Holiday Cookies Box
Creating a Christmas Cookie Gift Box is one of the best ways to share holiday cheer with your friends and family. Baking Christmas cookies is a tradition I look forward to every year. Once the Gingerbread, Christmas Sugar Cookies, and homemade Almond Roca are in the kitchen, it finally feels like the holiday baking season has begun. I bake a wide variety of cookies for entertaining and assembling Christmas cookie boxes, and using make-ahead recipes keeps the process so much easier. Every recipe I'm sharing here freezes well, either as dough or fully baked - so you can prepare all eight Christmas cookie recipes in advance and build a beautiful, homemade holiday cookie box when you're ready.
Equipment
- Boxes
- Parchment Paper or Wax Paper
- Colored Shredded Paper
Ingredients
Choose as many types of cookies as you want from the following or your own favorites
- Christmas Sugar Cookies link in blog post
- Gingerbread Cookies link in blog post
- Chocolate Peppermint Cookies link in blog post
- Shortbread Cookies link in blog post
- Christmas Tree Meringues link in blog post
- Almond Roca link in blog post
- Almond Bark link in blog post
- Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies link in blog post
Instructions
Decide how many cookie boxes you need to make
Decide Which Cookies You Want to Make
- Determine how many cookies you will need to make of each type
Make a Schedule
- Determine which cookies can be made ahead of time, and how far in advance you can make them.
- Decide if you will freeze as a dough and then make cookies later, or freeze as a baked cookie. Will you decorate the cookie before freezing?
- Bake the cookies as per your schedule - freeze as necessary
Put the Cookie Boxes Together
- To begin with, its a good idea to line the bottom of the box with parchment or wax paper. You may want to also cut pieces to of parchment or wax paper to go between layers of sticky cookies if you are using. This cookie box didn't need wax paper layers.
- To keep your cookie box visually appealing, decide which cookies can be stacked and tied with a colorful ribbon or string. Some cookies look great displayed on their sides, adding height and texture. I usually place the most eye-catching stack in the center as a focal point.
- Next, fill in your corners with other cookie stacks, and then start filling the spots in between with the rest of cookies. Try to not have two types of similar cookies right next to each other.
- Once all the cookies are in, try to fill empty spaces with candies, shredded color paper (available at dollar and craft stores), and even tiny Christmas ornaments to give the box a festive look.