Click here to view all of the Cooking from Quilt Country cookbooks (some are really cheap!).

Click here to view the full recipe for Holiday Sugar Cookies.

This recipe for Jean’s Sugar Cookies is from Vintage Recipe Box 003.

I love the handwriting on this recipe card, it looks like it was written with a fountain pen.

Front of the Sugar Cookies recipe card with a notation that the recipe is from Jean.

At this time I do not know who Jean is in relation to the previous recipe box owner.

This recipe for “Mother’s” Sugar Cookies is from Vintage Recipe Box 014.

The recipe card has aged and is dark, unfortunately, I do not have an idea of which decade it is from at this time.

This recipe for Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies is from Vintage Recipe Box 90.

This recipe for Rolled Sugar Cookies is from Vintage Recipe Box 90.

There is a notation that the recipe was published in Better Homes & Gardens, September 1949 and that the recipe was submitted by Mrs. S. W. Huffman from Milan, Tennessee.

This recipe for So Easy Sugar Cookies is from Vintage Recipe Box 90.

This recipe for Sparkling Sugar Cookies is from Vintage Recipe Box 90.

This recipe for White Sugar Cookies is from Vintage Recipe Box 001.

Gingerbread Cookie Recipes

Gingerbread Man or Gingerbread Boy?

View the vintage cookie recipe for Gingerbread

View the vintage cookie recipe for Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

View the vintage cookie recipe for Small Family Gingerbread

Shortbread Cookie Recipes

View the vintage cookie recipe for Scotch Shortbread

View the vintage cookie recipe for Shortbread Nut Bars

Molasses Cookie Recipes

Molasses cookies normally have the same ingredients as ginger cookies aka ginger snaps but have a more chewier texture while ginger snaps are thinner and crispier.