What could be better than family gathered together, baking family tried and true recipes handed down for generations? Eating those sweet treats, of course! Christmas Cookies abound during the holidays.
We gathered favorite Christmas Cookie recipes from cookbooks originating in western North Dakota and eastern Montana. You’ll love making, and eating, these favorites! *Note: all of these cookbooks are true treasures found in thrift stores and antique shops in the badlands area, as well as local bookstores and visitor centers.
From A Taste of History Cookbook, Watford City, North Dakota
Gingerbread Boys/Grandma Torg’s Molasses Cookies A Taste of History Cookbook Watford City, North Dakota 2014
A Taste of History Cookbook, 2014 Watford City, North Dakota
From Recipes and Remembering Cookbook, Killdeer, North Dakota
Holiday Cookie Nuggets from Recipes and Remembering Cookbook https://www.dunncountynd.orgKilldeer, North Dakota 1993
Recipes and Remembering Cookbook, 1993 Killdeer, North Dakota
From Prairie Cooks Cookbook, by Carrie and Felicia Young
Pepparkakor (Swedish Gingersnaps) from Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences 1993. Christmas Cookies
from Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences
Norwegian Spritz from the recipe book: Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences 1993
Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences by Carrie Young with Felicia Young 1993
from First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana
Two recipes for Spritz from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana. 1988
First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana. 1988
from Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences
Berlinerkranser (Christmas Wreaths) from the recipe book: Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences 1993.
from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana 1988
Finnish Cookie Sticks from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana 1988
from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana 1988
Christmas Cookies from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana 1988
from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota 2002
Chocolate-Coconut Christmas Cookies from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota. 2002
from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota 2002
The Best (& Easiest) Cut-Out Sugar Cookies! from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota 2002
from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota 2002
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota 2002
North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota. 2002
from the 4-H Centennial Cook Book, A Book of Favorite Recipes, Badlands 4-H Club of Medora, North Dakota 1989
Gum Drop Cookies from the 4-H Centennial Cook Book, A Book of Favorite Recipes, Badlands 4-H Club of Medora, North Dakota 1989
4-H Centennial Cookbook: Book of Favorite Recipes, Badlands 4-H Club of Medora, North Dakota cookbook. 1989
Hand drawn illustration from the 4-H Centennial Cook Book, A Book of Favorite Recipes, Badlands 4-H Club of Medora, North Dakota 1989
from the Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota
Cannibal Cookies from the Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota 2010
from Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota 2010
Festive Cream Cheese Cookies from the Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota 2010
from Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota 2010
Swedish Ginger Cookies from the Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota 2010
Abbey Cookbook, Assumption Abbey, Richardson, North Dakota 2010
from Alma’s Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott 2012
Anise Cookies from Alma’s Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott 2012
from Alma’s Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott 2012
Pfefferneuse Cookies (Pepper nuts) from Alma’s Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott 2012
Alma’s Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott 2012
What are your favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes? And, what are your favorite cookbooks? We’d love to learn about your Christmas baking and traditions! Please let us know by commenting, or by messaging us on our Facebook page, Beautiful Badlands ND.
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