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Tahini Butter Cookies

Submitted by: faina00 
These sweet, buttery cookies are from an Israeli recipe, the tahini gives them a nice sesame flavor. 

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Christmas Pinwheel Cookies

Submitted by: Gitano Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)
Living In: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Sheets of red and green butter cookie dough are rolled around each other to make a log of spiraling colors. Sliced into colorful pinwheels, these heirloom cookies are the perfect holiday treat. They can also be made in a chocolate-vanilla pinwheel variation. 

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Zebra Butter Cookies

Submitted by: Shannon Wade 
For a jungle or animal theme party, these striped cookies are a lot of fun. they are real eye-catchers. I started with a horse cookie cutter and hot exotic! 

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Snow-Capped Cookies

Submitted by: BAKER'S Chocolate 
Add these festive nut cookies topped with white and dark chocolate to your holiday cookie tray. 

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Gelatin Spritz Cookies

Submitted by: Kathy 
Spritz or drop cookies, colorful and flavorful - very easy. 

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Holiday Shortbread Cookies

Submitted by: Erma Hiltpold 
This special Christmas treat came to me from Scotland through a relative. I compared this recipe with one a friend makes, since her husband is of Scottish descent, and found this shortbread to be quite authentic. 

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Ginger Poppy Seed Cookies

Submitted by: Mary Priesgen 
Poppy seed and ginger pair up nicely in these popular treats. The refrigerated dough slices easily and bakes quickly. 

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Sweetheart Cookies

Submitted by: Pamela Esposito 
These rounds filled with fruit preserves were blue-ribbon winners at the county fair 2 years running. A family favorite, they never last past December 25! 

Rogaliki Holiday Cookies

Submitted by: Sous Andy 
Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Living In: Wichita, Kansas, USA
This is a Polish, crescent-shaped cookie my aunt used to make as a Thanksgiving holiday treat. Although I'm not Polish, I make them too, and serve them on a cold winter's night with hot coffee or tea. 

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Danish Peppernut Christmas Cookies (Pebernodder)

Submitted by: Milk Teeth 
Living In: Eugene, Oregon, USA
Spicy cookies are a beloved Christmas treat in Denmark and throughout Scandinavia where expensive spices were traditionally reserved for special holiday foods. These tiny (nut-free) butter cookies burst with flavor from cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, 
 
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