Date Nut Bars
Ingredients 1 cup nuts (e.g., pecans), ground 1 cup seeded dates, ground ½ cup white granulated sugar 3 egg whites ½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon cream 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1½ cup confectioner’s sugar ¼ cup lemon…
Recipe Types cookies
Date Bars
Date bars have crumbly upper and lower surfaces with a date filling in the middle. Also see the Date Squares recipe. Ingredients ¼ cup white granulated sugar 3 cups (1 pound) cut-up dates 1½ cup water ¼ cup shortening ½…
Christmas Cinnamon Cookies
Christmas cookies are traditional biscuits generally used during the holiday season. These Christmas cookies are quick and easy to make and can be easily cut into any shape with cookie cutters. They make a great holiday snacks and are perfect…
Chocolate Macaroons (no-bake)
Chocolate Macaroons are a type of cookie which are made without baking. Ingredients 2 cups (480 g) white sugar ½ cup (120 g) margarine or butter 1 cup (240 ml) milk 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla ½ cup (60 g)…
Basic Flapjacks
Flapjacks in the United Kingdom (not to be confused with the American pancakes also called flapjacks) are a type of bar made using rolled oats, butter, brown sugar, and golden syrup. They’re great for packed lunches and the like. This…
Almond Fudge Brownies
Ingredients ¾ cup (1.2 dl) butter or margarine 1 cup (240 ml) white granulated sugar 1 ½ tbsp oil ⅓ cup (80 ml) milk 2 eggs 6 tbsp cocoa powder ¾ cup (180 ml) flour, sifted ½ tsp almond extract…
Ginger Biscuits
This recipe is adapted from the public domain cookbook Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management. Ingredients 3½ cups (475 g lb) all-purpose flour 2 sticks (250 g oz) unsalted butter 1 cup (225 g oz) caster sugar 2 tablespoons ground ginger 2 eggs Milk…
Coconut Biscuits
This recipe is adapted from the public domain cookbook Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management. Ingredients 1¼ cups (280 g oz) caster sugar 2 egg whites 2½ cups (170 g oz) desiccated coconut Procedure Preheat the oven to 150 °C (302 °F). Whip…
Biscotti
Biscotti, more correctly known as biscotti di Prato (English: biscuits of Prato) and also as cantuccini (English: corners), are a twice-baked cake originating in the Italian city of Prato. The cakes are large almond biscuits, made dry and crunchy through…
Soft Sugar Cookies
This recipe for sugar cookies has been running with the Gilbert women of Ontario, Canada for more than 100 years. No one knows where the recipe started, but it’s been that way as long as any can recall with no…
Cookies with Pineapple Jam Filling (Nastar)
Nastar, or tananas, are pineapple jam-filled cookies. These are popular treats for Eid ul-Fitr and Christmas celebrations in Indonesia. Ingredients Jam 2 pineapples 300 g (1⅓ cups/11 oz) sugar 1 cinnamon stick Cookie 500 g (2 cups lb) margarine 500…
Stroopwafels
Stroopwafels are a kind of cookie, originating in The Netherlands. They are typically a morning or evening snack eaten with tea or coffee. They are slightly chewy in texture and made with different fillings and flavors. The following recipe has…