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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
3503 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,503
40 minutes
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Caramelized Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Julia Moskin, Colin Alevras
2732 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,732
15 minutes
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Easy
Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Julia Moskin
1035 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,035
45 minutes, plus chilling time
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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1154 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,154
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3049 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,049
1 hour
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Peppermint Stripe Cookies
Susan Spungen
1232 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,232
1 hour, plus at least 4 hours’ drying
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Snickerdoodles
Samantha Seneviratne
4478 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,478
35 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
977 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
977
1 hour
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
2536 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,536
1 hour 50 minutes
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1910 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,910
About 40 minutes
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Lemon Meltaways
Yossy Arefi
3310 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,310
About 30 minutes, plus chilling
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
1784 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,784
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Genevieve Ko
1016 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,016
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Gochujang Caramel Cookies
Eric Kim
8822 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,822
45 minutes
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Brown-Edge Cookies
Margaux Laskey, Millie Shea, Liz Laskey
987 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
987
1 hour 15 minutes
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Easy
Chewy Earl Grey Sugar Cookies
Yossy Arefi
2943 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,943
45 minutes
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Gingerbread Latte Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3472 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,472
35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2619 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,619
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Gingerbread Snickerdoodles
Genevieve Ko
888 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
888
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Genevieve Ko, Abi Balingit
483 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
483
2 hours
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3454 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,454
45 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
8480 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,480
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
1913 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,913
30 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2250 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,250
45 minutes
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Easy
M&M Cookies
Eric Kim
2375 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,375
30 minutes
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Easy
Fruity Meltaways
Sohla El-Waylly
792 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
792
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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