Best Christmas biscuits recipes for 2024

1Bottom of the Chocolate Box Cookies2Pistachio Amaretti best homemade gifts Kris Kirkham

These naturally gluten-free biscuits are a wonderful addition to any biscuit tin.

Recipe: Pistachio Amaretti

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3Eggnog Sandwich Biscuits4Panettone Biscuits best homemade gifts Kris Kirkham

We’ve taken inspiration from the classic Italian Christmas bread to flavour these decadent biscuits.

Recipe: Panettone Biscuits

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5Christmas Tree Shortbread best homemade gifts

A classic vanilla shortbread makes the perfect base for this simple yet impressive decoration.

Recipe: Christmas Tree Shortbread

6Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread Fingers best homemade gifts

For neatness, we’ve shaped our shortbread fingers by pressing the dough into a loaf tin. If you like a sweeter finish, use milk chocolate instead of dark.

Recipe: Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread Fingers

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7Candy Cane Crunch Cookies

Chocolate chips hold their shape well during baking, but you can use chopped dark chocolate, if you prefer. Or use white chocolatechips instead. The cookies will take on a subtle minty flavour from the candy canes, but you can boost it by adding a few drops of peppermint extract to the dough.

Recipe: Candy Cane Crunch Cookies

8Frosted Sugar Cookie Wreaths frosted orange sugar cookie wreaths

This recipe makes plenty of crisp cookies, ideal for gifting in boxes or cellophane bags (or storing and enjoying, as they keep brilliantly). Once iced, you can decorate with herbs or sugar sprinkles, or keep them plain.

Recipe: Frosted Sugar Cookie Wreaths

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9Pepparkakor Village best gingerbread recipes

Nothing says Christmas quite like the smell of gingerbread baking, and this classic Swedish variety lasts well and has a great characteristic snap. You can, of course, use the dough to make simple gingerbread people, rather than designing a hanging garland, or just add 1 hole to string up individually.

Recipe: Pepparkakor Village

10Sugar Cookie Wreaths sugar cookies

A crisp and buttery biscuit that will hold its shape once baked – ideal for stamping out all sorts of shapes and getting creative with the icing.

Recipe: Sugar Cookie Wreaths

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11Mulled Wine Jammy Dodgers a plate of cookies

Teatime just got a whole lot more exciting with these boozy festive biscuits – for adults only! Use any shaped cutter you have to hand for the decoration in the middle.

Recipe: Mulled Wine Jammy Dodgers

12Ricciarelli

These traditional Italian chewy almond cookies also happen to be gluten-free and make a beautiful festive gift (that’s if you can bare to part with them!).

Recipe: Ricciarelli

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13Cranberry and Orange Shortbread14Double Chocolate and Chestnut Sandwich Biscuits