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Rich cookies made with leftover egg yolks from angel food cake: cream both sugars with shortening, roll in sugar, flatten with glass, and bake until golden for tender rounds.

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

Italian biscotti with Sambuca liqueur, toasted pine nuts, star anise, and lemon zest. Twice-baked for a crisp, crunchy cookie built for dunking in espresso.

Monkey-faced cookies: old-fashioned molasses drop cookies with ginger and cinnamon, decorated with three raisins for eyes and a mouth. Makes 36 cookies in 30 minutes. A classic kids baking project.

Chewy brown sugar drop cookies loaded with crushed Special K cereal and chopped walnuts. This retro recipe makes 5 dozen crispy-edged, buttery little bites that vanish fast.

Chocolate lace cornucopias: delicate chocolate-nut cookies rolled warm into crisp cones and filled with whipped cream. A stunning, bakery-style dessert cookie.

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

Eating these butterscotch quickies while I'm tying. Found this recipe because I had all these ingredients on hand. They were addictively delicious, and I just couldn't stop reaching for them. A quick snack! Next time I will add half chocolate chips. Yum.

Pumpkin squares blend canned pumpkin with mincemeat, nutmeg, and allspice in a tender bar cookie, then frost with cream cheese icing. A holiday cookie tray showstopper.

Merry sugar cookies studded with rainbow chocolate morsels inside and pressed on top. A colorful holiday cookie with a buttery, crisp edge and soft center.

Chocolate mint pinwheel cookies with a two-tone spiral of vanilla and mint-chocolate dough, sliced thin and baked crisp with a melted chocolate coating on the bottom.

Sugar and spice molasses cookies for Christmas. Soft, chewy, rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking. Cinnamon, cloves, and ginger for warm holiday flavor.

Buttery lemon drop cookies glazed with fresh citrus. Tender melt-in-your-mouth texture from egg yolk dough, rolled in sugar and baked until barely golden.

Surprise your family this Christmas with these decorative cookies that can bring out the holiday cheer in everyone.

Mincemeat bars with a chewy oat-molasses crust and condensed mincemeat filling. Old-fashioned holiday baking with a crumble topping, dusted with powdered sugar.

Soft, spiced ginger cookies using prune butter to replace fat. Crackled sugar-coated tops with chewy centers, perfect for guilt-free snacking.