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Kolatchkies, cream cheese pastry cookies filled with your choice of fruit filling, pinched shut, and dusted with powdered sugar. A classic Eastern European treat.

Greek semolina honey cookies (melomakarona): torpedo-shaped orange and cinnamon cookies soaked in a warm honey-cinnamon syrup and dusted with sesame or walnuts. Traditional Christmas tradition.

Chocolate date truffles made with melted milk chocolate chips, crushed vanilla wafers, chopped dates, and vanilla yogurt, rolled in powdered sugar. No-bake holiday candy with chewy date and creamy chocolate in every bite.

Carob chip cookies made with mashed banana, oats, and no added sugar. A naturally sweetened drop cookie with a soft, chewy texture ready in 20 minutes.

Chewy oatmeal raisin cookies sweetened with honey and a hint of orange zest. A soft, golden drop cookie made with oats, raisins, and a double sweetener base.

Homemade fortune cookies: thin crisp wafers cooked on a skillet, folded around your own paper fortunes while still pliable. A party project for Lunar New Year or kids' birthdays.

Raisin cookies use a boiled-water cooking method that plumps the raisins into the sweet brown sugar syrup before baking. No eggs, no butter required. Frugal Depression-era cookie that still satisfies.

This unique sandwich cookie from Gerry Cofta of Milwaukee offers a classic flavor pairing of chocolate and raspberry.

Soft drop cookies loaded with apricot nectar, apricot preserves, and chopped dried apricots for triple fruit flavor in every bite.

If you have egg whites left over from other recipes, use them for making kisses. For the holidays you can dress them up by sprinkling some green sugar or red cinnamon hearts on each kiss to make them more festive.

A must on your Christmas cookie tray. Despite the lemony frosting, the cinnamon flavor comes through.

Soft drop cookies sweetened with honey instead of sugar, packed with plump raisins and a hint of warm nutmeg. Done in 30 minutes.

Fudgy cookies loaded with melted chocolate, cream cheese, oats, and nuts get chilled then baked until centers stay moist for brownie-textured treats.

Soft-centered cookies loaded with semisweet and vanilla milk chips plus slivered almonds. Brown butter dough with almond extract creates bakery-style treats.

Delicate phyllo triangles filled with spiced apples, toasted pine nuts, and lemon zest, brushed with butter and baked until golden and crisp.

Delicate almond-scented cookies sandwiched with honey-sweetened apricot filling, shaped like little pillows and sealed with fork tines.