Bake Cookies Day 2025 falls on Thursday, December 18, 2025. This day is celebrated annually, offering a perfect opportunity to bake, decorate, and enjoy delicious cookies!
This blog celebrates cookies with books, recipes, and more.
Have you ever wondered why cookies have different names? Cookies are usually grouped by how they are made. Here are some main types:
Peppermint Hot Cocoa Cookies
Gluten-free, grain-free, and dairy-free holiday delights.
⏲️Prep Time – 15 minutes
⏲️Cook Time – 12 minutes
Recipe makes about 16 cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or grease lightly with oil.
- 2
Beat oil and sugar together using the paddle attachment in a stand mixer or using a hand mixer until well combined. (You can also mix the ingredients by hand using a large spoon, but this will take a lot more time and effort.) Add maple syrup, egg, vanilla, peppermint extract, baking soda, and salt, and mix until fully combined. Add cocoa powder and mix slowly until incorporated. Scrape the sides of the bowl to make sure nothing is stuck to the sides and the dough is fully mixed.
- 3
Using a medium-sized cookie scoop or a spoon, scoop 2 tablespoons of dough to form each cookie. You can place the cookies pretty close together since they don’t spread much during baking. Press 3 mini marshmallows into the top of each cookie, then sprinkle with a pinch of crushed candy canes. If you want the marshmallows and candy not to fully melt during baking, place them halfway through the baking process. (The cookies look prettier if you do this, but they taste great either way).
- 4
Bake cookies for 10 to 12 minutes. They will still be very soft and look slightly underbaked in the center. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes, then carefully transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely. Store cookies at room temperature for 3 to 4 days.
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Book Picks:
Fiction
Cookies and Crescents: An Eid Story by Nada Shawish Dutka
After moving away from her extended family and a bustling city, Reem struggles to adjust to her new home but finds solace in her Mom’s Eid cookies and a new friend with whom to share them.
Stop And Smell The Cookies by Gibson Frazier
Dash’s mom helps him find a way to manage his big feelings and the power of cookies.
Cookie Truck: A Sugar Cookie Shapes Book by Caroline Wright
Little bakers will love this interactive concept book in which a truck made out of sugar cookies of all shapes drives them right to the kitchen ,where they can make a kid-friendly recipe for homemade sugar cookies.
The Cookie Maker Of Mavin Road by Sue Lawson
On Mavin Road, there’s no time for hellos or chats–until a lonely and mysterious cookie maker’s gifts bring everyone together.
Going Up! by Sherry J. Lee
Sophie and her dad have been invited to their neighbor Olive’s birthday party, on the tenth floor of their apartment building. They bake cookies, which they put on a special platter, and then head to the elevator. At each floor, the elevator stops to let in other party guests. Along the way up, the elevator gets more and more crowded as a diverse cast of neighbors squeezes in. What will be waiting when the elevator reaches the tenth floor?
The Gingerbread Girl Goes Animal Crackers by Lisa Campbell Ernst
The Gingerbread Girl, who once escaped the fox that devoured her brother, must now try to save from a similar fate the animal crackers she received as a birthday gift.
Watch The Cookie! by Nancy Cote
When Sam is called away, best friend Mousey protects his cookie.
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
While all the other animals on the farm enjoy eating their regular food, the cow chooses to eat the one thing that she loves best.
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child’s day.
Non-fiction
Super Simple Holiday Cookies: Easy Cookie Recipes For Kids! by Alex Kuskowski
Get young bakers making their own treats with Super Simple Holiday Cookies! With simple text, how-to photos, and expert tips, cooking has never been easier or more enjoyable.
The Ultimate Kids’ Baking Book: 60 Easy & Fun Dessert Recipes For Every Holiday, Birthday, Milestone And More by Tiffany Dahle
The Ultimate Kids’ Baking Book makes it easy for your child to learn the basics of baking. Suitable for children six and up. This book modifies recipes with parental involvement, such as preheating or removing cakes from the oven, so that little bakers can take on more responsibility as they grow.
Bake And Make Amazing Cookies by Elizabeth MacLeod
These quick and easy recipes are guaranteed to be crowd-pleasers. With these fast and straightforward recipes, kids can ring in the New Year with icy shortbread, wow a dinosaur fan with oatmeal dinos, brighten a summer picnic with mouthwatering watermelon cookies, or make wishes come true with delicious magic wands. Special days, special friends, or just for fun–there are lots of reasons to make cookies!
This intergalactic cookbook features healthy snacks, delicious dishes, sweet treats, and easy-to-follow recipes that will entice even the most discerning eaters. Contains over twenty recipes for young cooks inspired by the characters from “Star Wars.”
All In Just One Cookie by Susan Goodman
You won’t believe what it takes to make one cookie!
Let’s Explore Cookies! by Jill Colella
What kind of cookies are your favorite? Chocolate chip? Snickerdoodles? Fortune cookies? These sweet treats are a fun and easy project to make. Discover the common ingredients and steps used in cookie-making, and follow a recipe for No-Bake Super-Easy Cookies.
Cool Cookies by Marilyn LaPenta
Grab your apron and get ready for some fun and easy baking! Young chefs can choose from a variety of delicious recipes, including classic favorites like chocolate-chip cookies and lemon bars, as well as healthy treats such as banana-apple cookies and granola bars.
The Children’s Baking Book / Recipes & Styling by Denise Smart
Instructions for making bread, pastry, muffins, cakes and cookies. Includes more than 50 easy-to-follow recipes.
Decorate your own cookies anyway you want!
