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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

Frosted Sugar Cookies
Eric Kim
3132 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,132
55 minutes
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Sparkling Shortbread Cookies
Yewande Komolafe
2129 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,129
35 minutes, plus chilling and cooling
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Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
4646 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,646
1½ hours, plus 2 hours chilling
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Cherry Rugelach With Cardamom Sugar
Melissa Clark, Rose Levy Beranbaum
1610 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,610
1½ hours, plus chilling
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Lemon-Turmeric Crinkle Cookies
Eric Kim
3109 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,109
1¼ hours
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Rum-Buttered Almond Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
1586 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,586
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Coconut Macaroons
Susan Spungen
945 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
945
40 minutes
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Frosted Holiday Sugar Cookies
Melissa Clark
2105 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,105
40 minutes, plus chilling and decorating
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Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
2265 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,265
35 minutes
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Italian Ricotta Cookies
Melissa Clark, Jessica Hulett
4178 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,178
1 hour, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Holiday Rocky Road
Sohla El-Waylly
566 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
566
1½ hours
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Vanilla Bean Spritz Cookies
Melissa Clark
639 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
639
1 hour
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Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
1706 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,706
30 minutes
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Mexican Wedding Cookies
Dena Kleiman
1895 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,895
35 minutes
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Buttery Almond Cookies
Melissa Clark
717 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
717
1 hour, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Almendrados (Almond-Lemon Macaroons)
Joan Nathan
1875 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,875
35 minutes, plus 12 hours’ refrigeration
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Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3456 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,456
45 minutes
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Peanut Butter Cookies
Genevieve Ko
580 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
580
45 minutes
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Chunky Chocolate Cookies
Genevieve Ko
582 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
582
25 minutes, plus cooling
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Yakgwa (Honey Cookies)
Eric Kim
78 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
78
About 27 hours
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Italian Almond Cookies
David Tanis
869 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
869
45 minutes, plus 1 hour’s resting
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Coconut Macaroon Brownies
Melissa Clark
289 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
289
1 hour
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Chocolate Amaretti Cookies
David Tanis
406 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
406
1 hour
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Pumpkin Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
2757 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,757
45 minutes
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Chewy Lemon Cookies
Clare de Boer
870 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
870
1 hour
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Gingery Brownie Crinkle Cookies
Susan Spungen
1463 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,463
30 minutes
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
4022 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,022
1 hour plus at least 24 hours' chilling
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Sugar Cookie Bars
Margaux Laskey, “American Girl Cookies”
6798 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,798
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Chewy Gingerbread Cookies
Sohla El-Waylly
4208 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,208
35 minutes, plus 2½ hours’ chilling
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Peanut Butter Blossoms
The New York Times, the Gerrero family
8708 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,708
35 minutes
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Matcha Latte Cookies
Eric Kim
2109 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,109
45 minutes plus cooling
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Flourless Cocoa Cookies
Melissa Clark, Erin Jeanne McDowell
3831 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,831
20 minutes
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Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
Lidey Heuck
389 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
389
15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
David Leite, Jacques Torres
20555 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
20,555
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Rainbow Rave Cookies
Sohla El-Waylly
1286 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,286
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1729 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,729
1 hour
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Eggnog Snickerdoodles
Vaughn Vreeland
4169 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,169
About 45 minutes
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Mini Oatmeal-Cranberry Whoopie Pies
Melissa Clark
428 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
428
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling
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No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
451 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
451
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Swedish Ginger Cookies
Cathy Horyn
563 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
563
About 30 minutes, after several hours' refrigeration
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Cranberry-Pear Crumble Bars
Yossy Arefi
934 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
934
1 hour
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Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies
Alison Roman
16133 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
16,133
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Gingerbread Blondies
Melissa Clark
2457 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,457
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
3223 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,223
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Sugar Cookies
Naz Deravian
268 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
268
35 minutes, plus at least 1 hour chilling
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1722 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,722
15 minutes
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Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
7504 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,504
45 minutes
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Potato Chip-Chocolate Chip Cookies
Melissa Clark, Shauna Sever
578 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
578
1 hour, plus cooling
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