Cookies, Cookies and More Cookies

A favorite holiday tradition at our house is baking several batches of cookies for everyone to enjoy. We eat some, share some, and eat some more! Kids love to make cookies and a favorite are those they can decorate themselves. You can mix up a quick sugar cookie batter, or if you'd like, buy the dough already made, roll it out, and let them go to town with cookie cutters in the shapes of their choice. These cookies bake quickly, and after they cool, the kids love decorating them and eating their creations. So get a table ready with rolling pins, cookie cutters and lots and lots of icing and sprinkles and let the festivities begin!

We've been making the same 5 recipes at our house for so long, it's now a tradition to get together to bake these before hosting an annual cookie exchange (more on that later). Here's the fab five cookies below. Just click on the name to be brought to the recipe!

Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookie | Recipe courtesy of Giada de Laurentiis

• This recipe makes a LOT of cookies, just fyi, and the combination of toffee, hazelnuts and chocolate chips in a win/win.

Eggnog Gooey Butter Cookies | Recipe courtesy of Wicked Good Kitchen

• Everyone who tries these cookies practically begs for the recipe, They're that good.

Orange Chocolate Chip Ricotta Cookies | Recipe courtesy of Cooking Classy

• These cookies are my families all time favorite. I look forward to making them and eating them every year!

German Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies | Recipe courtesy of Food Lovin' Family

• If you're a fan of German Chocolate cake, you'll love this cookie version of the classic, with all the great flavors rolled in to 1 yummy cookie.

Italian Almond Cookies | Recipe courtesy of Lord Byron's Kitchen

• This simple recipe is a delicate, not too sweet alternative to your basic sugar cookie recipe.

Happy Baking!