Nine Southern pastry chefs share their go-to holiday cookie recipes

Holiday baking season is upon us and the Local Palate is here to make sure you have the most craveable cookies at your local cookie swap (or in your own kitchen). From the delicious caramel coconut flavors of alfajores de maizena to light and airy holiday meringues, we gathered the best and brightest cookies from bakers across the South.

9 Holiday Cookie Recipes

chocolate gingerbread cookies: an image of a stack of 3 round gingerbread cookies topped with coarse sugar and a red and white striped bow around them

Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies

Lady kisses are Italian hazelnut sandwich cookies with a sweet nutty outside and a creamy cocoa inside.

Baci di Dama (Lady Kisses) 

orange chocolate chip cookie recipe

Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Gianna’s Fried Rosette Cookies

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Malted Vanilla Mint Sugar Cookies

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Alfajores de Maizena

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Two Turtle Loves

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Meringue Cloud Cookies

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Peach-Filled Kolaches

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