European cookies with 500 or fewer calories recipes

Scottish Shortbread

This is the most famous cookie of Scotland. It’s a must to use pure butter. Traditionally, shortbread contains no other flavor. I’ve been making…

Italian Pretzel cookies

I'm not even sure if there is such a thing as an Italian Pretzel Cookie, in any case I decided to make up my own version. I took a Taralli Dolci…

Reese's Peanut Butter Biscotti

If you love Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and you happen to have some at home, this is one recipe you must try. I must warn you though, once you…

Italian Pepper Cookies

Sometime you may have had some Italian cookies and wondered about the piquant taste. They may have been pepper cookies which come from the far…

Italian Red Wine Cookies

These are so quick and easy you can bake them anytime, and people will think you spent all day just baking for them !!

Scottish Shortbread

Melt in your mouth shortbread

Travel Gingerbread Cookies

Make these soft gingerbread cookies to take on your travels if you suffer from travel sickness - the calming effects that ginger has on the stomach…

Guilt free Lemon Oat Cookies

These are butter, sugar and flour free so you can eat them without feeling guilty! Makes 10-12 cookies (2")

Toasted Pfoo Almond Cookies

Not sure why these are called Pfoo cookies. Maybe because you eat a batch as they are coming out of the oven and scald your mouth. And then you…

Regina Cookies (sesame Biscotti)

Crispy Italian Cookies...

Sparkling Sugar Cutout Cookies

A great recipe for holiday gift giving!!!They turned out really well. Make sure to keep the dough really cold and well floured.

Scottish Shortbread Men

A quick and tasty alternative to Gingerbread Men!

Almond & Chocolate Chips Jumbles

Strassburger Cookies

These cookies are usually found in the danish cookie tins, but this recipe makes a better cookie by quite a bit. Remember that sifting your flour…

Gingerbread Cookies