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Easy Holiday Cookies

Here are our best simple cookie recipes to make during the holidays (or right after).

Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.

Recipes

Peppermint Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3491 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,491
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
2681 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,681
15 minutes
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Easy
Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Julia Moskin
1034 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,034
45 minutes, plus chilling time
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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1149 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,149
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3025 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,025
1 hour
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Peppermint Stripe Cookies
Susan Spungen
1230 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,230
1 hour, plus at least 4 hours’ drying
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Snickerdoodles
Samantha Seneviratne
4419 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,419
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
974 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
974
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
2383 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,383
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1904 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,904
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3297 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,297
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
1750 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,750
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1015 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,015
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
8613 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,613
45 minutes
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Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
984 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
984
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Chewy Earl Grey Sugar Cookies
Yossy Arefi
2902 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,902
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3463 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,463
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2602 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,602
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Gingerbread Snickerdoodles
Genevieve Ko
886 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
886
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Genevieve Ko, Abi Balingit
477 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
477
2 hours
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3444 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,444
45 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
8353 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,353
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
1884 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,884
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2185 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,185
45 minutes
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Easy
M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2345 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,345
30 minutes
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Easy
Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
791 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
791
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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