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Chocolate Cookie Recipe

Chocolate Cookies

Some cookies so good you want to eat them all yourself. And then there are some cookies sooooo good you just can’t help but share.

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Pistachio Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Pistachio Shortbread Cookies

Tender and crumbly like shortbread, yet subtly flavored and sweet like cookies, these beg the question, which are they?

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Coconut Macaroons Dipped in Chocolate Recipe

Coconut Macaroons Dipped in Chocolate

Sweet, moist, tender, can’t-stop-at-just-one coconut macaroons that are reminiscent of what’s found at the loveliest bakery in town.

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Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Sophisticated palates accustomed to European-style cookies will swoon to this subtly sweet and slightly crumbly treat.

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Wheat Free Cookies

Wheat-Free Butter Cookies

Believe it. Wheat-free, slice-n-bake cookies that taste like the real deal without fuss or crazy ingredients. You’re welcome.

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Bacon Fat Gingersnaps

Bacon Fat Gingersnaps

We’re not certain which we find more incredulous, the sheer genius behind these bacon fat gingersnaps or the flavor of said genius.

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Christmas Tree Cookies

Christmas Tree of Cookies

Holiday diet tactic #142: This stunning cookie tree. (Sort of makes it harder to scarf down a half batch of cookies when doing so would demolish the Christmas tree, eh?)

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Snow Cookies

Sugar Christmas Snow Cookies

What exactly is a snow cookie? It’s a delicate, melt-in-your-mouth moment of loveliness, and it’s as easy to roll and bake and decorate as it is to admire–and devour.

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Gingerbread Family

Gingerbread Men Cookies

The cutest, sweetest, happiest gingerbread people ever, right? They also happen to be the fastest, cheapest, unfussiest gingerbread cookies we’ve encountered.

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Grandma's Rugelach

Quentin’s Grandma’s Rugelach

“Transcendent” is how the author describes these rugelach. We’d like to add “flaky,” “tender,” and “perfect” to the list of apt adjectives.

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Chocolate Cinnamon Swirl Meringue Recipe

Chocolate and Cinnamon Swirl Meringues

Whoever first thought to beat sugar and egg whites into pillowy peaks has our gratitude. So does author Annie Rigg for thinking to swirl in cocoa and cinnamon.

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Chocolate Dipped Molasses Cookies

Chocolate-Dipped Molasses Cookies

Though the name doesn’t give it away, these subtly spiced cookies are vegan-friendly, though we sure as heck couldn’t tell it from their I’ll-have-just-one-more appeal. Shhhh.

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Pepper Cookies

Black Pepper Cookies

It’s no surprise that a traditional Scandinavian cookie would be warming. Chalk it up to an inspired melding of cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, black pepper, and cocoa.

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Royal Icing

Royal Icing

Whether your knack for cookie-decorating leans toward fancy schmancy or basic buttons on gingerbread people, you need a foolproof royal icing. Look no more.

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Homemade Oreos Recipe

Homemade Oreos

These homemade Oreos aren’t the treats of childhood. These are intensely chocolate-y. Definitely a grown-up indulgence.

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All-in-One Thumbprint Cookies Recipe

Mix-and-Match Thumbprint Cookies

Remember those thumbprint cookies your grandma use to make? They were the perfect spot-of-jam delivery system. These little darlings are no different. Well, a little different…

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Pain d'Epice Cookies Recipe

Pain d’Épice Cookies

There’s a bit of France in these cookies, which evoke all the familiar flavors of the traditional pain d’epice bread (that’s just fancy for “spice bread”) in a far more festive form.

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Ginger-Chili Caramel Cookies Recipe

Ginger-Chile Caramel Cookies

Chewy. Gooey. Sticky. Messy. And let’s not forget dripping with intrigue. That’s how we like our cookies. And that’s exactly what you can expect from these.

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French Chocolate Macaroons

French Chocolate Macaroons | Macarons

Simultaneously creamy and crispy and chewy, these flourless French indulgences make us swoon each and every time, without fail.

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Hazelnut Espresso Cookies Recipe

Hazelnut Espresso Cookies

Espresso powder gives these hazelnut drop cookies grown-up appeal. They’re ideal for afternoon coffee, a light dessert, or even, dare we say: breakfast?

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