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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

Peppermint Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
4197 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,197
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
3058 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,058
15 minutes
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Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Julia Moskin
1070 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,070
45 minutes, plus chilling time
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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1195 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,195
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3480 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,480
1 hour
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Peppermint Stripe Cookies
Susan Spungen
1251 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,251
1 hour, plus at least 4 hours’ drying
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Snickerdoodles
Samantha Seneviratne
5227 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,227
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
1050 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,050
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
3542 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,542
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1998 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,998
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3506 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,506
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
2240 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,240
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1068 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,068
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
11481 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,481
45 minutes
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Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
1019 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,019
1 hour 15 minutes
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Chewy Earl Grey Sugar Cookies
Yossy Arefi
3597 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,597
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3750 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,750
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2888 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,888
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Gingerbread Snickerdoodles
Genevieve Ko
945 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
945
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Genevieve Ko, Abi Balingit
553 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
553
2 hours
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3546 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,546
45 minutes
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Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
9557 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,557
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
2084 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,084
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2780 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,780
45 minutes
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M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2906 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,906
30 minutes
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Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
828 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
828
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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