13 Christmas biscuits

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.

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.

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?

Cinnamon biscuits

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

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.

Gingerbread Advent cookies

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chocolate, orange and almond shortbread

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

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.

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.