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Favorite Holiday Cookie Recipes

Butter Cookies, Bourbon Balls, Shortbread, and More

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21. Black Walnut Cookies

Black Walnut CookiesImage © Diana Rattray
These little cookies are crisp and delicious. Drizzle with a little melted chocolate or white chocolate to make them more festive for the holidays.

22. Bourbon Balls

Use bourbon or rum in these wonderful Southern treats. You'll love how easy these delicious cookies are to make.

23. Melt Away Butter Cookies

These yummy little butter cookies are made with almond extract and vanilla extract, along with confectioners' sugar. Sprinkle these cookies with a little granulated sugar to make them more festive for the holidays.

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24. Festive Spice Cookies

These holiday spice cookies are made with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, butter, egg, vanilla, and other ingredients.

25. Brown Sugar Shortbread

Delicious buttery shortbread cut-out cookies, made with butter, brown sugar, flour, and vanilla.

26. Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies

This cookie recipe, from the 50s, contains butter, sugar, a little milk, vanilla, eggs, and other ingredients.

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