Made with sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, anise extract, light cream or half-and-half, butter, powdered sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Cookies For Every Occasion
The word cookie originates from the Dutch "koekje" which means "little cake". However, these baked goods can be traced all the way back to Persia, circa the 7th century.
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Frosted Anise Cookies
Peanut Butter Shoestring Haystacks
Made with shoestring potatoes, canola oil, peanut butter, semisweet chocolate chips, butterscotch chips
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Cinnamon Horns
Made with nuts, cinnamon, sugar, yeast, water, flour, butter, shortening, salt, eggs
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Mincemeat Hermits
Made with baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, butter, brown sugar, egg, mincemeat, sour cream, powdered sugar
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Marguerites
Made with saltine crackers, sugar, salt, nuts, water, egg white
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
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Amish Angel Food Cookies
Made with coconut, shortening, sugar, salt, baking soda, vanilla extract, brown sugar, egg, all-purpose flour, cream of tartar
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chewy Cheesecake Cookies With Pecans
Made with butter, cream cheese, all-purpose flour, sugar, pecans
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Ammonia Cookies
Made with milk, pastry flour, shortening, sugar, egg, salt, oil of lemon*, ammonium carbonate*
Time: 1-2 hours
Hawaiian Drop Cookies
Made with coconut, flour, baking powder, salt, shortening, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, almond extract, crushed pineapple
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Hawaiian Tropical Coconut Snow Balls
Made with coconut, cream cheese, crushed pineapple
Time: over 5 hours
Oatmeal Roll-Out Cookies
Made with buttercream frosting, butter, sugar, milk, egg, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder, salt, quick-cooking oats
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Snow Berry Cookies
Made with coconut, butter, salt, brown sugar, vanilla extract, egg, milk, flour, nuts, cherries
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Flat Crisp Snickerdoodles
Made with salt, soda, shortening, sugar, eggs, flour, cream of tartar
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Rolled Sugar Cookies With Fruit Filling And Glaze
Made with sugar, vanilla, sweet rice flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, butter, raspberry jam, grape jelly, milk
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Mexican Chocolate Icebox Cookies
Made with egg, flour, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, salt, cayenne pepper, black pepper, cinnamon, butter, sugar
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Cow Patty Cookies
Made with sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, milk, unsalted butter, crunchy peanut butter, vanilla extract, quick-cooking oats, walnuts
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Fudgey German Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Made with cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, eggs, milk, vanilla extract, pecans, butter or margarine, brown sugar
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Fluffy Marshmallow Butterscotch Cookies
Made with nuts, flaked coconut, butterscotch chips, butter or margarine, eggs, vanilla extract, salt, powdered sugar, miniature marshmallows
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Persimmon Oatmeal Cookies With Coconut
Made with salt, baking powder, flour, persimmon pulp, soda, butter or margarine, sugar, eggs, quick-cooking oatmeal, coconut
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Butterscotch Wafers
Made with walnuts or pecans, butter, brown sugar, eggs, salt, baking powder, all-purpose flour
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Dame Blanche
Made with almond flour or corn starch, powdered sugar, eggs, vanilla bean, cake flour, all-purpose flour, salt, raspberry jam
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Classic Butter Spritz Cookies
Made with baking powder, butter, sugar, egg, milk, vanilla extract, almond extract, all-purpose flour
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Easy Bake Oven Thumb Print Cookies
Made with jelly, all-purpose flour, water, powdered sugar, margarine, vanilla extract
Time: under 30 minutes
Fluffy Shortbread Cookies
Made with maraschino cherries, butter, icing sugar, flour
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Mountains
Made with all-purpose flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, shortening, evaporated milk, water, egg, vanilla extract
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chocolate Snow Top Cookies
Made with nuts, milk, salt, unsweetened baking chocolate, butter or margarine, sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, flour, baking powder
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Shortbread Spritzer Cookies
Made with decors or colored sugar or chopped nuts, food coloring, butter, flour, sugar, baking powder, vanilla extract, almond flavoring, egg, milk
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Spritzgeback (Pressed Hazelnut Cookies)
Made with ground hazelnuts, all-purpose flour, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, almond extract, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Almond Bark Cookies
Made with peanuts, almond bark, peanut butter, rice krispies cereal, miniature marshmallows
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Chip Shortbread Sticks
Made with vegetable oil, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, flour, semisweet chocolate mini chips
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Hazelnut Cream Candy
Made with rum flavoring, sugar, hazelnuts, semisweet chocolate chips, heavy cream
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Pecan Snickerdoodles
Made with ground cinnamon, vanilla extract, flour, pecans, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, butter or margarine, sugar, eggs
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Victorian Lace Cookies
Made with flour, nuts, corn syrup, shortening, brown sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Orange Crush Cookies
Made with honey, quick-cooking oats, whole wheat flour, flour, baking powder, ginger, salt, raisins, almonds, oil
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Easy Oat Bran And Date Cookies
Made with dates or raisins, baking powder, margarine, brown sugar, egg, water, whole-wheat flour, oat bran, wheat germ, baking soda
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Honey-Spiced Pryaniki
Made with vanilla extract, honey, all-purpose flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, cardamom, ground nutmeg, salt, eggs, sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Dried Fruit Balls
Made with dried apricots, pitted dates, raisins, flaked coconut, confectioners' sugar, orange juice
Time: under 30 minutes
Dinosaur Eggs
Made with colored sugar, nonpareils, sprinkles or flavored powdered sugar, candies, salt, margarine or butter, powdered sugar, egg, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, oats, cornstarch
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chocolate Pirouette Lace Cookies
Made with semisweet chocolate, butter, sugar, egg whites, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Banana Drop Cookies
Made with flour, shortening, baking powder, vanilla extract, soda, eggs, salt, bananas, walnuts
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Almond Praline Biscotti
Made with water, flour, baking powder, cornmeal, salt, espresso beans, butter, sugar, egg yolk
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Fruit Cocktail Cookies
Made with brown sugar, eggs, fruit cocktail, vanilla extract, raisins, nuts, flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
English Tea Cakes
Made with milk, flour, butter, sugar, dried currants, salt, egg, baking powder
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Bourbon Balls With Maple And Pecans
Made with pecan halves, vanilla wafers, bourbon, maple syrup, pecans
Time: over 5 hours
Mint Melt-Away Cookies
Made with sugar, vegetable oil, confectioners' sugar, soda, butter or margarine, vanilla extract, eggs, peppermint candy canes, all-purpose flour, salt
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Orange Juice Cookies
Made with confectioners' sugar, maraschino cherries, all-purpose flour, salt, baking soda, butter, sugar, eggs, frozen orange juice concentrate, pecans
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
No Bake Penuche Drop Cookies
Made with vanilla extract, nuts, quick-cooking oats, brown sugar, butter, milk, salt
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Eskimo Snowballs
Made with nuts, flaked coconut, powdered sugar, butter or margarine, water, vanilla extract, cocoa powder, sugar, oatmeal
Time: under 30 minutes
Cornflake Christmas Wreaths
Made with non-stick cooking spray, margarine, red cinnamon candies, marshmallows, green food coloring, corn flakes cereal
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Autumn Spice Cookies
Made with cinnamon, sugar, butter or margarine, eggs, spice cake mix, quick-cooking oats, raisins
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
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