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French Butter Cakes (Madeleines)

French Butter Cakes (Madeleines)

These famous French bites are more like little sponge cakes than crispy cookies. You'll need a shell-shaped Madeleine pan to make them.

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Bailey's Irish Cream Brownies

Submitted by: Too-Fresh 
Home Town: Hammond, Louisiana, USA
Living In: Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Rich and gooey chocolate brownies made with Irish cream liqueur get an easy frosting for a St. Pat's Day chocolate fix. 

Strassburgare

Submitted by: LindaT Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)
Living In: San Jose, California, USA
Tender and delicate Swedish butter cookies are made with a cookie press and your favorite decorative tip. Color the dough your desired shade of red or green if you like. Using potato flour helps eliminate toughness. 

Pennsylvania Snow Drops

Submitted by: melly 
Home Town: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Living In: Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, USA
Christmas cookies are dipped in white candy coating and sprinkled with coconut and optional colorful sprinkles. They'll shine on your cookie tray. Vary the flavor by adding mint extract or other favorite flavors. 

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Scandinavian Almond Bars

Provided by: Marji Stark
These cookies are my family's favorite cookie. They are simple to make, unique and pretty. A wonderful recipe to make for a cookie exchange. Take your recipe along, everyone will want a copy! 

Aunt Anne's Sesame Cookies

Submitted by: DianeF 
Living In: Long Island, New York, USA
After trying my hand at countless sesame cookie recipes, my Italian girlfriend shared her Aunt Anne's recipe and I knew my search had ended! Basically an anise flavored butter cookie covered in sesame seeds. The smell when removing them from the oven is wonderful! 

Swedish Angel Crisps

Provided by: Barbara Morgan
This recipe came from my great grandmother's family who came from Sweden somewhere near the end of the last century. NOTE: You can also add 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa to this recipe. It makes the cookies taste like brownie cookies. 
 

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