By: Chloe Rocha

During the Christmas season there is one tradition that many people like to take part in: that is making Christmas cookies. You don’t need to know a lot about baking to be able to make these cookies, you just have to be able to be able to look up “Christmas cookie recipes”.

Here is a list of 10 popular cookies to make during the Christmas season. Attached to the title will be a recipe to make the cookie, so if they sound good you can make them yourself at home. I’ve also included a little fact about the cookie.

1. The Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie

– The chocolate chip cookie was actually made by accident in the 1930s. A baker added broken chocolate bar pieces into a cookie recipe thinking that it would melt but instead the chocolate chip cookie was made.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/10813/best-chocolate-chip-cookies/

2. Sugar Cookies

– When Protestants settled down in Nazareth, Pennsylvania they improved the recipe, but before that the sugar cookies were actually named Nazareth Sugar Cookies.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9870/easy-sugar-cookies/

3. Snickerdoodle Cookies

– Snickerdoodle cookies are actually just sugar cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar.

https://www.modernhoney.com/the-best-snickerdoodle-cookie-recipe/

4. Gingerbread Cookies

– Ginger cookies used to be made up of honey and breadcrumbs. The honey would be boiled and they the breadcrumbs would get mixed in.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17165/big-soft-ginger-cookies/

5. Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

– The first recipe for Oatmeal Raisin Cookies was made in 1896.

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/soft-chewy-oatmeal-raisin-cookies/

6. Pizzelle Cookies

– Pizzelle cookies are one of the oldest cookies and may have been developed from ancient Roman crustulum (which is a small cookie-like cake).

https://www.culinaryhill.com/pizzelle-italian-cookies/

7. Saltine Cracker Toffee

– Toffee is believed to have been invented in the 19th century in England.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/11376/saltine-toffee-cookies/

8. Caramel shortbread squares

– Shortbread was originally Scottish, but the more refined and modern version is attributed to the Queen of Scots in the 16th century, Mary.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/15347/caramel-shortbread-squares/

9. Peanut Butter Blossoms

– Originated in Gibsonburg, Ohio in 1957. The cookie recipe can be easily adapted if you want to create it in a different way.

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/classic-peanut-butter-blossoms/

10. Peppermint Meringues

– The meringue was invented in 1720 by the Swiss pastry chef Gasparini

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9857/peppermint-meringues/

Although it’s past the holiday season, cookies aren’t something that are set to just one time of year. You can enjoy them at any time!