Christmas cookies
Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
Cream cheese gives sugar cookies a marvelous flavor. It also makes the dough softer and stickier. The dough needs to be cold when these are rolled out; if it begins to stick, return it to the refrigerator for a while.
This dough is used in Shining Star Cookies.
Lebkuchen Diamonds
Lebkuchen is a German honey cookie that is
traditionally served at Christmas. But
you can cut the dough in heart shapes for Valentine’s Day, or use an oval
cutter for Easter egg-shaped cookies.
Chocolate-tipped Almond Crescents
Almond crescents are a traditional holiday favorite in much of Europe, but these cookies taste good anytime of year. For an extra special touch, dip them in chocolate.
Dutch Spice Cookies (Speculaas)
In Holland, speculaas often are molded into the shapes of windmills, people, or St. Nick figures. Similar cookies are popular in Belgium and Germany.