I have compiled My Essential Holiday Baking Guide!

All of my favorite recipes in one place, plus a few extra recipes from sites that I love around the web!

All in all I have 100 recipes that is sure to make your Holiday Baking, not only easy, but incredibly sweet!

I know none of you will actually MAKE 100 different kinds of cookies.

I mean, really…you won’t, right?

Anyhow, I wanted to put together a go-to list…I’m trying to make it easy on you folks!

I mean, I DO encourage you to snoop around my site for ALL my other recipes!

But I did some of the search work for you by going back and searching my archives for the recipes that are easy, delicious and special enough to make it onto your holiday baking list!

I’ve separated them into categories so you can easily navigate and provided links to all the recipes with numbered images, so you shouldn’t have any trouble finding what you are looking for!

AND as a bonus at the end I’ve picked a few of my most favorite recipes from sites that I love.

So let’s start this business.

First up…Cookies. Duh.

Cookies are probably the number one treat that people bake this season.  So here are some of my favorites!

1. Homemade Nutter Butters
2. Soft Gingerbread Cookies
3. Cranberry Bliss Cookies
4. Brookie Cookies
5. Puppy Chow Cookies
6. Coffee Cake Cookies
7. Nutella Filled Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
8. Buckeye Brownie Cookies
9. Salted Caramel Stuffed Truffle Cookies
10. Salted Caramel Coconut Macaroon Cookies
11. Giant Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
12. Salted Caramel Kiss Cookies
13. White Chocolate Filled Snickerdoodles
14. Key Lime Meltaway Shortbread
15. The Ultimate Cookie Cup

Next up it’s nice to throw together some candy or snack mix too!  They make the perfect gift!

1. Easy No-Bake Coconut Candy
2. Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Oreo Candy
3. Hot Chocolate Popcorn
4. Buttercream Truffles
5. Salted Nut Roll Bites
6. Melted Snowman Oreo Cookie Balls
7. Salted Caramel Popcorn
8. Crock Pot Candy
9. Peanut Butter Cup Granola
10. Candy Cane Kiss Kettle Corn
11. Fruity Pebble Kettle Corn
12. Peanut Butter Cup Popcorn
13. Chubby Hubby Snack Mix
14. Candy Cane Pretzel Kisses
15. Not pictured: Holiday Popcorn

I love baking Cookie Bars and Brownies…some of my my most favorite recipes that I have created are in this category.  Let’s have a look:

1. Red Velvet Santa Hat Brownies
2. Buckeye Brownies
3. Praline Brownies
4. Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
5. Strawberry Lemon Cheesecake Bars
6. Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
7. Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars
8. Dreamy Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars
9. Holy Heck Brownies
10. White Chocolate Brownies
11. Pecan Pie Brownies
12. Chocolate Chip Cookie Peanut Butte S’mores Bars
13. Peanut Butter Crack Brownies
14. Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
15. Rolo Fudge Brownies
16. White Chocolate Butter Bars
17. Lofthouse Sugar Cookie Bars
18. Salty Caramel Oat Bars
19. Not pictured: Salted Nutella Butter Bars
20. Not pictured: Cinnamon Roll Cookie Bars

Fudge is quintessential Holiday food, isn’t it?  Let’s take a look at some yummy (and easy) recipes!

1. S’mores Fudge Bars
2. Peanut Butter Banana Fudge
3. Fruity Pebble Fudge
4. Magic Bar Fudge
5. Peanut Butter Ritz White Chocolate Fudge
6. Not pictured: Key Lime Fudge
7. Not pictured Cookie Dough Fudge
8. Not pictured: Pretzel Fudge
9. Not pictured: 2 Ingredient Strawberry Fudge
10. Not pictured: 3 Musketeers Fudge Brownies

I love adding no bake treats to your baking list!  While your cookies are in the oven you can whip up one of these fab no bake recipes!

1. Red Velvet Krispie Treats
2. Homemade Payday Bars
3. Krispie Treat Bark
4. White Trash Bars
5. Oreo Cookie Bark
6. Puppy Chow Krispie Treats
7. Peanut Butter Crunch Eclair Bars
8. Brownie Batter Bark
9. Salted Caramel Swirl Trail Mix Krispie Treats
10. Thin Mint Krispie Treats
11. Krispie Treat Christmas Tree
12. Ice Cream Cone Cannoli
13. Not Pictured: Cake Batter Marshmallows
14. Not Pictured: No Bake Cookie Bars
15. Not Pictured: Sweet and Salty No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

Now my most favorite Holiday treat that I make:

Santa Hat Party Mix!

I made this many years ago and it is still my number one holiday treat!  It is one of  my most popular posts of all time and you guys continue to come back to it year after year!

Now I want to share some amazing treats from some of my most favorite sites!  You guys need to go and check out these fantastic treats!

1. Marshmallow Creme Filled Chocolate Dipped Sandwich Cookies | She Wears Many Hats
2. Christmas Tree Cupcakes | Confessions of a Cookbook Queen
3. Molasses Oatmeal White Chocolate Chip Cookies | Culinary Concoctions By Peabody
4. Malted Chocolate Chip Whopper Cookies | Two Peas and Their Pod
5. Lofthouse Style Peanut Butter Chip Sugar Cookies w/Peanut Butter Frosting | Averie Cooks
6. Brown Butter Salted Caramel Mocha Cookies | Kevin and Amanda
7. Brown Butter Bourbon Spice Cookies | Bake Your Day
8. Christmas Tree Chocolate Cupcakes | Just a Taste
9. Double Tree Copycat Chocolate Chip Cookies | The Little Kitchen
10. Frosted Flake White Chocolate Chip Cookies | Picky Palate
11. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Fudge | Mel’s Kitchen Cafe
12. Buckeye Ball Sandwiches | Buns In My Oven
13. Snickers Peanut Butter Blossoms | Confessions of a Cookbook Queen
14. Butterscotch Blondies | Bake at 350°
15. Buster Bars | Recipe Girl
16. No Bake Peanut Butter S’mores Bars | The Girl Who Ate Everything
17. Homemade Biscoff Cookies | Bluebonnets and Brownies
18. Candy Cane Brownies | My Baking Addiction
19. Fudge Mint Brownies | Glorious Treats
20. Bailey’s Chocolate Cookies | Gimme Some Oven
21. Chocolate Toffee Cookies | Sweet Happy Life
22. Gingerbread Caramel Corn | Piece of Cake
23. Bourbon, Brown Butter and Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies | Love & Olive Oil
24. Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle | Piece of Cake

Happy Baking my friends!!