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This delicious smooth confection is an impressive dessert for the holidays. These are wonderful for parties, and perfect for holiday gifts to your loved ones. A half cup of orange juice plus one teaspoon of freshly grated orange peel can be substituted for the rum in this recipe.

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Christmas Molasses and Ginger Cookies

Submitted by: giapuppy#1

Home Town: Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, USA

Molasses ginger cookies are a crowd-pleasing Christmas cookie that everyone will come to expect every year.

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Granny's Strawberry Preserves-Filled Cookies

Submitted by: JoolieOfAllTrades

Home Town: Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Elgin, Illinois, USA

Lightly spiced cookies are filled with strawberry preserves just like granny used to make every Christmas.

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Cinnamon Palmiers

Submitted by: Chrissy

Living In: West Salem, Wisconsin, USA

Frozen puff pastry makes it easy to whip up these crisp and cinnamony cookies.

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Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Submitted by: BUCHKO

Peanut butter cups wrapped in a peanut butter cookie for the most peanut buttery of treats.

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Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti

Provided by: Gerry Meyer

The red and green make a great Christmas cookie. Have used other nuts instead of pistachios with success. If your pistachios are salted, omit the 1/4 teaspoon salt from the recipe.

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Molasses Sugar Cookies

Provided by: Karin Christian

These are a wonderful chewy spice cookie. They are drop cookies that keep very well. I make them at the beginning of the holiday season and they keep all the way to New Year's!

Scandinavian Christmas Cookies

Baking is a fine art year-round in Scandinavia. But come late November, most kitchens see a flurry of flour, sugar, spices, almonds, butter, and eggs when serious Christmas baking begins.

Visions of Sugar Cookies

Get out the cookie cutters and sprinkles--it's time for kids' favorite do-it-yourself holiday treat. With the kids home on holiday break, baking and decorating cookies is a fun way to spend time together, and then have something delicious to show for it.

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As Hansel and Gretel discovered, a gingerbread house is irresistible. It makes an impressive holiday centerpiece and is an enchanting activity for kids of all ages. Don’t follow Gretel’s trail of breadcrumbs: our template and instructions will guide you through every step of the way!

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