Here some of my favorite cookie recipes for the holidays, including a variety of delicious butter cookies, sugar cookies, the ever-popular Southern Bourbon balls, shortbread, spice cookies, filled thumbprints, and more.

Image ©:2007 Diana RattrayThese cookies are easy to prepare, and they're egg-free. Drizzle melted chocolate over these shortbread cookies for the holidays. Use a food processor or electric chopper to chop the peanuts for this recipe.

Image ©:2007 Diana RattrayThese little cookies are packed with chopped pecans. Yummy buttery pecan cookies, made so simply with butter, brown sugar, and pecans, along with flour and vanilla.

Image ©:2007 Diana RattrayThese festive and delicious drop cookies are flavored with orange juice concentrate and filled with plump dried cranberries.

Image ©:2007 Diana RattrayThese delightful cookies are made with a cream cheese cookie dough rolled in coarsely ground almonds, and they're filled with a dab of seedless raspberry jam. Feel free to substitute candied cherry halves for the filling in these cookies.

Image ©:2007 Diana RattrayDecorate these sour cream cut-out cookies with icing, colored sugar, or ground spices. Scroll down to see more Christmas cookie recipes.

Image ©:2007 Diana RattrayDelicious and easy hazelnut cookie recipe with butter, finely chopped hazelnuts, flour, powdered sugar, and vanilla.

Image ©:2007 Diana RattrayButter cookies made with the cookie press, also known as Spritz Cookies. Spritz cookies can be challenging, but once your dough is the right consistency and you master the press, your cookies will be beautiful.
An old-fashioned spice cookie made with sugar and cinnamon, shortening, vanilla, and eggs.
This old-fashioned favorite is made with peanut butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and other ingredients.
Thumbprint cookies with brown sugar, rolled in chopped pecans and filled with jam or preserves.