Buttery shortbread gets a warm hug from spiced gingerbread dough in this mash-up of two favourite holiday cookies. A nutty brown butter glaze brings the two flavours together.
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These traditional Italian pine nut–studded cookies are both crunchy and chewy. Roll the dough into balls with slightly damp hands to prevent sticking.
The figures are made with regular cookie cutters and simple piping, but you can also tint the icing and decorate with candies. There is enough dough and icing to make one large rectangular centrepiece that's perfect for the holiday table, plus a second smaller square box that's ideal for the mantel or side table - or as a gift. With the little leftover dough, you can bake any shape of cookies you like.
The combination of peppermint and chocolate is a holiday winner. The dark chocolate dough is ideal for cutting into all sorts of holiday shapes, such as holly and trees.
Chocolate dough shaped into pretzels and sprinkled with crunchy sugar looks like the familiar salty snack. However, the delicious surprise is that they are not-too-sweet cookies instead.
When cutting the rolls of dough into pieces, wipe knife with paper towel every few slices to keep tops looking beautiful. Serve with Dijon or your favourite mustard for dipping.
Canada, meet your new favourite cookie. We've done our country's iconic flavour justice by adding maple to the flaky cookie dough, then topping them off with a syrupy glaze.
Coffee lovers, here's your cookie! Roll and cut the dough into festive shapes, or form into logs to slice when it's time to bake a fresh batch.
