Allrecipes.com has ideas for many types of Christmas cookies from...

Allrecipes.com has ideas for many types of Christmas cookies from gingerbread biscotti to gluten-free cinnamon stars. Credit: Allrecipes.com

Rev up the oven. It’s full speed ahead if you’re planning to bake Christmas cookies for family, friends and colleagues. Tired of the same old recipes? Stumped for new ideas? These websites may spark inspiration for this year’s sugary treats.

ALLRECIPES (nwsdy.li/allrecipes) From gingerbread biscotti and eggnog thumbprints to cocoa rum balls and gluten-free cinnamon stars with a lemon glaze, these creations should delight those lucky enough to taste them.

CHRISTMAS-COOKIES.COM (christmas-cookies.com) This website is chockablock with more than 570 holiday ideas, including candy-cane snickerdoodles, Kahlúa gingerbread cutouts, cornflake wreath cookies and pistachio Christmas ribbon bars.

BETTY CROCKER (nwsdy.li/bcrocker) Add to the holiday fun with this long list of from-scratch choices that include Russian tea cakes, peppermint snowball cookies, raspberry poinsettia blossoms, linzer star Christmas cookies and Christmas fruit drop cookies.

PILLSBURY (nwsdy.li/pillsbury) Rushed for time? This site’s offerings generally start with the company’s refrigerated sugar cookies as their base. They have new goodies, such as wintry white cookies, along with classic choices.

MARTHA STEWART (nwsdy.li/mstewart) Even the most traditional cookies look more elegant when made by Martha. Who could resist her decorated, snow globe and hazelnut sandwich cookies? And the youngsters will want to help out with the gingerbread kid cookies.

You’ll find more Christmas cookie recipes at these websites: Taste of Home (nwsdy.li/tohome), Food Network (nwsdy.li/foodnetwork), Woman’s Day (nwsdy.li/womansday), Country Living (nwsdy.li/cliving), Huffington Post (nwsdy.li/huffpost), Good Housekeeping (nwsdy.li/ghkeeping), Newsday (nwsdy.li/chattman)

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