My favorite time of year! It’s cookie season friends! I love Christmas time but I especially love it because it gives me so many opportunities to bake. When I looked back at all I’ve done in the 6+ years I’ve been blogging, I realized that I’m a bit of a cookie-baking addict. Just on gingerbread cookie recipes alone, I’ve made 5! That’s a lot of gingerbread. They also happen to be some of my favorite Christmas cookie recipes too!

There are a few recipes I make every single holiday season. I always make pumpkin bread and muffins around Thanksgiving. For Christmas, I always make peanut butter blossoms or kiss cookies, whichever you call them. I also usually make a gingersnap cookie of some sort. I’ve made these ginger cookies several times. Nothing says Christmas to me more than that gingerbread flavor.

The recipes below are all gingerbread cookie recipes I’ve previously made on the blog. I don’t like to choose favorites since I love all of these recipes, but I do have to say that the gingerbread crinkle cookies are probably number one on the list. They are so spicy and moist. But when it comes to fun, I have to say I love both of the gingerbread men and emoji cookies. They made me smile when I made them.

All of these gingerbread cookie recipes are tested, so you really can’t go wrong with any of them.

1. Peppermint Frosted Gingerbread Cookies

2. Gingerbread Crinkle Cookies

3. Funny Gingerbread Men

4. Gingerbread Turtle Thumbprints

5. Gingerbread Emoji Cookies

You really can’t go wrong with any of these recipes. They are all so yummy and fun for the holidays. If you’re not a major gingerbread fan or you’re looking for other types of cookies that aren’t gingerbread only, here are 8 Christmas cookie recipes I’d make again.