The Christmas Advent season is typically the time of year that people gather with their loved ones, and often times bake! Holiday cookie-making is a tradition many incorporate with their families as they enjoy each other's presence, and create new memories together. If you decide to occasionally indulge, or even want to create a handmade cookie gift package for others during this season, here are the top 20+ primarily Eastern European cookies, and other well loved cookies organized by cookie type. Enjoy!
1. Drop cookie type- Cookie dough that is scooped and dropped onto a baking sheet. Usually, the butter and sugar are beaten before the eggs, and dry ingredients are added.
· Jam thumbprint nut cookies with sesame seeds
· Glazed “Pryaniki,” or gingerbread cookies*
· Poppy seed Sugar cookie*
· Almond Snowball tea cookies*
· Almond Amaretti cookies
· Truffle cookie kisses
· Coconut macaroons
· Lemon crinkle cookies
2. Bar cookie type– Cookie dough, or batter that is pressed, or poured into a pan to bake. Usually, they are cut into bars, squares, or diamonds.
· “Tertiy Pirog,” or Strawberry/Cranberry cookie bar*
· “Zakarpatcki Palochki,” or Poppy seed bars*
· Chocolate chip cookie bar
· Almond Toffee bar
3. Rolled and Cut out cookie type– Cookie dough is usually rolled out and then cut out before baking.
· Ricotta, or Farmers’ cheese cookies*
· “Rogaliki,” or Rugelach Crescent cookies*
· “Rakushki,” or Walnut shell merengue cookies*
· Cottage cheese shell cookies
· Poppy Seed Hamantaschen
· Nutty Shortbread cookies
· Elephant ears/Palmiers with Nutella and hazelnut cookies
4. Sandwich cookie type– Two Cookies with a filling in between.
· “Zirochki,” “Pisochnoe Pirozhnoe,” or Jam filled Linzer cookies*
· Dulce De Leche Sandwich cookies*
· Italian Baci de Dama hazelnut cookies with dark chocolate
· French Macaroons
· Chocolate Kielbasa*
· Zebra walnut cookies*
· Biscotti with dried fruits and nuts.
· Shortbread cookie with dried fruits and nuts.
6. No-bake cookie type– Cookies you don’t have to turn on the oven for.
· “Kartoshka,” or potato cookies*
· Dulce De Leche wafer cookies*
· Chocolate covered Biscuit/Oreo no-bake truffles
· White chocolate peppermint oreo cookies
· English fridge no-bake cake bars
7. Pressed cookie type – Cookie dough is pressed through a type of pastry tube
· Butter spritz cookies with jam
· Meat grinder cookies
8. Specialty- Cookies that don’t quite fit in the other categories…
· “Persiki,” or peach cookies*
· “Ezhiki,” or hedgehog cookies*
· Meringue “Beze” cookies*
· “Oreshki” or walnut shaped cookie*
· “Gribochki,” or mushroom shaped cookie*
· “Zefir,” marshmallow cookies*
· Kolaczki Jam cookies
· Nutty crescent finger cookies
Common cookie toppings/fillings:
· Chopped nuts (walnuts, hazelnut, pistachios, almond, pecan)
· Dried fruit (raisins, cranberries, cherries, apricots, prunes)
· Grated or melted white/dark Chocolate
· Jam (strawberry, raspberry, apricot, plum, nutella)
· Powdered sugar, Cocoa powder, Colored sugar, Peppermint
· Coconut flakes, Poppy seeds, Sesame seeds
What is your favorite cookie to make during the holidays?
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