These easy-to-make cookies are a favorite in the United States. It is unclear where the name “snickerdoodles” originated, but Joy of Cooking suggests that it derives from the German Schneckennudeln.
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Snickerdoodles
Makroud el Louse
(Makroud el Louse)
These easy-to-make, flourless cookies are excellent served with tea or coffee. They will keep for over a month stored in a well sealed container.
Koulourakia
(Greek Easter butter cookies)
Sweet koulourakia twists and braids are a traditional cookie accompaniment to any Greek Orthodox Easter celebration.
Hamantaschen
(Israeli Jewish filled tricorner Purim pastries)
Ashkenazi Jews celebrate the two-day Purim holiday with hamantaschen, a simple, three-cornered pastry sweet with a variety of fillings.
Glazed Pumpkin Spice Cookies
(American cinnamon-scented baked treat)
Fall is pumpkin season, and these pumpkin cookies are perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving or as a treat for raking up all those leaves.
Gingerbread Men
(English spiced Christmas cookies)
The English have traditionally shaped ginger-scented dough into men, animals and Father Christmas for the holidays. This recipe is always a favorite with kids.
ANZAC Biscuits
(Australian, New Zealand oatmeal and coconut cookies)
These tasty biscuits got their beginning during World War I when mothers and wives worried their boys in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) weren't eating well.
Alfajores
(South American dulce de leche sandwich cookies)
While they have origins in Moorish Spain, alfajores are especially popular in South America. They are simple shortbread sandwich cookies with a sweet filling of dulce de leche.