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14 Christmas biscuits

Emily Marten

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Get in the festive mood with our Christmas biscuits featuring seasonal flavours like cinnamon and cranberries, plus shortbread and savoury cheese biscuits

Feeling festive? Why not make a batch of buttery shortbread or iced gingerbread biscuits to hang on the Christmas tree? We've even got an edible Advent calendar made of decorated biscuits, as well as savoury options including cheese.

Make a batch to enjoy with family and friends, or wrap them up as a gift for someone special. Get inspired with more homemade food gifts for Christmas.

Now try our Christmas puddings and desserts, Christmas baking recipes and Christmas market recipes for more festive treats.

Christmas biscuit recipes

Christmas biscuits

Our spiced festive biscuits make cute edible Christmas decorations to hang from your tree. Leave them out for Santa or wrap them up as a gift.

Iced Christmas biscuits tied onto a tree with ribbon

Linzer cookies (Linecke cukrovi)

Bake these linzer cookies for a crumbly, melt-in-the-mouth treat. Filled with jam for the perfect sweet bite, they’re easy to make yet look beautifully polished, making them an ideal bake for gifting.

A batch of different shaped linzer cookies on a baking tray

Christmas cookies

Use cranberries, pistachios and other festive ingredients to make these impressive cookies. You can even turn them into cookie sandwiches with a decadent pistachio buttercream.

Festive cranberry cookies sandwiched with pistachio filling

Classic shortbread

Discover how to achieve buttery, melt-in-the-mouth shortbread cookies using just four ingredients. These classic biscuits are easy to bake and take just 30 minutes. Or why not try our vegan shortbread biscuits or gluten-free shortbread?

Shortbread cookies on a tray and in a jar

Spiced Christmas biscuits

Flavoured with warming cinnamon and ginger, these crisp iced biscuits are sure to fill your kitchen with enticing festive aromas.

A tray of Christmas biscuits with someone icing them

Lebkuchen

Lebkuchen – honey-sweetened German biscuits spiced with cinnamon and ginger – are popular festive treats. Bake a batch to get into the Christmas market spirit.

A plate of shaped biscuits with white icing on top, set on a wire rack

Gingerbread Advent cookies

Looking for fun Christmas baking ideas? Make your own edible Advent calendar with our quick and easy gingerbread cookie recipe!

Christmas Advent Biscuits Recipe - Different Christmas shapes with number and with red and white icing sugar

Spiced cheese biscuits

These golden cheese and sesame biscuit discs are impossibly light and buttery, and very hard to resist straight from the oven. Spices such as nutmeg and caraway seeds add an extra kick of flavour.

A blue marble slate topped with little golden cheese biscuits

Biscotti

These twice-baked biscuits are the perfect accompaniment to a cup of tea. They are traditionally made with skin-on almonds for a delicately nutty flavour.

Pieces of biscotti on a wire rack on a blue background

Gingerbread men

These gingerbread biscuits are bursting with fragrant cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg – decorate with a simple white icing or get creative with melted chocolate and sweets. Try our vegan gingerbread men for a plant-based alternative.

A metal rack topped with gingerbread mean with white icing decorations

Florentines

A great little Christmas treat to bake at home. Hang them from ribbons as an edible Christmas tree decoration or stack them on a plate and enjoy with a cup of tea over the festive season. Try our caramelised white chocolate florentines for a sweet alternative.

Dark chocolate florentines hanging on ribbons

Chocolate, orange and almond shortbread

Our indulgent shortbread studded with almonds, chocolate and candied orange peel is the perfect accompaniment to that cuppa.

Chocolate Orange Shortbread Recipe With Almonds

Thumbprint cookies

These peanut butter thumbprint cookies use the classic peanut butter and jam (or jelly) combination in a fun new way. They're best eaten the day they're made.

Sugar-Free Cookies Topped with Jam on a Metal Cooling Rack

Rosemary and walnut shortbread

An original take on Scottish shortbread with the crunch of walnuts and piney aroma of rosemary. Try drizzling with dark chocolate for a special touch.

Rosemary and Walnut Shortbread Recipe

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Emily MartenDigital Content Producer

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