Here are 13 of my favorite Christmas cookies that use five ingredients or fewer, and are completely decoration-optional.
Pignoli cookies are soft, chewy, and utterly almondy.
The price tag might seem a little high, but theres a reason for that too.
The ingredients are almond paste, sugar, egg whites, and pine nuts.
Besides the rolled oats, each of the other three ingredients is a flavor powerhouse.
Mash all of the ingredients in a bowl, scoop, and bake.
Make it coffee, and Ill enjoy them regardless because baking a batch of shortbread is pretty darn effortless.
The resulting treat is lightly sweet, incredibly tender, and delicious year-round.
Stack a couple meringue drops with frosting and add candy accessories to make crunchy, sweet snowmen.
Peanut butter cookies
I dont need to sell anyone on making peanut butter cookies.
They could require 50 ingredients if that meant theyd taste as good.
Luckily youonly really need three.
Let me introduce you to granulated sugar and an egg.
Mix it all together and youre ready to scoop your way to holiday happiness.
Roll the dough into one-inch balls, and cover them in powdered sugar before baking.
No other decoration required.
Were talking big, chunky piles of chewy coconut.
Usually that comes in the form of sweetened condensed milk or egg whites.
Almond lace cookies
Despite their delicate and intricate appearance,lace cookiesare very simple to make.
Since almond lace cookies are mostly made of liquid sugars and butter, the batter will be loose.
Be sure to leave ample space between each cookie because theyll spread even more while baking.
Sugar cookies
Shes a classic.
Composed of just a few ingredients, the sugar cookie is an extremely versatile mixture.
With nearly the same ingredients as shortbread cookies, sugar cookies have more, well, sugar.
(Tough to build suspense there.)
Blend the butter and sugar together before mixing in the flour.
Mix Nutella, flour, and an egg in a bowl until you make a thick dough.
Shape into rounds and bake them for a chewy delight.
Simply add all of the ingredients to a bowl and stir.
Scoop these onto a parchment lined baking sheet and bake.
