ready in about an hour and 10 minutes; serves 36
You might need to buy:
  • Flourless cooking spray
  • baking soda
  • ground ginger
  • ground allspice
  • salt
  • tightly packed dark brown sugar
  • honey
  • large eggs
  • Royal Icing
  • cream of tartar

Drop cookies topped with cranberries, maraschino cherries or a dollop of jam, they were phenomena.

ready in about 40 minutes; serves 40
You might need to buy:
  • sugar
  • large eggs
  • sour cream
  • baking soda
  • almond extract
  • cinnamon
  • salt
  • all-purpose flour

Drop cookies topped with cranberries, maraschino cherries or a dollop of jam, they were phenomena.

ready in about 40 minutes; serves 40
You might need to buy:
  • sugar
  • large eggs
  • sour cream
  • baking soda
  • almond extract
  • cinnamon
  • salt
  • all-purpose flour
ready in about 25 minutes; serves 32
You might need to buy:
  • granulated sugar
  • grated lemon rind
  • honey
  • lemon extract
  • large egg
  • all-purpose flour
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • plain fat-free yogurt
  • Cooking spray
  • powdered sugar
  • fresh lemon juice
  • grated lemon rind
ready in about 190 minutes; serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • Cookies:
  • all-purpose flour
  • baking soda
  • salt
  • granulated sugar
  • vanilla extract
  • large egg white
  • Cooking spray
  • Icing:
  • powdered sugar
  • unsweetened cocoa
  • fat-free milk
  • semisweet chocolate
  • white chocolate

Many years ago, cookies were sometimes called “little cakes.” This updated version is soft and spicy, with an extra flavor boost from crystalllized ginger and cardamom. If you don’t have cardamom on hand, you can substitute either a 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice or nutmeg. You can also use the rim of a 2 1/2 inch glass to cut the cookies.

ready in about 25 minutes; serves 48
You might need to buy:
  • finely chopped crystallized ginger
  • all-purpose flour
  • packed brown sugar
  • molasses
  • ground cinnamon
  • ground ginger
  • ground cardamom
  • baking soda
  • butter or stick margarine
  • large egg
  • all-purpose flour
  • Cooking spray
ready in about an hour; serves 32
You might need to buy:
  • all-purpose flour
  • flaked sweetened coconut
  • vanilla extract
  • salt

Think of these as a variation of thumbprint cookies. Vanilla butter cookies are filled with fruit preserves and drizzled with a powdered sugar glaze.

ready in about 40 minutes; serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • granulated sugar
  • vanilla extract
  • large egg white
  • all-purpose flour
  • cornstarch
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • Cooking spray
  • raspberry or apricot preserves
  • powdered sugar
  • fresh lemon juice
  • almond or vanilla extract

Think of these as a variation of thumbprint cookies. Vanilla butter cookies are filled with fruit preserves and drizzled with a powdered sugar glaze.

ready in about 40 minutes; serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • granulated sugar
  • vanilla extract
  • large egg white
  • all-purpose flour
  • cornstarch
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • Cooking spray
  • raspberry or apricot preserves
  • powdered sugar
  • fresh lemon juice
  • almond or vanilla extract