12 Fantastic Christmas Cookies Slideshow

Here's a twist on a bakery classic. Cookies are only as good as the chocolate you use to make them, so Sarah Levy, owner of Sarah's Pastries & Candies in Chicago, recommends purchasing couverture cocoa paste chocolate.

Click here to see the Bittersweet Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe.

These macaroon-like cookies are easy to make, and kids will have fun helping to decorate them.

Click here to see the Christmas Mice Cookies Recipe.

This is, by far, the biggest seller at Milk & Cookies Bakery. Leave these cookies with a glass of milk next to the tree, and you'll be in for a surprise in the morning.

Click here to see the Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe.

Dried cranberries give these festive pumpkin cookies a nice zing and fruitiness.

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This sugar cookie recipe comes from Jay Muse, owner of Lulu Cake Boutique in New York City and Scarsdale, N.Y. It is perfect for making cookies of all shapes and sizes to decorate for the holidays.

Click here to see the Holiday Sugar Cookies Recipe.

Homemade Oreo cookies and milkshake shots spiked with Coca-Cola bring to mind a perennial Christmas classic: Santa-themed Coke commercials.

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This lemon shortbread recipe takes the tart, fresh flavor of lemons and contrasts it beautifully with the richness of butter.

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Two delicious cookie doughs combine to create striped and swirly patterns in this easy recipe.

Click here to see the Nutella Amaretto Icebox Cookies Recipe.

This recipe comes to us courtesy of Ashley Swider, owner of YesUMay Cookies in Charleston, S.C.

Click here to see the Peaceful Oats Cookies Recipe.

A good cookie to make with young children, as they can help fill the cooled cookies with jam.

Click here to see the Pine Nut Thumbprint Cookies Recipe.

You can find recipes for snickerdoodles in very old cookbooks. They are a Southern favorite — sugary, a little chewy, and filled with sweet spicy goodness.

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These guys are redolent of winter spices, but most importantly, they're packed with butter and molasses.

Click here to see the Molasses Ginger Snaps Recipe.