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Easy Holiday Cookies

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

Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.

Recipes

Peppermint Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3568 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,568
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
2813 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,813
15 minutes
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Easy
Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Julia Moskin
1047 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,047
45 minutes, plus chilling time
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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1164 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,164
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3104 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,104
1 hour
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Peppermint Stripe Cookies
Susan Spungen
1234 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,234
1 hour, plus at least 4 hours’ drying
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Snickerdoodles
Samantha Seneviratne
4620 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,620
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
989 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
989
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
2805 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,805
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1925 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,925
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3320 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,320
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
1853 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,853
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1024 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,024
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
9791 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,791
45 minutes
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Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
995 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
995
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Chewy Earl Grey Sugar Cookies
Yossy Arefi
3117 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,117
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3531 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,531
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2679 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,679
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Gingerbread Snickerdoodles
Genevieve Ko
902 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
902
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Genevieve Ko, Abi Balingit
505 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
505
2 hours
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3470 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,470
45 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
8706 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,706
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
1939 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,939
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2359 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,359
45 minutes
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Easy
M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2445 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,445
30 minutes
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Easy
Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
795 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
795
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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