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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
3148 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,148
55 minutes
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Sparkling Shortbread Cookies
Yewande Komolafe
2134 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,134
35 minutes, plus chilling and cooling
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Easy
Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
4693 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,693
1½ hours, plus 2 hours chilling
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Cherry Rugelach With Cardamom Sugar
Melissa Clark, Rose Levy Beranbaum
1612 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,612
1½ hours, plus chilling
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Lemon-Turmeric Crinkle Cookies
Eric Kim
3150 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,150
1¼ hours
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Easy
Rum-Buttered Almond Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
1597 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,597
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Coconut Macaroons
Susan Spungen
947 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
947
40 minutes
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Frosted Holiday Sugar Cookies
Melissa Clark
2106 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,106
40 minutes, plus chilling and decorating
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Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
2334 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,334
35 minutes
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Easy
Italian Ricotta Cookies
Melissa Clark, Jessica Hulett
4209 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,209
1 hour, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Holiday Rocky Road
Sohla El-Waylly
568 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
568
1½ hours
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Easy
Vanilla Bean Spritz Cookies
Melissa Clark
640 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
640
1 hour
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Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
1713 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,713
30 minutes
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Easy
Mexican Wedding Cookies
Dena Kleiman
1898 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,898
35 minutes
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Buttery Almond Cookies
Melissa Clark
719 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
719
1 hour, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Almendrados (Almond-Lemon Macaroons)
Joan Nathan
1877 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,877
35 minutes, plus 12 hours’ refrigeration
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Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3627 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,627
45 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter Cookies
Genevieve Ko
581 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
581
45 minutes
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Chunky Chocolate Cookies
Genevieve Ko
595 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
595
25 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
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
870 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
870
45 minutes, plus 1 hour’s resting
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Coconut Macaroon Brownies
Melissa Clark
290 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
290
1 hour
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Chocolate Amaretti Cookies
David Tanis
411 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
411
1 hour
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Pumpkin Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
2780 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,780
45 minutes
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Chewy Lemon Cookies
Clare de Boer
878 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
878
1 hour
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Easy
Gingery Brownie Crinkle Cookies
Susan Spungen
1463 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,463
30 minutes
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
4049 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,049
1 hour plus at least 24 hours' chilling
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Sugar Cookie Bars
Margaux Laskey, “American Girl Cookies”
6838 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,838
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Chewy Gingerbread Cookies
Sohla El-Waylly
4224 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,224
35 minutes, plus 2½ hours’ chilling
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Peanut Butter Blossoms
The New York Times, the Gerrero family
8725 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,725
35 minutes
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Matcha Latte Cookies
Eric Kim
2128 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,128
45 minutes plus cooling
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Flourless Cocoa Cookies
Melissa Clark, Erin Jeanne McDowell
3838 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,838
20 minutes
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Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
Lidey Heuck
392 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
392
15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Easy
Chocolate Chip Cookies
David Leite, Jacques Torres
20718 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
20,718
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Rainbow Rave Cookies
Sohla El-Waylly
1303 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,303
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1737 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,737
1 hour
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Eggnog Snickerdoodles
Vaughn Vreeland
4181 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,181
About 45 minutes
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Mini Oatmeal-Cranberry Whoopie Pies
Melissa Clark
429 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
429
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling
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No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
454 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
454
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
941 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
941
1 hour
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Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies
Alison Roman
16232 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
16,232
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Gingerbread Blondies
Melissa Clark
2466 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,466
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
3308 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,308
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
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
1732 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,732
15 minutes
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Easy
Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
7600 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,600
45 minutes
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Potato Chip-Chocolate Chip Cookies
Melissa Clark, Shauna Sever
579 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
579
1 hour, plus cooling
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