8 Holiday Cookie Recipes

The holiday season isn't complete without cookies. Whether you bake a batch as a dessert for a holiday meal or an occasional treat during the cold winter months, cookies are an essential and delicious part of the holidays.

And what better way to celebrate the cookie baking season than with National Cookie Day, which is celebrated every year on December 4th.

If you're like most people, you have a few tried-and-true cookie recipes in your repertoire. This might be a family recipe that was passed down for generations or one you crafted on your own and perfected over many years, and are confident the result is a consistent crowd pleaser.

For this year's National Cookie day, you can rest on your laurels and play it safe by baking one of your staple cookies. Or you can step outside of the box, and mix it up with a new recipe that is sure to shock the taste buds of your closest family and friends with unique, exciting and festive flavors.

Maybe you want a lighter and extra moist sugar cookie that uses Greek yogurt as an ingredient. Or maybe you want to satisfy both taste and sight with delicious and eye-catching snowballs. The possibilities are endless, especially with these Vitamix-approved cookie recipes that will help you celebrate National Cookie Day in style.