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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
4156 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,156
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
2938 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,938
15 minutes
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Easy
Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Julia Moskin
1064 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,064
45 minutes, plus chilling time
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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1190 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,190
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3313 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,313
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
5053 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,053
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
1038 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,038
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
3233 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,233
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1977 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,977
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3469 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,469
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
2031 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,031
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1054 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,054
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
10919 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
10,919
45 minutes
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Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
1013 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,013
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Chewy Earl Grey Sugar Cookies
Yossy Arefi
3429 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,429
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3730 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,730
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2730 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,730
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Gingerbread Snickerdoodles
Genevieve Ko
943 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
943
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Genevieve Ko, Abi Balingit
534 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
534
2 hours
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3526 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,526
45 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
9182 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,182
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
2029 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,029
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2586 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,586
45 minutes
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Easy
M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2732 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,732
30 minutes
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Easy
Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
822 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
822
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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