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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
4175 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,175
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
2965 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,965
15 minutes
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Easy
Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Julia Moskin
1066 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,066
45 minutes, plus chilling time
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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1191 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,191
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3397 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,397
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
5108 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,108
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
1043 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,043
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
3334 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,334
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1987 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,987
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3487 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,487
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
2155 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,155
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1056 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,056
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
11136 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,136
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
3498 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,498
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3738 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,738
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2740 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,740
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
539 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
539
2 hours
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3531 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,531
45 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
9315 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,315
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
2047 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,047
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2673 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,673
45 minutes
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Easy
M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2811 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,811
30 minutes
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Easy
Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
823 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
823
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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