For eating (rather than building), this gingerbread is delicious. It can be rolled and cut into any shapes you like, although gingerbread men (not to mention women and kids) are the traditional holiday treat.
Christmas cookies
Whole Wheat Viennese Vanilla Crescents
These famous melt-in-the-mouth German-Austrian cookies are usually made with white flour, so we were intrigued when we ran across a German recipe for whole wheat crescents. The whole wheat flour gives the cookies a deeper, nuttier flavor. If it matters, they’re also higher in fiber than usual. These cookies should sit for at least a week to allow the flavor of the vanilla to develop. They’re worth the wait.
Scottish Shortbread
Traditional Scottish shortbread is plain and simple, but utterly delicious. Make it in a shortbread pan (mold) for a decorative cookie.
White Pfeffernuesse (Peppernuts)
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.