These buttery cookies make a wonderful addition to a holiday cookie swap or dessert table.
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These traditional spice cookies are just right for the holidays.
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These cookies have a dark color and a pronounced molasses flavor. If you are making the Gingerbread Town-Square Cake, you can use this template to trace and cut out the different townhouse shapes.
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Like little cakes with a citrus perfume, these European darlings are equally delightful as a light dessert with fresh fruit or on their own at teatime.
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This all-purpose dough bakes rich and dark cutouts, and the dough can be rolled again and again with little compromise in texture. Follow the recipe below to make your own designs, or cut and bake as directed...
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This dessert recipe is courtesy of chef Emeril Lagasse.
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What's great about basic buttery shortbread cookies is how you can add flavors to them. Or just leave them as is.
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These soft cookies are like mini pumpkin cakes-and you're guaranteed to get a bit of sweet, brown-butter-flecked icing in every bite. A combination of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger flavor the moist...
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Sugar and spice aren't the only things nice in this version of the beloved snickerdoodle: We added pumpkin puree. Besides infusing the cookies with seasonal flavor, it also results in a moist, cakey center....
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It's a new twist on the classic lemon bar: A light, extra-tart Key lime filling on a shortbread crust laced with coconut and white chocolate.
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Top off a scoop or two of homemade ice cream with one of these gooey chocolate-chip cookies. Walnuts give this classic dessert a crunchy kick.
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Semisweet chocolate and candied orange zest add intrigue to these gift-worthy biscotti.
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Two kinds of chocolate plus walnuts and coconut equals one tempting treat.
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These crisp pistachio pralines, not unlike brittle, can be cut to any size. Packaged individually or in clusters, they're just right for doling out coworkers or setting out for Santa.
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These petite fall treats will charm all but the grumpiest ghouls. Simple sugar cookies are garnished with candy corn pieces for a sweet fall treat.
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Make these eerie, but totally edible almond cookies that resemble ladies' fingers. The final touch is red fingernails, which are dyed raw almonds. Let them beckon to you from beyond the grave, summoning...
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Anise seeds add a hint of licorice to these pretty lace cookies made of ground almonds. Orange zest adds a citrus aroma.
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Basic icebox dough gets a festive makeover when dotted with dried fruit and pecans.
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This cookie is always the first thing to sell out at the Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten's gourmet store in East Hampton, New York.
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Using coconut oil instead of butter not only gives these drop cookies a healthy boost, but it also adds great flavor. Martha made this recipe on "Martha Bakes" episode 809.
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This dessert from reader Sara Chylack of Duxbury, Massachusetts is ideal for people who love the deep, rich flavor of molasses. Look for unsulfured, which has a purer taste than the sulfured version.
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The cookies can be stored at room temperature for up to a week.
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Add these delicious shortbread cookies to your cookie jar.
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Brown butter adds a nutty flavor to the crust of these pleasantly tart lemon bars.
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Try one of our shaped icebox-cookie variations: Almond-Cherry Coins; Apricot-Pistachio Triangles; Almond and Candied Orange Zest Bars; White Chocolate, Hazelnut, and Cherry Triangles; Papaya, Macadamia,...
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A cross between a cookie, scone, and pancake, these intriguing treats are cooked on a griddle, not baked (despite its other name, Welsh bakestones). Martha's version is spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg...
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We've taken the guesswork out of making this classic French cookie, so you can prepare the dessert at home (for less than 25 cents a pop!). Be sure to weigh the ingredients precisely, and follow the step-by-step...
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These delicious no-bake cookies can be assembled quickly and then stored in the refrigerator for up to three days.
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Often sold as street snacks in Holland, stroopwafels come from the same town famous for Gouda cheese. They're a decadent treat made from two waffle cookies sandwiched together with caramel.
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Inspired by classic cinnamon rolls, these dainty spirals swap sticky yeast bread for more manageable trappings but retain the intoxicating, iconic stripes of sugar and spice.
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These oversize sugar cookies don't need any mix-ins or frostings -- their bold chocolate flavor says it all.
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Classic lemon bars get a couple of twists: wheat germ adds texture to the shortbread crust, and lime juice and zest join their lemon counterparts to flavor the filling.
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These cookies were always the first thing to sell out at the Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten's gourmet store in East Hampton, New York.
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This creamy dessert is a cross between key lime pie and traditional lemon bars.
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Simple sugar cookies serve as the canvas for these elegant "cherry blossoms." Use pink royal icing to create the "petals" and brown luster dust to form the "branches."
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Martha made this recipe on Martha Bakes episode 402.
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Simple sugar cookies become tokens of affection when cut into X's and O's for your valentine. This recipe appears on the Martha Stewart Makes Cookies App. Also try: Chocolate Hugs and Kisses Cookies
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These chewy cookies are gluten-free -- great for people with celiac disease or a wheat sensitivity.
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"I was raised in a Jewish family in Los Angeles, so I didn't celebrate a white Christmas," Elizabeth Colling says. But there was always eggnog. She worked the holiday drink into cheesecake bars, dense...
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Ripe stone fruit and sweet preserves lend a double dose of peach flavor to these summery cookies. The crisp cinnamon-sugar topping yields to a tender, moist interior that's studded with fruit.
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Fill your cookie jar with these perfect holiday treats.
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With a candy-bar-inspired top and a crumbly cookie base, each of these rich squares packs a double dose of that perfect pairing: chocolate and peanut butter.
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These nutty-sweet bars could be dessert, a quick breakfast, or after-school treats.
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