Hi Baking Buddy,

I'll keep this email short and sweet to simply serve as a helpful reference guide for you during your holiday cookie baking! This weekend is the perfect time to make cookies and freeze them for Christmas Day and other holiday parties.

HELPFUL COOKIE RESOURCES:

​How to ship cookies + which recipes are best for mailing​

​How to set out cookies for Santa + involve your children in the process​

​15 easy cookie recipes to bake with kids (that Santa will love, too!)​

​Our 40 Best Christmas Cookie Recipes​

​How to make edible cookie dough - made with no raw eggs or raw flour, this chocolate chip cookie dough is perfectly safe to eat and tastes amazing! If you can't resist a spoonful of dough while baking cookies, this is the perfect fix! Freezes well too!

OUR TOP 5 MOST POPULAR CHRISTMAS COOKIES THIS DECEMBER

Thousands of readers come back year after year for these beloved cookie recipes...

1. ​Chocolate Salami: These unique crunchy cookies don't actually require any baking at all - just chilling. If you love chocolate, ganache, fudge, or truffles, this should be on your "must make" list this year.
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2. ​Soft Sugar Cookies: Super soft sugar cookies are chewy with a delicate vanilla flavor. No frosting needed! This incredible recipe was born by accident when substituting powdered sugar for some of the granulated sugar.
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3. ​Alfajores (Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies): These classic South American cookies are filled with melt-in-your-mouth dulce de leche and rolled in shredded coconut. They are so soft, delicate, decadent, and so easy to make! The secret to melt-in-your mouth cookies is using cornstarch in the dough.
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4. ​Nutella Stuffed Cookies: From the outside they look like an innocent butter cookie, but once you take a bite, you’re in for a sweet surprise! These thick and soft sugar cookies are stuffed with rich and creamy Nutella, perfect for chocolate lovers.
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5. ​M&M Monster Cookies: These are the best soft, chewy and thick monster cookies. Super easy to make and loaded with oatmeal, peanut butter, M&M’s and chocolate chips. The oatmeal gives these cookies the perfect texture.

Happy Baking!

P.S. If you make our recipes, please be sure to leave a starred review so others can find amazing recipes too!