21 Sturdy & Delicious Christmas Cookies Built to Survive Holiday Shipping in

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From Apricot Pistachio Biscotti to Brown Butter Pecan Toffee Shortbread, this Sturdy & Delicious Christmas Cookies Built to Survive Holiday Shipping in collection brings together 21 distinct bakes. Chocolate Hazelnut Sablés offers another way to round out the assortment, with options for a cookie exchange, an edible gift box, or a holiday table. Each entry links to the complete recipe and baking directions.

  1. Apricot Pistachio Biscotti

    Apricot Pistachio Biscotti

    Apricot Pistachio Biscotti with measured ingredients, biscotti shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  2. Brown Butter Pecan Toffee Shortbread

    Brown Butter Pecan Toffee Shortbread

    Brown Butter Pecan Toffee Shortbread with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  3. Chocolate Hazelnut Sablés

    Chocolate Hazelnut Sablés

    Chocolate Hazelnut Sablés with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  4. Chocolate Orange Shortbread Wedges

    Chocolate Orange Shortbread Wedges

    Chocolate Orange Shortbread Wedges with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  5. Cranberry Orange Shortbread

    Cranberry Orange Shortbread

    Cranberry Orange Shortbread with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  6. Dutch Speculaas Spiced Cookies

    Dutch Speculaas Spiced Cookies

    Dutch Speculaas Spiced Cookies with measured ingredients, cut-out shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  7. Honey Cinnamon Lebkuchen

    Honey Cinnamon Lebkuchen

    Honey Cinnamon Lebkuchen with measured ingredients, cut-out shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  8. Oatmeal Cranberry Holiday Cookies

    Oatmeal Cranberry Holiday Cookies

    Oatmeal Cranberry Holiday Cookies with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  9. Pfeffernüsse German Spiced Cookies

    Pfeffernüsse German Spiced Cookies

    Pfeffernüsse German Spiced Cookies with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  10. Scottish Shortbread Fingers

    Scottish Shortbread Fingers

    Scottish Shortbread Fingers with measured ingredients, shortbread shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  11. Soft Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies

    Soft Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies

    Soft Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  12. Breton Salted-Butter Christmas Shortbread

    Breton Salted-Butter Christmas Shortbread

    Breton-inspired yolk-rich shortbread baked in rings for a tall, tender, lightly leavened crumb.

  13. Classic Christmas Shortbread Fingers

    Classic Christmas Shortbread Fingers

    A crisp, buttery tray bake cut into tidy fingers for a Christmas cookie tin.

  14. Cocoa Nib Cinnamon Shortbread Biscotti Fingers

    Cocoa Nib Cinnamon Shortbread Biscotti Fingers

    A cinnamon-speckled cocoa nib shortbread bakes as a slab, then is cut and dried a second time into crisp coffee-dunking fingers.

  15. Orange Pecan Shortbread Biscotti

    Orange Pecan Shortbread Biscotti

    Rice-flour and pecan shortbread dried in a second bake into small biscotti-style sticks.

  16. Toffee Almond Shortbread Biscuit Sticks

    Toffee Almond Shortbread Biscuit Sticks

    Thin biscuit sticks bake crisp with toasted almond flecks, then receive a narrow toffee coating at one end for easy dipping and gifting.

  17. Gingerbread Biscotti

    Gingerbread Biscotti

    Twice-baked gingerbread-spiced biscotti with crystallized ginger flecks and a gently crisp buttery crumb.

  18. Almond Cantucci

    Almond Cantucci

    Twice-baked almond cookies with a crisp bite and a little orange zest.

  19. Neapolitan Roccocò

    Neapolitan Roccocò

    Rustic almond rings with citrus and pisto spices, made as a smaller, less-hard home interpretation of Neapolitan roccocò.

  20. Chocolate Cantucci

    Chocolate Cantucci

    Twice-baked Italian-style vanilla cantucci with dark chocolate pieces in a pale crumb, without cocoa, nuts or dipping chocolate.

  21. Ciambelline al Vino

    Ciambelline al Vino

    Small rustic Lazio-style wine and olive-oil rings with anise seeds and a crunchy granulated-sugar top.

Save these ideas for a cookie exchange, a holiday dessert table or a homemade gift box.