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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
4194 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,194
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
3042 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,042
15 minutes
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Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Julia Moskin
1069 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,069
45 minutes, plus chilling time
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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1195 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,195
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3468 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,468
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
5206 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,206
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
1049 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,049
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
3512 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,512
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1997 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,997
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3504 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,504
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
2229 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,229
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1066 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,066
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
11443 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,443
45 minutes
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Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
1018 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,018
1 hour 15 minutes
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Chewy Earl Grey Sugar Cookies
Yossy Arefi
3585 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,585
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3748 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,748
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2880 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,880
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Gingerbread Snickerdoodles
Genevieve Ko
945 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
945
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Genevieve Ko, Abi Balingit
550 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
550
2 hours
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3543 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,543
45 minutes
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Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
9524 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,524
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
2078 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,078
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2775 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,775
45 minutes
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M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2892 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,892
30 minutes
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Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
825 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
825
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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