Editors’ Collection

Christmas Cookie Recipes

For some, Christmas cookies are the best part of the holidays: chewy sugar cookies, peanut butter blossoms, easy gingerbread, shortbread and more. Discover more ideas for the big day in our Christmas recipes super collection.

Light brown cookies, coated in sugar and each topped with a chocolate kiss, sit on a metal cooling rack. — Craig Lee for The New York Times

Recipes

Easy Baklava
Margaux Laskey, Einat Admony
207 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
207
About 1¼ hours, plus chilling and thawing
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Grasshopper Brownies
Yossy Arefi
924 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
924
About 1 hour plus chilling
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Aunt Phillomena’s Pizzelle
Kim Severson
345 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
345
1 hour
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Cardamom-Walnut Crescents
The New York Times, Kristine Kidd
833 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
833
40 minutes
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Emily Luchetti’s Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies
Martha Rose Shulman
621 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
621
About 1 hour
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Cultured Butter Cookies
Melissa Clark
1993 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,993
50 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Rugelach
Emily Weinstein, Dorie Greenspan
1125 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,125
About 4 hours
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Rich Chocolate Cookies
The New York Times, Carole Walter
436 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
436
30 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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Spritz Cookies
Alison Roman
890 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
890
1 hour
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3889 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,889
1 hour plus at least 24 hours' chilling
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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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Union Square Cafe’s Chocolate Biscotti
Alex Witchel, Union Square Cafe
998 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
998
An hour and a half
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1715 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,715
1 hour
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Chocolate Italian Wedding Cookies
Ron Lieber, the Gerrero family
97 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
97
65 minutes
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Hazelnut, Orange and Honey Biscotti
Martha Rose Shulman
252 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
252
2 hours
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Healthy
Kelly Fields’s Haystack Cookies
Martha Rose Shulman
358 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
358
40 to 50 minutes
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Linzer Trees
Kim Severson
295 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
295
1½ hours, plus chilling time
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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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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
Raspberry Rose Rugelach
Melissa Clark, Mindy Segal
242 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
242
4 hours
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Crisp Toffee Bars
Julia Moskin, Charlotte Druckman
382 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
382
1 hour
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Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies
Melissa Clark
642 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
642
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
7199 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,199
45 minutes
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Pistachio Linzer Cookies With Orange Marmalade
Melissa Clark
131 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
131
1 hour 15 minutes, plus chilling
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Sparkly Gingerbread
Melissa Clark
501 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
501
1½ hours, plus chilling
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Date and Walnut Cookies
Florence Fabricant, Schuyler-Brown Homemakers Extension
657 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
657
2 hours
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Peanut Brittle
Mark Bittman
469 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
469
20 minutes
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Easy
Salty Peanut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Nigella Lawson
747 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
747
50 minutes
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Cowboy Cookies
Marian Burros, Laura Bush
584 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
584
35 minutes
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Easy
Black-and-White Cookies
William Grimes
667 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
667
1 hour
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The $250 Cookie Recipe
Barbara Whitaker
8059 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
8,059
45 minutes
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Fudgy Bourbon Balls
Melissa Clark
1621 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,621
15 minutes, plus overnight resting
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Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread Cookies
The New York Times, Dorie Greenspan
522 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
522
45 minutes, plus 2 days' refrigeration
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Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Marian Burros, Harriot Kimmel
579 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
579
2 hours 30 minutes
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Cardamom Butter Crescents
Melissa Clark, François Payard
728 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
728
1 hour
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Rosemary Shortbread
Melissa Clark
2713 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,713
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Kolbasa (Russian No-Bake Fudge Cookies)
Julia Moskin, Bonnie Frumkin Morales, Deena Prichep
373 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
373
30 minutes, plus 3 hours’ cooling
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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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Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Kim Severson, Georganne Bell
398 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
398
50 minutes
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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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Salted Cocoa-Hazelnut Cookies
Alison Roman
322 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
322
3½ hours, including chilling
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Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
5115 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,115
About 30 minutes
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Black and White Brownies
Melissa Clark
306 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
306
30 minutes
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Cocoa Nib Sablés With Flaky Sea Salt
Melissa Clark
227 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
227
1 hour, plus chilling and setting
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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
685 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
685
1 hour
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Bittersweet Brownie Shortbread
Melissa Clark
2716 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,716
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies
Aaron Hutcherson
869 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
869
30 minutes
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