A holiday selection of cookies is all the more inviting when it includes a chewy one, and here it is: the ultimate macaroon, dense and colourful with a coconut and tropical fruit combo.
Crunchy on the outside, these cookies pack a surprise centre of a chocolate macaroon candy from Neilson. You will need one 145 g package, or buy 1 cup (250 mL) at the bulk food store.
Every bite of these easy-to-make cookies will melt in your mouth. Go the traditional route and decorate with glacé cherries or use a piping bag and star tip to pipe the dough into pretty rosettes.
Carried in their baking pan or packed in a cookie tin, these fruity oat bars make a welcome dessert. Golden Delicious or Crispin apples are perfect for this spin on Grandma's favourite pie.
This recipe combines the snap and the melt-in-your-mouth qualities we've come to love in shortbread. Work quickly to cut out the cookies, since even the heat from your hands will soften this buttery dough. Dipping your cookie cutter in flour between uses helps prevent sticking.
This elegant updated version of grasshopper pie combines whipped chocolate ganache with everyone's favourite chocolate crumb cookie base. Crème de menthe works double duty to add both flavour and a hint of green to this dessert.
With the topping and pie waiting in the fridge, dessert is ready at a moment's notice. We used Dad's Original Oatmeal cookies for the crust; other brands may require slightly more butter to moisten the crumbs.
These cornmeal cookies, studded with plump rum-soaked raisins, are a specialty of Venice but are also found throughout the Veneto region. Serve them with a shot of espresso or a glass of grappa.
Switch up your usual graham cracker or chocolate crumb cheesecake crust with our festive gingersnap version. To make gingersnap crumbs, whirl whole cookies in a food processor. If you like, add a white chocolate curl garnish.
Even when the percolating coffee and simmering tea set the ambience at cosy, a single piece de resistance — amid the cookies and bars — is called for. This apricot-studded coffee cake fits the bill.
