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Cookies For Every Occasion

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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recipe for italian sprinkle cookies

Italian Sprinkle Cookies

Made with all-purpose flour, confectioners' sugar, baking powder, shortening, lemon extract, milk, almond extract

Method:   oven
Time:   over 5 hours

recipe for no-bake peanut butter-oatmeal cookies

No-Bake Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Cookies

Made with coconut, quick-cooking oats, miniature marshmallows, peanut butter, butter

Method:   stovetop
Time:   under 30 minutes

recipe for old fashioned tea cakes

Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

Made with flour, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla extract, baking powder

Method:   oven
Time:   under 30 minutes


recipe for valentine meringue hearts

Valentine Meringue Hearts

Made with strawberries, egg whites, vanilla extract, cream of tartar, salt, sugar, red food coloring, vanilla ice cream

Method:   oven
Time:   2-5 hours

recipe for cake mix christmas cookies

Cake Mix Christmas Cookies

Made with powdered sugar, nuts, cake mix, eggs, shortening, water

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

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recipe for chocolate pirouette lace cookies

Chocolate Pirouette Lace Cookies

Made with semisweet chocolate, butter, sugar, egg whites, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for italian easter anise cookies

Italian Easter Anise Cookies

Made with flour, vanilla extract, eggs, salt, sugar, baking powder, vegetable oil, anise seeds

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for buttercream pound cake cookies

Buttercream Pound Cake Cookies

Made with milk, confectioners' sugar, golden pound cake mix, margarine or butter, almond extract, egg, shortening, margarine, vanilla

Method:   oven
Time:   under 30 minutes


recipe for rolled sugar cookies with fruit filling and glaze

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

recipe for english tea cakes

English Tea Cakes

Made with milk, flour, butter, sugar, dried currants, salt, egg, baking powder

Method:   oven
Time:   under 30 minutes

recipe for rum pecan snowballs

Rum Pecan Snowballs

Made with pecans, oats, shortening or butter, confectioners' sugar, milk, rum extract, all-purpose flour


Time:   30-60 minutes


recipe for easy hamantaschen

Easy Hamantaschen

Made with fruit preserves, baking powder, eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, orange juice, all-purpose flour

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for french lavender sugar cookies

French Lavender Sugar Cookies

Made with hard-boiled egg yolks, all-purpose flour, cake flour, confectioners' sugar, sugar, butter, vanilla extract, salt, dried lavender

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for honey granola cookies

Honey Granola Cookies

Made with powdered sugar, butter, brown sugar, honey, egg, flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, granola

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes


recipe for danish kringle cookies

Danish Kringle Cookies

Made with sugar or holiday tinted sugars, flour, butter, baking powder, cream, lemon extract

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for cardamom shortbread stars

Cardamom Shortbread Stars

Made with all-purpose flour, butter, sugar, cardamom, salt, confectioners' sugar

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for cheese corn flake cookie

Cheese Corn Flake Cookie

Made with corn flakes, sharp Cheddar cheese, butter, flour, salt, paprika, bacon

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   under 30 minutes


recipe for butter dream cookies

Butter Dream Cookies

Made with maraschino cherries, flour, butter, shortening, sugar, almond extract

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for dame blanche

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

recipe for mexican biscochito cookies

Mexican Biscochito Cookies

Made with ground cinnamon, orange juice, egg, all-purpose flour, anise seed, baking powder, salt, shortening or butter, sugar

Method:   oven
Time:   under 30 minutes


recipe for frosted anise cookies

Frosted Anise Cookies

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

recipe for hazelnut cream candy

Hazelnut Cream Candy

Made with rum flavoring, sugar, hazelnuts, semisweet chocolate chips, heavy cream

Method:   stovetop
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for eskimo snowballs

Eskimo Snowballs

Made with nuts, flaked coconut, powdered sugar, butter or margarine, water, vanilla extract, cocoa powder, sugar, oatmeal


Time:   under 30 minutes


recipe for honey-spiced pryaniki

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

recipe for mincemeat hermits

Mincemeat Hermits

Made with baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, butter, brown sugar, egg, mincemeat, sour cream, powdered sugar

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for dinosaur eggs

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


recipe for banana drop cookies

Banana Drop Cookies

Made with flour, shortening, baking powder, vanilla extract, soda, eggs, salt, bananas, walnuts

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for chewy cheesecake cookies with pecans

Chewy Cheesecake Cookies With Pecans

Made with butter, cream cheese, all-purpose flour, sugar, pecans

Method:   oven
Time:   under 30 minutes

recipe for fruit cocktail cookies

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


recipe for butterscotch wafers

Butterscotch Wafers

Made with walnuts or pecans, butter, brown sugar, eggs, salt, baking powder, all-purpose flour

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for cherry chocolate candy-topped cookies

Cherry Chocolate Candy-Topped Cookies

Made with white chocolate-striped candy kisses with almonds, milk chocolate candy kisses with almonds, white cake mix, oil, almond extract, rum extract, eggs...

Method:   oven
Time:   under 30 minutes

recipe for spritzgeback (pressed hazelnut cookies)

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


recipe for chocolate chip shortbread sticks

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

recipe for victorian lace cookies

Victorian Lace Cookies

Made with flour, nuts, corn syrup, shortening, brown sugar

Method:   oven, stovetop
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for hawaiian drop cookies

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


recipe for hawaiian tropical coconut snow balls

Hawaiian Tropical Coconut Snow Balls

Made with coconut, cream cheese, crushed pineapple


Time:   over 5 hours

recipe for oatmeal roll-out cookies

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

recipe for bourbon balls with maple and pecans

Bourbon Balls With Maple And Pecans

Made with pecan halves, vanilla wafers, bourbon, maple syrup, pecans


Time:   over 5 hours


recipe for old fashioned whoopie pies

Old Fashioned Whoopie Pies

Made with buttermilk, baking soda, egg, flour, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, salt, milk

Method:   oven
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for cheddar cheese cookies

Cheddar Cheese Cookies

Made with margarine, sharp Cheddar cheese, flour

Method:   oven
Time:   1-2 hours

recipe for easy bake oven thumb print cookies

Easy Bake Oven Thumb Print Cookies

Made with jelly, all-purpose flour, water, powdered sugar, margarine, vanilla extract


Time:   under 30 minutes


recipe for fluffy shortbread cookies

Fluffy Shortbread Cookies

Made with maraschino cherries, butter, icing sugar, flour

Method:   oven
Time:   under 30 minutes

recipe for almond bark cookies

Almond Bark Cookies

Made with peanuts, almond bark, peanut butter, rice krispies cereal, miniature marshmallows

Method:   microwave
Time:   under 30 minutes

recipe for mint melt-away cookies

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


recipe for low carb chocolate chip cookies

Low Carb Chocolate Chip Cookies

Made with chocolate bar, butter, Splenda or Maltitol Crystals, molasses, eggs, almond flour, vanilla whey protein powder, oat bran, baking soda, salt

Method:   oven
Time:   under 30 minutes

recipe for no bake penuche drop cookies

No Bake Penuche Drop Cookies

Made with vanilla extract, nuts, quick-cooking oats, brown sugar, butter, milk, salt

Method:   stovetop
Time:   30-60 minutes

recipe for easy oat bran and date cookies

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


recipe for dried fruit balls

Dried Fruit Balls

Made with dried apricots, pitted dates, raisins, flaked coconut, confectioners' sugar, orange juice


Time:   under 30 minutes

recipe for cornflake christmas wreaths

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

recipe for amish angel food cookies

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





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