Our most popular class of the year!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Fancy Schmancy Holiday Cookie classes are here! Join us for our annual cookie-making extravaganza, that’s always tasty and always festive.
The 2025 cookie lineup has something for everybody—from classic to contemporary, sweet to slightly savory. We’ve chosen recipes that balance flavor and technique, featuring a variety of nuts, fruits, chocolate, and spice. You'll leave class with a platters’-worth of cookies and the knowledge to make them for many holiday parties to come!
Now on to this year's Fancy Schmancy Holiday Cookies. Drum roll, please…
Miso Tahini Cookies—Modern and irresistible, these cookies are sweet, buttery, and subtly savory, with a crisp edge and chewy center that’ll keep you coming back for more
Cuccidati—Italian for “little bracelet”, these traditional Sicilian treats feature a tender shortbread dough wrapped around a nutty fruit filling and they wouldn’t be complete without the colorful sprinkles on top!
Salame de Chocolate—A rich, chocolate Portuguese dessert, studded with Amaretti cookies and pistachios, that gets sliced into “cookies”.
Linzer Augen—A delicately spiced Austrian sandwich cookie made with cinnamon and hazelnuts, filled with raspberry preserves (that peeks out of the augen or "eyes" in German), and dusted with powdered sugar.
While we can sometimes leave out ingredients, provide substitutions, or allow students to bring their own gluten-free flour, several of these cookies cannot be altered and still achieve success. If you have any questions regarding the need to make substitutions, please contact us so we can discuss what will be possible.
- If you cancel a Fancy Schmancy Holiday Cookie class with 7 or more days notice, you will receive a full refund or credit towards a future class.
- Class credits will expire if not used within 5 years from the date of cancellation.
- We're sorry, there will be no refunds or credits for Fancy Schmancy Holiday Cookie classes canceled with less than 7 days notice or for missed classes. You are welcome to send someone in your place.
- If you'd like to transfer your class after booking, we're happy to help. There will be a $10 service fee.
*Ingredient kits will begin shipping the week before Thanksgiving (November 17). They will be available for pickup in the Bakeshop starting the Monday after Thanksgiving (December 1st), unless you are registered in the 11/29 virtual session—then you can pick up your kit at any point.
We are open from 7 am - 7 pm daily except we are closed on Thanksgiving Day.
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Additional Products
Fancy Schmancy Holiday Cookie Ingredient Kit 2026 with Shipping
Get (almost!) everything you need for this year's Fancy Schmancy Holiday Cookie lineup. Ingredients will come already scaled for your baking pleasure.
The 2026 cookie lineup has something for everybody:
Basler Leckerli—a traditional Swiss cookie with almonds and candied fruit; chewy and a little nutty. It tastes like the winter holidays.
Hong Kong Snowballs—a riff on a coconut-stuffed Hong Kong cocktail bun. Think shredded coconut filling in a vanilla-scented short dough. It's gently flavored and not too sweet!
Chocolate Mint Cheers—tender chocolate icebox cookies cut into squares, dipped in dark chocolate mint ganache, and decorated with nonpareils and crushed candy cane. These sing the holidays.
Regent Tartlette—a two-bite version of the Swedish Princess Cake! This is the showstopper of the class—super pretty, very tasty, and a little challenging to make.
Besides most of the ingredients, the kit will also include: sheets of parchment paper, an 8x8 disposable pan, a cookie scoop, copies of the recipes, a packing slip with a guide to the stickers on each ingredient, and a shopping list of the ingredients you will need to get. Please note that items in the kits cannot be swapped out or exchanged. (If you have a duplicate, share with a friend or invite a buddy to bake with you!)
You will need a mini muffin pan to make one of the cookies. It is not included in the kit.
Kits will ship out at least one week prior to your scheduled class. Quantities are limited!
Fancy Schmancy Holiday Cookie Ingredient Kit 2026 for Pick Up
Get (almost!) everything you need for this year's Fancy Schmancy Holiday Cookie lineup. Ingredients will come already scaled for your baking pleasure.
The 2026 cookie lineup has something for everybody:
Basler Leckerli—a traditional Swiss cookie with almonds and candied fruit; chewy and a little nutty. It tastes like the winter holidays.
Hong Kong Snowballs—a riff on a coconut-stuffed Hong Kong cocktail bun. Think shredded coconut filling in a vanilla-scented short dough. It's gently flavored and not too sweet!
Chocolate Mint Cheers—tender chocolate icebox cookies cut into squares, dipped in dark chocolate mint ganache, and decorated with nonpareils and crushed candy cane. These sing the holidays.
Regent Tartlette—a two-bite version of the Swedish Princess Cake! This is the showstopper of the class—super pretty, very tasty, and a little challenging to make.
Besides most of the ingredients, the kit will also include: sheets of parchment paper, an 8x8 disposable pan, a cookie scoop, copies of the recipes, a packing slip with a guide to the stickers on each ingredient, and a shopping list of the ingredients you will need to get. Please note that items in the kits cannot be swapped out or exchanged. (If you have a duplicate, share with a friend or invite a buddy to bake with you!)
You will need a mini muffin pan to make one of the cookies. It is not included in the kit.
Kits can be picked up in our Bakeshop, located at 3711 Plaza Drive starting on Monday, November 30th. Quantities are limited!
Fancy Schmancy Holiday Cookies Cookbooklet
Cookie Bakers Rejoice! Fancy Schmancy Holiday Cookies, our third in a new series of cookbooklets we're developing here at the Bakehouse, features a collection of favorite holiday cookie recipes from our most popular BAKE! class ever! An annual tradition since 2009, the Fancy Schmancy Holiday Cookies class attracts hundreds of folks, each year, to bake cookies with us. The cookbooklet includes make-at-home recipes for 14 of our most beloved Fancy Schmancy Holiday cookies. (And of course, there’s no need to limit these cookies to the holidays—they’re just as sweet and delicious any time of year!) Shipping is included in the price of the cookbooklet.