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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.

Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies — Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Yossy Arefi.

Recipes

Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Melissa Clark
6380 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,380
45 minutes
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Pistachio Linzer Cookies With Orange Marmalade
Melissa Clark
122 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
122
1 hour 15 minutes, plus chilling
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Sparkly Gingerbread
Melissa Clark
493 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
493
1 1/2 hours, plus chilling
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Date and Walnut Cookies
Florence Fabricant, Schuyler-Brown Homemakers Extension
625 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
625
2 hours
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Peanut Brittle
Mark Bittman
452 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
452
20 minutes
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easy
Salty Peanut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Nigella Lawson
725 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
725
50 minutes
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Cowboy Cookies
Marian Burros, Laura Bush
156 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
156
35 minutes
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easy
Black-and-White Cookies
William Grimes
645 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
645
1 hour
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The $250 Cookie Recipe
Barbara Whitaker
7802 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
7,802
45 minutes
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Fudgy Bourbon Balls
Melissa Clark
1566 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,566
15 minutes, plus overnight resting
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Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread Cookies
The New York Times, Dorie Greenspan
503 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
503
45 minutes, plus 2 days' refrigeration
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Oatmeal Spice Cookies
Marian Burros, Harriot Kimmel
561 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
561
2 hours 30 minutes
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Cardamom Butter Crescents
Melissa Clark, François Payard
714 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
714
1 hour
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Rosemary Shortbread
Melissa Clark
2402 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,402
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Kolbasa (Russian No-Bake Fudge Cookies)
Julia Moskin, Bonnie Frumkin Morales, Deena Prichep
356 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
356
30 minutes, plus 3 hours’ cooling
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Salted Caramel Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1146 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,146
1 hour 20 minutes, plus chilling
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Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Kim Severson, Georganne Bell
373 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
373
50 minutes
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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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Salted Cocoa-Hazelnut Cookies
Alison Roman
309 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
309
3 1/2 hours, including chilling
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Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
4616 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,616
About 30 minutes
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Black and White Brownies
Melissa Clark
301 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
301
30 minutes
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Cocoa Nib Sablés With Flaky Sea Salt
Melissa Clark
223 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
223
1 hour, plus chilling and setting
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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
621 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
621
1 hour
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Bittersweet Brownie Shortbread
Melissa Clark
2677 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,677
1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies
Aaron Hutcherson
837 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
837
30 minutes
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German Chocolate Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
2816 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,816
45 minutes
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Pecan Pie Sandwich Cookies
Genevieve Ko
791 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
791
1 1/2 hours, plus chilling and cooling
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Flourless Cocoa Cookies
Melissa Clark, Erin Jeanne McDowell
3662 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,662
20 minutes
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Red Velvet Cookies With White Chocolate Chunks
Erin Jeanne McDowell
913 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
913
40 minutes
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Vanilla Bean Spritz Cookies
Melissa Clark
584 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
584
1 hour
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Chocolate-Stuffed Oatmeal Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
649 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
649
1 hour, plus at least 2 hours’ chilling
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Lemon Cakes
Priya Krishna, Chelsea Monroe-Cassel, Sariann Lehrer
883 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
883
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Buttery Almond Cookies
Melissa Clark
684 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
684
1 hour, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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Cranberry Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
6771 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
6,771
1 hour, plus cooling and chilling
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Peppermint Brownies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
814 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
814
1 1/4 hours, plus cooling and chilling
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