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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
4212 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,212
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
3086 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,086
15 minutes
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Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Julia Moskin
1073 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,073
45 minutes, plus chilling time
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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1199 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,199
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3525 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,525
1 hour
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Peppermint Stripe Cookies
Susan Spungen
1252 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,252
1 hour, plus at least 4 hours’ drying
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Snickerdoodles
Samantha Seneviratne
5294 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,294
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
1055 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,055
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
3671 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,671
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
2001 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,001
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3517 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,517
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
2267 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,267
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1074 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,074
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
11671 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,671
45 minutes
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Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
1022 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,022
1 hour 15 minutes
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Chewy Earl Grey Sugar Cookies
Yossy Arefi
3648 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,648
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3759 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,759
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2936 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,936
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Gingerbread Snickerdoodles
Genevieve Ko
947 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
947
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Genevieve Ko, Abi Balingit
557 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
557
2 hours
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3554 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,554
45 minutes
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Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
9684 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,684
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
2106 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,106
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2831 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,831
45 minutes
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M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2939 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,939
30 minutes
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Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
831 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
831
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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