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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
4188 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,188
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
3015 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,015
15 minutes
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Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Julia Moskin
1068 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,068
45 minutes, plus chilling time
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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1194 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,194
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3439 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,439
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
5166 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,166
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
1048 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,048
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
3459 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,459
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1996 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,996
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3500 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,500
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
2217 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,217
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1065 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,065
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
11339 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,339
45 minutes
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Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
1016 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,016
1 hour 15 minutes
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Chewy Earl Grey Sugar Cookies
Yossy Arefi
3569 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,569
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3745 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,745
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2844 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,844
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Gingerbread Snickerdoodles
Genevieve Ko
944 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
944
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Genevieve Ko, Abi Balingit
548 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
548
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3537 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,537
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Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
9456 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,456
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
2068 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,068
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2748 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,748
45 minutes
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M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2857 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,857
30 minutes
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Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
825 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
825
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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