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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
4182 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,182
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
2987 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,987
15 minutes
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Easy
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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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1193 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,193
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3422 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,422
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
5146 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,146
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
1045 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,045
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
3399 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,399
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1990 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,990
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3491 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,491
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
2197 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,197
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1063 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,063
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
11256 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11,256
45 minutes
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Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
1014 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,014
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Chewy Earl Grey Sugar Cookies
Yossy Arefi
3539 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,539
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3740 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,740
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2750 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,750
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
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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Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Genevieve Ko, Abi Balingit
543 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
543
2 hours
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3534 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,534
45 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
9388 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
9,388
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
2063 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,063
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2713 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,713
45 minutes
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Easy
M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2836 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,836
30 minutes
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Easy
Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
826 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
826
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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