Caroline Yi’s year-old bakery at North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose complex offers decorative gingerbread macarons on weekends only ($6.75). Call Saturday or Sunday mornings to order ahead for pickup.— Tierney Plumb

Pastry chef Annie Coleman has put together cookie boxes for takeout and delivery at this Adams Morgan standout for wine, lunchtime sandwiches, pasta, fried chicken, and more. Each$45 box, available for pickup or delivery, contains 32 cookies spanning the following flavors: creme de mint brownie, hazelnut-filled chocolate chip, spiced triple chocolate, cinnamon ganache-dipped butter cookie, plain butter cookie, pistachio sandie, coffee creme-filled oatmeal raisin, and snickerdoodle.— Gabe Hiatt

“Thick ‘ems” from executive pastry chef Paola Velez’s weekend bakery come in variety packs ($14) with chocolate chip, raspberry white chocolate, and noir flavors.Preorderfor pickup inside Compass Rose or get them shipped from La Bodega’se-commerce site.— G.H.

For those who prefer their holiday cookies in the raw, Georgetown’s Dough Jar has a selection of holiday-themed cookie doughs. Flavors include Christmas cookie (sugar cookie dough with red, green, and white sprinkles), peppermint bark, and gingerbread. Available in pre-packaged gift sets as well.

Seylou is best known for its loaves of crusty, long-fermented artisan bread made from local flour that’s milled on-site. But the acclaimed bakery also offers an assorted box of holiday cookies. No rainbow sprinkle cutouts here, though. The $35 assortment includes buckwheat shortbreads, sorghum molasses cookies, ginger cookies, and others. Preorder for pickuphere.

Boston’s popular Tatte bakeshop installed its first locations outside of New England in D.C’s Dupont Circle and West End neighborhoods. Step into the airy, French bistro-style shops and pick up a cookie gift box, available in two sizes (15 or 30 cookies). The assortments include chocolate crunch cookies, cranberry pistachio cookies, almond squares, plain butter cookies, and crunchy almonds.

Channel a little Paris chic this holiday season with a selection of macarons from this little Georgetown jewel. Holiday-inspired flavors include candy cane, cranberry, eggnog, and gingerbread. The shop can also prepare and ship gift boxes.

Georgetown’s Baked & Wired and sister shopA Baked Jointoffer an assortment of holiday cookies each year, many from the owner’s family recipes. Customers can create a custom holiday cookie selection or get a pre-packaged assortment, available for pickup, delivery, or nationwide shipping. Popular options include iced cut-outs, jammy thumbprints, and gingerbread “peeps.” Read the full holiday menuhere.

While choosing from an all-day menu of wood-fired fare like porchetta, eggplant Parm, and braised meatballs, PIccolina customers can addordersof pastry chef Caitlyn Dysart’s cookies in flavors like anise biscotti, chocolate chip, jammy thumbprints, or gingerbread. Upscale sibling Centrolina is also selling $45cookie boxes.

This takeout- and delivery-only operation from Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken is focused on cheesesteaks, but it also sells baked-to-order cookies that clock in at 4 inches and wide and 6.5 ounces. Flavors include double chocolate chip, dark chocolate salted caramel, cake batter funfetti, and a seasonal apple crisp. Order onlinehere. —G.H.

Wolfgang Büchler, owner of this German bakery in Arlington, brought his springerle cookie press when he emigrated from Heidelberg, Germany. His beloved bakery serves these anise-flavored Christmas cookies and other authentic sweets like zimtsterne (cinnamon stars), pfeffernusse, and spitzkuchen. You can also buy a fully-decorated gingerbread house and the usual bakery assortment of piped butter cookies with sprinkles or jam.

Multicolored boxes of French macarons or madeleines from Capitol Hill’s the Sweet Lobby make attractive gifts. Some choices evoke winter, like red hot chili chocolate and sweet potato pecan macarons. Gild the lily with a “MacTop,” a cupcake topped with a macaron.

Like Levain, Mah-Ze-Dahr is a top-rated NYC bakery that recently planted a flag in the District. In addition to Mah-Ze-Dahr’s holiday pannetone, stollen, and a gingerbread house kit, the bakery also sells a wide selection of cookies. Options include chocolate explosion cookies, chocolate chip, or a 10-pack of vanilla shortbreads. You can also hop online and purchase additional options, including a cookie-of-the-month subscription.