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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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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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Pebber Nodder (Danish Christmas Cookies)

Submitted by: YAC2004 
These cookies are like little bites of Christmas. Cinnamon and cardamom flavor these little shortbread nuggets. 

Belgian Christmas Cookies

Submitted by: Teri Viereck 
Wonderful buttery bar cookie! 

Grandma Abbey's Christmas Cookies

Submitted by: KelliCooks 
Here's a versatile cut-out cookie recipe with a delicate nutmeg flavor. You can decorate with sprinkles, or frost the cookies after they've cooled. 

Swiss Hazelnut Taler

Submitted by: Julia Z. 
This is my family's favorite Christmas cookie. My mom used to make them at the beginning of Christmas season in Germany and she had to hide some so they would last until Christmas. I have tried the recipe now with American ingredients and finally got it to work. 

Christmas Orange Rind Cut-Out Cookies

Submitted by: MARBALET 
Fun to have the kids help cut out these cookies! 

Polish Christmas Cookies

Submitted by: Darlene 
My mother in law has a polish name for these but my husband and brothers always just called them "Polish Christmas Cookies". They are very easy to make and have a nice anise flavor to them. 

Finnish Christmas Cookies

Submitted by: Judith Outlaw 
'My friend bakes these cookies at Christmas,' says Judith Outlaw of Portland, Oregon. 'They're popular at cookie exchanges, but my friend's husband urges her not to trade any of them!' 

German Anise Christmas Cookies (Springerle)

Submitted by: MARBALET 
This are an old favorite made during holidays. They are very crisp, almost hard; good dunking cookies 
 
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