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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
4102 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,102
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
2894 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,894
15 minutes
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Easy
Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Julia Moskin
1058 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,058
45 minutes, plus chilling time
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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1186 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,186
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3237 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,237
1 hour
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Peppermint Stripe Cookies
Susan Spungen
1248 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,248
1 hour, plus at least 4 hours’ drying
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Snickerdoodles
Samantha Seneviratne
4935 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,935
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
1027 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,027
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
3052 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,052
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1957 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,957
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3444 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,444
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
1975 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,975
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1048 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,048
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
10601 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
10,601
45 minutes
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Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
1010 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,010
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Chewy Earl Grey Sugar Cookies
Yossy Arefi
3349 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,349
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3714 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,714
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2708 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,708
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Gingerbread Snickerdoodles
Genevieve Ko
937 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
937
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Genevieve Ko, Abi Balingit
526 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
526
2 hours
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3506 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,506
45 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
8984 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,984
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
1992 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,992
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2466 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,466
45 minutes
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Easy
M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2619 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,619
30 minutes
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Easy
Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
819 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
819
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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