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    Cookie Recipes

    Got a cookie exchange coming up? Need to bring a dessert to a party? Just want to switch up your normal, everyday cookie recipe? We've got you covered! Featured here are some of our best cookie recipes from around the world.

    My personal favorite is my Fast and Easy Maple Cookies, inspired by Canada. If you prefer shortbread, Alfajores from Argentina are a great choice. And if you want the easiest cookie recipe you can possibly find, Cocadas from Bolivia are the way to go. Whichever recipes you choose, get cookin'! I can't wait for you to try them.

    • Chocolate Pizzelles lightly dusted with powdered sugar.
      Chocolate Pizzelle Recipe
    • Crispy benne seed cookies stacked on parchment paper.
      Benne Wafers Recipe (Sesame Seed Cookies)
    • A bite taken out of a buttery pecan snowball cookie sitting on a bowlful of them.
      Buttery Pecan Snowball Cookies
    • Beautiful traditional Italian Pizzelle cookies laying on a wooden serving board with powdered sugar dusted over some of them.
      Traditional Italian Pizzelle Recipe
    • Chopped walnuts laying around a stack of freshly baked walnut cookies that are dusted with powdered sugar, laying on parchment paper.
      Walnut Cookies
    • A pile of gingerbread truffles decorated in white chocolate drizzles.
      Quick and Easy Gingerbread Truffles
    • A shortbread cookie, or sable, sitting on a wooden cutting board surrounded by raspberries
      Shortbread Cookies with Jam
    • Alfajores shortbread sandwich cookies on a tray with one cookie opened to reveal the creamy mixture.
      Alfajores Argentinos
    • Pillsbury Christmas cookies in a pile on a plate, made by baking pillsbury christmas tree cookies on top of chocolate chip cookies.
      Pillsbury Christmas Cookies
    • Melted snowman cookies with a marshmallow head and a licorice scarf.
      Melted Snowman Cookies
    • Cocadas on a large oval plate next to macadamia nuts.
      Easy Cocadas (Coconut Macaroons) Recipe
    • Hot Buttered Rum Cookies on parchment paper with a seasoning packet next to them.
      Hot Buttered Rum Cookies
    • A line of spotted dog with orange candies in the background.
      Spotted Dog (Kirju Koer) from Estonia
    • A pinterest image for 5 Italian Christmas cookies, featuring pictures of pizzelle, biscotti, pistachio cookies, and pecan butterballs.
      5 Italian Christmas Cookie Recipes
    • Pistachio cookies on a piece of parchment paper with pistachios surrounding them.
      Italian Pistachio Cookie Recipe
    • A hand dipping biscotti in melted chocolate.
      Traditional Italian Biscotti Recipe
    • A glass of milk next to a pile of freshly baked maple cookies with a bite taken out of one of them.
      Fast and Easy Maple Cookies Recipe
    • 5 South American Desserts You Can Make at Home
    • maamoul date cookies on a large black platter.
      Maamoul Cookies with Date Filling from Bahrain
    • Sheqerpare. Albanian cookies in Syrup
      Sheqerpare (Albanian Shortbread Cookies)

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