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Our Favorite Cookie Recipes

By Mary Ogle
| December 4, 2020

The holidays are all about tradition. Baking cookies is one of those rewarding activities that fills your kitchen with happy aromas, builds memories and results in tasty gifts from your own hands. Add these recipes to your repertoire.

Avocado Brownies

You won’t taste avocado in these cake-like brownies, but they add moisture and richness without added fat.

Brutti Ma Buoni

Shelled hazelnuts are hard to find in grocery stores, but it's worth seeking them out – shelling is not difficult,

Charleston Cheesecake Bars

Creamy cheescake is sandwiched between buttery, crunchy oatmeal shortbread. It's especially good when you place it in the freezer for

Chocolate Rum Balls

Make these jet-black, no-bake confections at least a week in advance to give flavors time to mellow.

Coconut Grove Cookies

These are slightly soft cookies topped with a chewy coconut meringue. Place a generous dollop of the meringue on top

Florida Lemon Squares

Think of a tart, crunchy lemon pie-in-a-bar. These are from Happiness Is Baking by Maida Heatter.

Honeybee Brownies

Rich and sweet, these taste like a cross between a brownie and fudge, and use three different kinds of sugar.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ Chocolate Cookies

Add these to your cookie repertoire – they're super-chocolatey. Use pecans instead of walnuts for a Florida flavor. From Maida

Oatmeal Crunchies

Makes about 4 dozen | Buttery and crunchy, these homely cookies are perfect with milk. Customize them by adding chopped

Orange Ginger Cookies

Tangy orange and peppery ginger - fresh and candied -pair perfectly in these chewy cookies.

Sugar and Spice Cookies

One of Grandma’s greatest hits, this simple drop cookie delivers a properly spicy, crunchy, melt-in-your-mouth burst of holiday goodness. Make

Turrón Studded Chilled Chocolate Brownies

When turron, a favorite holiday treat, finds its way inside of rich brownies, the result is magical.

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