16 french cookie recipes

French cookies are easy rum-and-raisin drop cookies: dark rum-soaked raisins folded into a buttery sugar dough. Crisp edges, soft centers, and a grown-up boozy aroma.

Delicate French curled cookies (tuiles) made with butter, powdered sugar, egg whites, and vanilla. Paper-thin ovals baked until golden, then rolled around a wooden spoon handle.

French lace cookies bake corn syrup, shortening, brown sugar, flour, and pecans into thin, delicate, caramel-toffee disks. Optional chocolate drizzle. Five ingredients, holiday tray classic.

Lower-fat Philly cheesesteak with thinly sliced flank steak, sauteed peppers and onions, and reduced-fat cheddar on hoagie rolls. Broiled until bubbly in 20 minutes.

Made this cake for my best friend's birthday party, and it was a huge hit. The cake was so moist, rich and just delicious. I'm so glad that I found this recipe!

Grilled vegetable sandwiches loaded with broiled eggplant, zucchini, squash, and roasted red peppers on toasted French rolls with a tangy yogurt-Dijon dressing.

Almond lace cookies, those delicate, paper-thin discs that roll into cigarettes or fans while warm. The classic French tuile-style cookie with ground almonds and orange zest.

Meringues aux noix: light, low-calorie nut meringue cookies with chopped hazelnuts, honey, and amaretto. Crisp, airy French-style cookies that crackle and dissolve.

Two-ingredient palmier cookies made from puff pastry and sugar, folded and sliced into caramelized golden crescents. A classic French bakery cookie with shattering, flaky layers and a crunchy sugar crust.

White chocolate mousse spiked with rum, served in crispy homemade almond tuile cookie cups with raspberry puree and creme fraiche. A showstopping French-inspired dessert.

French-style almond macaroons piped from almond paste, filled with rum-spiked chocolate ganache, and dipped in a semisweet chocolate glaze. An elegant three-part cookie.

Classic French almond meringue that pipes into elegant shapes and bakes crisp. Light, nutty pastry component perfect for layered cakes, decorations, or cookies.

Chocolate almond crisps with almond meringue cookies piped on parchment and sandwiched with a dark chocolate ganache. A French patisserie-style confection with crisp, nutty, chocolatey layers.

French-Italian almond crescent cookies rolled in pine nuts. Just four ingredients, naturally gluten-free, with a chewy-crisp texture from an overnight rest before baking.

Chestnut meringues with chopped marrons glaces folded through crisp, snowy French meringue, dusted with cocoa. A delicate, old-world European cookie for tea trays and holiday gift tins.

Marinated oranges soaked in Grand Marnier and sugar for 24 hours. A three-ingredient French dessert with boozy, candied citrus flavor. Served with chocolate cookies for an elegant finish.