High Altitude Christmas Cookie Box 2025

A collection of high altitude tested Christmas cookie box recipes for your holiday baking list. From drop cookies to cutout cookies, there are so many delicious Christmas cookies that are perfect for a Christmas cookie exchange or for making Christmas cookie boxes to give to family, friends, neighbors, coworkers and your kids’ teachers. Grab all the recipe links at the end of today’s post!

For other Christmas cookie box ideas, don’t miss these posts:

Christmas Cookie Box (2024)
Gingerbread Cookie Box (2023)
Old Fashioned Cookie Box (2022)
Chocolate Cookie Box (2021)
Christmas Cookie Box Planning and Styling Guide (2020)

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What’s in My Cookie Box?

Drop Cookies

Easy to make drop cookies that are soft, chewy and don’t even require a mixer to make are a must-bake for the holidays. Everyone will love this assortment that includes lebkuchen (German spice cookies), iced apricot pistachio cookies, black cocoa brownie cookies, iced oatmeal m&m cookies, soft maple cookies (filled with buttercream and coated in green sugar), and Swedish dream cookies (butter cookies).

Shortbread and Cutout Cookies

For the more ambitious baker, I have so many recipes for shortbread, cutout cookies and decorated sugar cookies. In today’s post you’ll find simple brown sugar shortbread cookies, chocolate eggnog sandwich cookies, and vanilla anise sandwich cookies with chocolate ganache.

Other Recipes

If you’re more into candy, you’ll love these individually wrapped, soft and chewy salted caramels. You can also add the most beautiful dried orange slices to your Christmas cookie boxes. These make everything smell good, and when strung onto twine, they make a gorgeous Christmas decoration.

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Lebkuchen on a baking sheet, some coated in sugar and some with a lemon glaze.

High Altitude Lebkuchen (German Spice Cookies)

These traditional lebkuchen are soft and chewy, heavily spiced, with hints of honey, lemon and almonds.

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Iced apricot pistachio cookies on a baking sheet.

High Altitude Iced Apricot Pistachio Cookies

Soft and chewy apricot pistachio cookies, dipped in brown butter icing. These easy pistachio cookies come together quickly with no mixer needed.

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High Altitude Brownie Cookies

An easy, high altitude recipe for chocolate brownie cookies with crisp edges and soft chewy centers. The cookie dough comes together without a mixer, and no chill time required!

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Oatmeal m&m cookies, with vanilla icing and crushed red and green m&ms for Christmas.

High Altitude Oatmeal M&M Cookies

An easy high altitude recipe for iced oatmeal m&m cookies. The cookies are so soft and chewy, with sweet and crunchy m&ms and vanilla icing.

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Soft maple cookies, one with a bite taken.

High Altitude Soft Maple Cookies

Soft and chewy maple cookies, made with real maple syrup, and spiced with a pinch of cardamom.

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High Altitude Swedish Dream Cookies (Drömmar)

Drömmar or dream cookies are traditional Swedish butter cookies that are light, airy, crispy, crunchy, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookies that are absolutely delicious and so easy to make.

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Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies

These simple, brown sugar shortbread cookies are buttery and lightly sweetened, with a subtle hint of warm spices.

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Chocolate Eggnog Sandwich Cookies

Chocolate cutout cookies are sandwiched together with fluffy eggnog buttercream, for a treat that tastes like an Oreo made for the holidays.

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Anise chocolate sandwich cookies, stacked on a silver tray.

Anise Cookies with Chocolate Ganache

Cutout vanilla cookies subtly flavored with anise extract, sandwiched together with rich chocolate ganache. These cookies are perfect for the holidays for those who like a less traditional, not-too-sweet treat.

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Soft Salted Vanilla Caramels

This easy recipe for soft salted vanilla caramels is made quickly in the microwave! These homemade salted caramels are soft, chewy and buttery – the perfect homemade candy.

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