These cookies have lost part of their charm for me, now that a similar confection is so widely available at street fairs. Sometimes called an elephant ear, sometimes just...

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Along with sandbakkles and pepperkakker, krumkakker are one of the cookies that form the Norwegian triumvirate. If you ever go to a Swedish market, or a Scandinavian Christmas...

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Cashews are my dad’s favorite snack. Every year, he gets an oversized bag of them in his stocking, and we always have to make these cookies. They’re quite tasty...

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These are my favorite cookies, hands down. They’re also my brother Jay’s favorites, as well as the favorite of all his kids. They’re really simple, but there...

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These look very pretty on the cookie plate, because they’re visually really different than the others – small, round, and dark. Plus they come together really...

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What makes these cookies really special is the rum-butter icing. It’s also the “hard” part. The cookies themselves are simple drop cookies that are quick and...

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I love these cookies! They’re rich and buttery, not too sweet (like a shortbread), with lots of flavor. Plus they’re almost “easy” to make –...

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These spicy, crisp, cookie-cutter cookies are similar to a traditional gingersnap. However, the ginger-spice bite is stronger than many recipes call for, and they are meant to...

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