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Easy Holiday Cookies

Here are our best simple cookie recipes to make during the holidays (or right after).

Yossy Arefi for The New York Times (Photography and Styling)

Recipes

Frosted Sugar Cookies
Eric Kim
3114 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,114
55 minutes
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Sparkling Shortbread Cookies
Yewande Komolafe
2126 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,126
35 minutes, plus chilling and cooling
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Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
4623 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,623
1½ hours, plus 2 hours chilling
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Cherry Rugelach With Cardamom Sugar
Melissa Clark, Rose Levy Beranbaum
1607 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,607
1½ hours, plus chilling
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Lemon-Turmeric Crinkle Cookies
Eric Kim
3086 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,086
1¼ hours
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Rum-Buttered Almond Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
1584 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,584
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Coconut Macaroons
Susan Spungen
943 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
943
40 minutes
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Frosted Holiday Sugar Cookies
Melissa Clark
2105 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,105
40 minutes, plus chilling and decorating
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Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
2233 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,233
35 minutes
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Italian Ricotta Cookies
Melissa Clark, Jessica Hulett
4162 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,162
1 hour, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Holiday Rocky Road
Sohla El-Waylly
566 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
566
1½ hours
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Vanilla Bean Spritz Cookies
Melissa Clark
639 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
639
1 hour
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Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
1701 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,701
30 minutes
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Mexican Wedding Cookies
Dena Kleiman
1893 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,893
35 minutes
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Buttery Almond Cookies
Melissa Clark
716 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
716
1 hour, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Almendrados (Almond-Lemon Macaroons)
Joan Nathan
1873 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,873
35 minutes, plus 12 hours’ refrigeration
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Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3392 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,392
45 minutes
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Peanut Butter Cookies
Genevieve Ko
579 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
579
45 minutes
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Chunky Chocolate Cookies
Genevieve Ko
572 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
572
25 minutes, plus cooling
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Yakgwa (Honey Cookies)
Eric Kim
78 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
78
About 27 hours
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Italian Almond Cookies
David Tanis
866 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
866
45 minutes, plus 1 hour’s resting
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Coconut Macaroon Brownies
Melissa Clark
289 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
289
1 hour
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Chocolate Amaretti Cookies
David Tanis
404 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
404
1 hour
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Pumpkin Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
2757 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,757
45 minutes
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Chewy Lemon Cookies
Clare de Boer
864 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
864
1 hour
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Gingery Brownie Crinkle Cookies
Susan Spungen
1462 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,462
30 minutes
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
4007 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,007
1 hour plus at least 24 hours' chilling
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Sugar Cookie Bars
Margaux Laskey, “American Girl Cookies”
6760 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,760
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Chewy Gingerbread Cookies
Sohla El-Waylly
4203 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,203
35 minutes, plus 2½ hours’ chilling
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Peanut Butter Blossoms
The New York Times, the Gerrero family
8686 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,686
35 minutes
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Matcha Latte Cookies
Eric Kim
2097 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,097
45 minutes plus cooling
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Flourless Cocoa Cookies
Melissa Clark, Erin Jeanne McDowell
3824 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,824
20 minutes
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Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
Lidey Heuck
386 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
386
15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
David Leite, Jacques Torres
20431 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
20,431
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Rainbow Rave Cookies
Sohla El-Waylly
1272 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,272
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1726 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,726
1 hour
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Eggnog Snickerdoodles
Vaughn Vreeland
4164 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,164
About 45 minutes
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Mini Oatmeal-Cranberry Whoopie Pies
Melissa Clark
428 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
428
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling
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No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
450 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
450
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Swedish Ginger Cookies
Cathy Horyn
563 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
563
About 30 minutes, after several hours' refrigeration
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Cranberry-Pear Crumble Bars
Yossy Arefi
930 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
930
1 hour
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Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies
Alison Roman
16074 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
16,074
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Gingerbread Blondies
Melissa Clark
2451 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,451
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
3154 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,154
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Sugar Cookies
Naz Deravian
268 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
268
35 minutes, plus at least 1 hour chilling
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1719 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,719
15 minutes
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Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
7451 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,451
45 minutes
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Potato Chip-Chocolate Chip Cookies
Melissa Clark, Shauna Sever
577 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
577
1 hour, plus cooling
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