International Cookie Recipes

This is a carnival favorite where I grew up. Oreos get dipped into pancake batter and fried - yummy!! You can do this with or without a deep fryer.

This famous classic American cookie is a treat no matter what the age or occasion. Enjoy it with a glass of cold milk.

Apple pie baked with a cinnamon crust.

No-bake Nanaimo bars layered with a graham crust, custard, and chocolate.

These German coconut cookies (Kokosmakronen) are one of the most popular German Christmas cookies and use three ingredients. They are gluten free, lactose free, and very easy to make. Store in airtight containers.

This is the cookie version of the fudgy, chocolaty goodness that is a Texas sheet cake. Make sure to frost these cookies while both the cookies, and the frosting, are still warm--because this frosting sets up quickly! Feel free to top these with either chopped walnuts or pecans, if desired. Store in airtight containers.

Delicious homemade cannoli — just like you get in Italian bakeries!

Popular chocolate-peanut butter buckeyes are so easy to make, and no-bake!

Delicious date bars with chewy oatmeal crust that the whole family loves.

Light and crunchy anise-flavored cookies perfect for dipping in coffee.

Buttery, nutty cookies rolled in powdered sugar that melt in your mouth.

Macaron is the French word for macaroon, but are never the coconut-based cookie. Macarons are one of the most amazing pastries, with hundreds of flavors and fillings. Macarons are made from almond flour and meringue, with even the pros claiming to failure on a regular basis. After going through dozens of recipes and trials, this is the most reliable macaron recipe I could come up with. You could get lighter using the Italian meringue method, but it's less dependable.

Butter, sugar, cream, raisins, and walnuts fill these tasty butter tarts.

This cookie recipe has been handed down to me from my grandmother. It has been in the family for at least four generations.

Chocolate-covered balls of peanut butter and confectioners' sugar.

This simple, tasty recipe yields 12 to 16 cookies, but is so simple that it can be doubled (or tripled!) easily.

Sponge cake cookie--in shell shaped molds.

Fantabulous colored, bite-sized macaroons. Divide batter into thirds; color one portion pink and flavor with raspberry, another yellow with lemon flavoring, and the remaining pale blue with vanilla flavoring. Fill and make sandwich cookies with filling of choice, like peach jam or strawberry preserves.

Here's a recipe from Upstate New York. Very simple to make and my family really enjoys them.

Delicious fried cookies made with ricotta cheese. These are also known as Italian doughnuts.

The dough for these cookies is what makes them exceptional. I always quadruple this recipe for the holidays. Most popular fillings are peach, apricot, raspberry and date. Use your imagination! This year I'm trying Michigan cherry preserves and cranberry marmalade. You better hide a few for Christmas day--these are the ones that go first!

A little bite of heaven! Try topping with strawberry or blueberry pie filling.

Authentic French Meringues from a patisserie in France.

These are yummy. If you can manage to get them to cook just the right way, they aren't crunchy, but soft and the tiniest bit chewy, and melt in your mouth!