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

Grasshopper Brownies
Yossy Arefi
900 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
900
About 1 hour plus chilling
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Aunt Phillomena’s Pizzelle
Kim Severson
344 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
344
1 hour
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Cardamom-Walnut Crescents
The New York Times, Kristine Kidd
822 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
822
40 minutes
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Emily Luchetti’s Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies
Martha Rose Shulman
612 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
612
About 1 hour
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Cultured Butter Cookies
Melissa Clark
1963 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,963
50 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Rugelach
Emily Weinstein, Dorie Greenspan
1114 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,114
About 4 hours
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Rich Chocolate Cookies
The New York Times, Carole Walter
434 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
434
30 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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Spritz Cookies
Alison Roman
889 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
889
1 hour
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3690 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,690
1 hour plus at least 24 hours' chilling
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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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Union Square Cafe’s Chocolate Biscotti
Alex Witchel, Union Square Cafe
984 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
984
An hour and a half
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1700 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,700
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
3237 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,237
1 hour
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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
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
381 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
381
1 hour
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Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies
Melissa Clark
630 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
630
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
6944 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,944
45 minutes
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Pistachio Linzer Cookies With Orange Marmalade
Melissa Clark
130 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
130
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
644 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
644
2 hours
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Peanut Brittle
Mark Bittman
467 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
467
20 minutes
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Easy
Salty Peanut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Nigella Lawson
741 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
741
50 minutes
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Cowboy Cookies
Marian Burros, Laura Bush
476 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
476
35 minutes
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Easy
Black-and-White Cookies
William Grimes
660 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
660
1 hour
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The $250 Cookie Recipe
Barbara Whitaker
7926 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
7,926
45 minutes
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Fudgy Bourbon Balls
Melissa Clark
1616 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,616
15 minutes, plus overnight resting
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Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread Cookies
The New York Times, Dorie Greenspan
518 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
518
45 minutes, plus 2 days' refrigeration
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Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Marian Burros, Harriot Kimmel
573 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
573
2 hours 30 minutes
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Cardamom Butter Crescents
Melissa Clark, François Payard
725 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
725
1 hour
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Rosemary Shortbread
Melissa Clark
2645 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,645
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Kolbasa (Russian No-Bake Fudge Cookies)
Julia Moskin, Bonnie Frumkin Morales, Deena Prichep
368 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
368
30 minutes, plus 3 hours’ cooling
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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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Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Kim Severson, Georganne Bell
396 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
396
50 minutes
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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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Salted Cocoa-Hazelnut Cookies
Alison Roman
319 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
319
3½ hours, including chilling
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Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
4967 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,967
About 30 minutes
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Black and White Brownies
Melissa Clark
305 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
305
30 minutes
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Cocoa Nib Sablés With Flaky Sea Salt
Melissa Clark
224 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
224
1 hour, plus chilling and setting
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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
670 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
670
1 hour
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Bittersweet Brownie Shortbread
Melissa Clark
2707 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,707
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies
Aaron Hutcherson
862 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
862
30 minutes
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German Chocolate Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3040 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,040
45 minutes
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