These thin almond sandwich cookies with apricot jam and ganache are traditional Austrian treats.
Author: Martha Stewart
These crisp sugar cookies will lend a touch of whimsy to a birthday cake -- like our nautical Sailboat Cake -- but you can enjoy them anytime!
Author: Martha Stewart
Dried pears, pistachios, and candied ginger spice up traditional blondies.
Author: Martha Stewart
Add nutty flavor and texture to basic shortbread dough with almond extract and ground almonds, then roll it out and cut into jaunty snowman shapes. A generous coat of confectioners' sugar is all each snowman...
Author: Martha Stewart
Rich, buttery blondie serves as the base of this show-stopping cake and is also folded into the vanilla ice cream filling.
Author: Martha Stewart
These cookies are also delicious without mix-ins: After chilling and slicing the cookies, brush the tops with a lightly beaten egg white, and sprinkle with sanding sugar.
Author: Martha Stewart
These "trees" are made from stacks of sugar cookies coated with white icing. See our Royal Icing recipe.
Author: Martha Stewart
Buttery shortbread is one of life's simple pleasures and these Toasted Coconut Shortbread Cookies add one more layer of flavour to this cookie classic.
Author: Barry C. Parsons
These adorable cookies from Dani Fiori are absolutely perfect for a baby shower.
Author: Martha Stewart
Coconut and passion fruit are a match made in paradise: Crisp, delicate coconut cookies surround a creamy, sweet-tart fruit filling.
Author: Martha Stewart
The combination of chocolate and peanut butter makes these cookies irresistible.
Author: Martha Stewart
The secret to the super-crisp texture here is cutting the dough into very thin rounds; coarse sanding sugar on top adds to their crunch.
Author: Martha Stewart
For a twist on the tradition of serving Italian coffee with a strip of lemon peel, sandwich rich chocolate-espresso ganache between lemon cookies.
Author: Martha Stewart
Creamy mascarpone cheese is sandwiched between store-bought butter-waffle cookies in this five-minute summer dessert.
Author: Martha Stewart
Try one of our ball cookie variations: Marbleized Ball Cookies, Peppermint Ball Cookies.
Author: Martha Stewart
The cookies can be stored at room temperature up to three days.
Author: Martha Stewart
These lemony cookies, which are flavored with lemon zest, rolled in a sugary glaze, and topped with poppyseeds, are a variation of our Basic Shortbread Wedges.
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Melted butterscotch candy fills the cutouts in these spooky chocolate cookies.
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Mary had a little lamb whose icing was as white as snow (or pink, if you prefer) thanks to a sprinkling of sanding sugar.
Author: Martha Stewart
After all these years and thousands of holiday cookies, we still find stenciling to be one of the prettiest -- and easiest -- ways to decorate.
Author: Martha Stewart
This recipe is excerpted from Rose Levy Beranbaum's The Baking Bible (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).
Author: Martha Stewart
Known as lady's kisses in Italian, baci di dama are traditional cookies from the Piedmont region of Northwest Italy that are often made with hazelnuts. Martha uses roasted chestnuts instead, both in the...
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Baking these tender, slightly chewy treats twice, like biscotti, results in crisp, golden edges. We used Frangelico, a hazelnut liqueur, to flavor the cookies, but you could substitute other liqueurs,...
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Use stencils to decorate gingerbread circles and squares with powdered-sugar silhouettes of witches, pumpkins, and spiders.
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Scalloped shell-shaped madeleine pans are essential for this recipe from "Entertaining," by Martha Stewart. You can use confectioners' sugar to dust the cookies after baking.
Author: Martha Stewart
These pretty pink-sugar-encrusted hearts sandwiched together with red-currant jelly are perfect for Valentine's Day. The secret to the cookies' sparkly pink coating is sanding sugar colored with a small...
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These cookies, a tasty alternative to the traditional recipe with chocolate and almonds, are naturally gluten-free and would make a nice addition to any Passover or Easter dessert course.
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These shortbread cookies contain ground jasmine tea, which lends a sweet, floral balance to their tart grapefruit-curd filling.
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Crushed hard candies give the stained glass windows in these snowmen cookies their vibrant, festive hue.
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Use as the base for Sweet Dani B owner Dani Fiore's Lovebird Cookies.
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The diamonds can be made up to three days ahead and stored at room temperature.
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This festive cookie recipe is courtesy of Dani Fiori.For a guide to decorating your cookies, download this Santa cookie template.
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Swap out the usual graham crackers for homemade cowboy cookies packed with oats, pecans, coconut, and dark chocolate -- they make an excellent canvas for gooey toasted marshmallows.
Author: Martha Stewart
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For an egg-shaped cookie cutter, you can start with an oval cutter and bend one end into a slight point.
Author: Martha Stewart
Try one of our ball cookie variations: Chocolate-Dipped Ball Cookies and Marbelized Ball Cookies.
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These festive bows are piped, baked, and dusted with confectioners' sugar.
Author: Martha Stewart
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These cookies, with hints of lemon or orange, are a variation of our Basic Shortbread Wedges. All you need are five ingredients-flour, butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract, and citrus.
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Who can resist an assortment of freshly baked holiday cookies? Use our All-in-One Cookie Dough when making these.
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Hulled green pumpkin seeds add a delicate flavor and texture to these almond-shaped cookies.
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There's whole-grain goodness, not to mention fruit and nuts, in every bite of these delightful treats. They also tout an added dimension of nutty flavor, thanks to the farro flour. Martha made this recipe...
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This great cookie recipe was adapted from Martha Stewart Holiday Cookies, 2006.
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This recipe is courtesy of chef Perry Hoffman at Shed, a locavore restaurant and market in Healdsburg, California. Serve the cookies with Rose-Geranium-and-Cardamom Ice Cream and Roasted Peaches.
Author: Martha Stewart
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This gingerbread creche is the flavorful foundation for cookie decorator Dani Fiori's edible Nativity scene. Also try: Donkey Sugar Cookie, Sheep Sugar Cookie
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The abundance of spices in these cookies gives them a longer shelf life, making them a good cookie-jar staple.
Author: Martha Stewart
Super Easy Lime Bars. Using only 5 simple ingredients and a very quick preparation time, these refreshing lime bars are based on easiest and best lemon bar recipe I've ever tried in almost 40 years...
Author: Barry C. Parsons
This chocolate/vanilla shortbread uses the Basic Shortbread recipe as its base.
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This one goes out to eggnog lovers everywhere. For the best flavor, grate your nutmeg fresh; we like a Microplane zester for the job.
Author: Martha Stewart