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Christmas Cookies

Enjoy our collection of our favorite Christmas cookies.
Share the sweet spirit of the season with Christmas cookies that "really say Christmas."
Santa Cookies
Santa Cookies
Made with a butter cookie recipe, cut into heart shapes with a cookie cutter, and decorated with royal icing. They are are simple cookie to make and look so adorable on a tray of Christmas cookies.

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Snowman Cookies
Snowman Cookies

These adorable snowman cookies not only look good but taste delicious.  The cookie dough is made with butter and cream cheese with a hint of coconut flavor.  They are nice cookies for Christmas or any winter get-together.

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Peppermint Meringues

Meringue cookies are crisp and as light as air. 
The candy-cane look is created by striping the pastry bag with red food coloring before adding the egg white mixture.

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Peppermint Meringues
SnowflakeCookies
Snowflake Cookies

Snowflake Cookies are crisp, buttery cookie that are made using a cookie press.  You can make the cookies all white and add white sanding sugar for a snowflake look.

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Pistachio Cranberry Cookies
Pistachio Cranberry Cookies

Pistachio Cranberry Cookies have a rich buttery flavor combined with the added sweetness of dried cranberries and crunch of pistachios.  

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Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies

Nothing says Christmas more than the wonderful scent of baking gingerbread.  This recipe adds  cocoa to the gingerbread for a little chocolate flavor.

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Stained Glass Cookies
Stained Glass Cookies

Stained Glass Cookies (also called Magic Window Cookies) are made with a basic sugar cookie dough with melted candy in the center for a glass window appearance.

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A simple way to express your Christmas spirit when the family gets together to bake cookies, to wear at a cookie exchange, or while making Christmas dinner.
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CHRISTMAS BREADS
Panettone, the tall, cylindrical, fruit-filled sweet bread from Milan. 
Pandoro: The traditional Christmas bread from Verona
Pandoro or pan d’oro means ‘golden bread due to its pleasing yellow color.  It is a traditional Christmas bread from Verona.
Gubana
A traditional cake from Fruili in Northern Italy, gubana is filled with a mixture of dried fruit, nuts, and spices.
Sweet Ravioli Cookies - Ravioli Dolci
Sweet Ravioli Cookies
These crisp little ravioli-shaped cookies can be filled with your favorite fruit preserves.

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Cherry Snowball Cookies
Cherry Snowball Cookies
These simple tea cookies have a cake-like consistency.  They are rolled in coconut and have a maraschino cherry surprise tucked inside.

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Christmas Cookies pictured above: Butter Cookies decorated with royal icing, Italian Bakery Butter Cookies, Italian Wedding Cookies, Cuccidati, Snowflake Cookies and Chocolate and Peanut Butter Meltaways.
Italian Almond and Cherry Rosette Cookies
These cookies are slightly crisp on the outside, moist and chewy on the inside and filled with almond flavor.

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