Both gooey and elegant, with their jewel-like filling, Linzer Bars make an ideal cookie for the holidays—or any time of year.
Filled cookies
Scottish Tea Biscuits with Great Grandma Lucas’s Lemon Butter
Rich and not too sweet, these tea biscuits, served with lemon curd, or lemon butter as my great grandma preferred to call it, would make a lovely dessert for Mother’s Day or a May birthday.
Prune-Filled Kolaches
Also called kolachke or kolachky, variations of this pastry are popular among Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Russians and Bohemians.
Cucidati (Italian Fig Cookies)
This delicious Sicilian cookie is often served on March 19, the feast day of St. Joseph, which is an important Italian holiday. We think this traditional Italian cookie makes a nice Christmas treat as well.
Greek Custard Pieces (Bougatsa)
This Greek dessert of custard-filled phyllo can be served in larger squares as a pastry, or smaller squares as a cookie. It’s delicious either way.