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These sourdough Christmas cookies are perfect for the holiday season or any time. From sourdough thumbprint cookies and sourdough oatmeal cookies to sourdough gingerbread cookies and a sourdough sugar cookie recipe with royal icing, this roundup features some great sourdough cookie recipes.
Why You’ll Love These Recipes
- Delicious flavor: Sourdough adds delicious depth of flavor and softness to cookies.
- Perfect for the holidays: When Christmas time comes around, there are always opportunities to share food gifts. Sourdough granola, homemade sourdough bread, and sourdough cookies are great for gifting or bringing to parties!
- Great way to use up discard: These cookie recipes are a great way to use sourdough starter discard, but you can also use your active starter if that’s what you have on hand. I have more sourdough discard recipes on the blog if you need to use up extra sourdough discard.
Equipment You’ll Need
For making these sourdough cookie recipes, there are a few basic tools you’ll need.
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Mixing bowls
- Baking sheets (or cookie sheet)
- Parchment paper
- Cookie scoop (optional, but helpful for scooping cookie dough into balls)
- Large mixing bowl
- Stand mixer with paddle attachment or electric hand mixer
- Wire rack
- Rolling pin
- Plastic wrap (optional)
- Cookie cutters (use Christmas cutters or your favorite cookie cutters)
Ingredients for Sourdough Christmas Cookies
Here are a few of the ingredients you’ll need to have on hand for most of these homemade sourdough Christmas cookies (ingredients will vary depending on the recipe). Most of these ingredients are pantry staples that I keep stocked all the time.
- Vanilla extract: I’ve been making homemade vanilla extract for many years, but store-bought is great as well.
- All-purpose flour: These cookie recipes use regular all-purpose flour.
- Unsalted butter: If you only have salted butter on hand and the recipe calls for unsalted, you can add a bit of salt (usually about 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon) to the recipe.
- Chocolate chips and chocolate chunks (we keep semi-sweet, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate chips in the pantry).
- Salt
- Brown sugar
- Powdered sugar
Sourdough Christmas Cookies
Sourdough Cut Out Cookies
These Sourdough Cut Out Cookies with royal icing are a delightful way to use your discard during the Christmas and holiday season. Soft, flavorful, and perfect for decorating, these sourdough sugar cookies make a festive addition to any holiday cookie tray.
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Sourdough Gingerbread Cookies
These sourdough gingerbread cookies are classic sourdough cookies for the Christmas season or anytime you want a deliciously spiced cookie!
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Sourdough Thumbprint Cookies
Soft, buttery sourdough thumbprint cookies filled with raspberry jam. A cozy, tangy twist on a classic treat made with sourdough discard!
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Sourdough Chocolate Cookies
Rich, fudgy sourdough chocolate cookies with deep cocoa flavor and gooey chocolate chips. These soft and chewy double chocolate cookies are perfect for using sourdough up discard!
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Sourdough Peanut Butter Cookies
Soft and chewy sourdough peanut butter cookies made with discard for a hint of tang and extra flavor. Easy, freezer-friendly, and perfect for holidays.
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Sourdough Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sourdough Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, chewy, full of rich flavor, and easy to bake, making them perfect for sharing or freezing for later. They're also a great way to use up discard!
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Sourdough Funfetti Cookies
These Sourdough Funfetti Cookies are soft, delicious, and bursting with rainbow sprinkles and white chocolate chips. The sourdough discard helps keep the cookies soft and moist.
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