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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
4204 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,204
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
3071 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,071
15 minutes
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Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Julia Moskin
1071 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,071
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
3503 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,503
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
5258 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,258
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
1054 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,054
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
3608 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,608
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
2000 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,000
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3513 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,513
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
2254 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,254
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1073 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,073
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
11577 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,577
45 minutes
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Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
1019 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,019
1 hour 15 minutes
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Chewy Earl Grey Sugar Cookies
Yossy Arefi
3617 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,617
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3753 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,753
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2915 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,915
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
554 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
554
2 hours
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3551 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,551
45 minutes
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Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
9620 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,620
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
2094 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,094
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2811 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,811
45 minutes
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M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2923 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,923
30 minutes
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Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
830 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
830
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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