A collection of high altitude tested gingerbread Christmas cookie box recipes for your holiday baking list. Today’s post has nine delicious Christmas cookies that are perfect for a Christmas cookie exchange or for making Christmas cookie boxes to give to family, friends, neighbors and coworkers.

These Christmas star cookies start with a recipe for no spread, soft vanilla sugar cookies cut in star shapes, frosted with fluffy peppermint buttercream and sprinkled with sparkling sugar. Star sugar cookies are easy to decorate with piped buttercream stars, and look so beautiful for the holidays!