Christmas cookies/17 recipes

Yeast based Czechoslovakian pastry filled with a poppy seed or cream cheese filling.

Very healthy and nutritious combination, tastes very well too!

Decadent casserole layered with three types of onions & three cheeses. It is once a year treat. We all deserve it.

Christmas Vienna Crescents recipe

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

Madeira is one of the places where Christmas traditions are so closely adhered to that one really looks forward to the festa. Cooking preparations starts months in advance. It is at a time of year that the prize pig is slaughtered so that there is enough pork for Christmas lunch of Vinha d’Alhos.

Almond Brown Sugar Biscotti recipe

Very simple cookies sweetened with natural coconut sugar. Made with pumpkin seeds, which are very rich in magnesium (one of the most important minerals responsible for key physiological functions including the production of energy (ATP) in the body, correct heart function and proper bone and tooth formation). Cinnamon is well known for its ability to lower blood sugar levels, and is highly recommended for diabetics.