Editors’ Collection

Christmas Cookie Recipes

For some, Christmas cookies are the best part of the holidays: chewy sugar cookies, peanut butter blossoms, easy gingerbread, shortbread and more. Discover more ideas for the big day in our Christmas recipes super collection.

English Toffee — Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Yossy Arefi.

Recipes

English Toffee
Florence Fabricant
799 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
799
5 hours 15 minutes, plus 15 minutes' refrigeration
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Stamped Citrus Shortbread
Susan Spungen
1293 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,293
40 minutes, plus chilling
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Biscotti
Molly O'Neill
1777 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,777
1 hour
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No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1560 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,560
15 minutes
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easy
Blood Orange Poppy Seed Window Cookies
Susan Spungen
466 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
466
1 1/2 hours, plus chilling
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1902 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,902
About 40 minutes
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Color-Field Cookies
Susan Spungen
672 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
672
1 hour, plus drying
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Peppermint Bark
Samantha Seneviratne
744 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
744
25 minutes, plus 4 1/2 hours' setting
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Abstract Art Cookies
Susan Spungen
631 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
631
30 minutes
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Peanut Shortbread With Honeycomb
Susan Spungen
742 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
742
50 minutes, plus chilling and cooling
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Thumbprints With Dulce de Leche, Nutella or Jam
Susan Spungen
995 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
995
1 hour, plus chilling
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Frosted Holiday Sugar Cookies
Melissa Clark
2031 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,031
40 minutes, plus chilling and decorating
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
David Leite, Jacques Torres
18219 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
18,219
45 minutes, plus chilling
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Marbled Tahini Cookies
Susan Spungen
1102 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,102
1 hour, plus overnight chilling
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Brown Sugar-Anise Cookies
Susan Spungen
631 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
631
40 minutes, plus chilling
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Gingerbread Cookies
Jennifer Steinhauer
3073 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,073
About 1 hour, plus chilling
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Sugared Shortbread
Melissa Clark, Amy Casey
2472 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,472
1 hour
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Potato Chip-Chocolate Chip Cookies
Melissa Clark, Shauna Sever
567 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
567
1 hour, plus cooling
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Speculaas
Laura Anderson, “Field Guide to Cookies: How to Identify, Bake Virtually Every Cookie Imaginable”
435 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
435
About 30 minutes, plus overnight refrigeration time
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Chewy Chocolate Snowcaps
Kim Severson
748 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
748
45 minutes
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Shortbread, 10 Ways
Melissa Clark
1905 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,905
1 hour, plus cooling
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Linzer Cookies
Alison Roman
1379 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,379
3 1/2 hours, including chilling
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Pecan Tassies
Samantha Seneviratne
610 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
610
45 minutes
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Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
1555 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,555
30 minutes
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easy
Chocolate-Mint Thins With Candy Cane Crunch
Julia Moskin
677 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
677
1 hour 30 minutes
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Easy Baklava
Margaux Laskey, Einat Admony
199 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
199
About 1 1/4 hours, plus chilling and thawing
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Grasshopper Brownies
Yossy Arefi
872 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
872
About 1 hour plus chilling
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Aunt Phillomena’s Pizzelle
Kim Severson
330 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
330
1 hour
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Cardamom-Walnut Crescents
The New York Times, Kristine Kidd
713 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
713
40 minutes
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Emily Luchetti’s Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies
Martha Rose Shulman
590 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
590
About 1 hour
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Cultured Butter Cookies
Melissa Clark
1886 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,886
50 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Rugelach
Emily Weinstein, Dorie Greenspan
1079 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,079
About 4 hours
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Rich Chocolate Cookies
The New York Times, Carole Walter
431 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
431
30 minutes
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Orange Butter Cookies
Julia Moskin, Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
969 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
969
1 hour
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Spritz Cookies
Alison Roman
845 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
845
1 hour
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3155 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,155
1 hour plus at least 24 hours' chilling
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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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Union Square Cafe’s Chocolate Biscotti
Alex Witchel, Union Square Cafe
952 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
952
An hour and a half
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Grammy’s Spice Cookies
Melissa Clark, Claire Will
1573 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,573
1 hour
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Chocolate Italian Wedding Cookies
Ron Lieber, the Gerrero family
96 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
96
65 minutes
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Hazelnut, Orange and Honey Biscotti
Martha Rose Shulman
247 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
247
2 hours
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healthy
Kelly Fields’s Haystack Cookies
Martha Rose Shulman
350 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
350
40 to 50 minutes
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Linzer Trees
Kim Severson
289 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
289
1 1/2 hours, plus chilling time
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Salty-Sweet Peanut Butter Sandies
Julia Moskin
3009 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,009
1 hour
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3438 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,438
45 minutes
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easy
Raspberry Rose Rugelach
Melissa Clark, Mindy Segal
240 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
240
4 hours
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Crisp Toffee Bars
Julia Moskin, Charlotte Druckman
368 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
368
1 hour
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Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies
Melissa Clark
599 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
599
1 hour 15 minutes
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easy
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