European cookies recipes

Sort: Popular Newest Rating
Show:
Grandma's Soft Italian Cookies with Frosting

Grandma's Soft Italian Cookies with Frosting

My grandma, mom, have handed down from generation to generation...a simple recipe and traditional Italian…

Claudia lamascolo
Mar 2010
Professional
36 votes
148978 views
Italian Snowball Cookies

Italian Snowball Cookies

Evelyn Scott
Oct 2009
Advanced
13 votes
93371 views
24 Cookies Holiday Baking Season 2010

24 Cookies Holiday Baking Season 2010

Here is a collection of cookies, 24 made for this 2010 Holiday Season. For recipes please click on the below…

Claudia lamascolo
Nov 2010
Professional
11 votes
23112 views
Scottish Shortbread

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…

Marlin Rinehart
Feb 2010
Intermediate
9 votes
36372 views
Pastas del Consejo or Council cookies

Pastas del Consejo or Council cookies

Pastas del Consejo, meaning Council cookies, are typical Madrilenian confections, one among the many…

Guest of winter
May 2010
Intermediate
5 votes
3776 views
Italian Pretzel cookies

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…

Daydreamer Desserts
Feb 2010
Intermediate
5 votes
8999 views
The Best Macaroons Ever

The Best Macaroons Ever

These aren't easy to make, but are well worth the effort. They are seriously good.

Lyndsey
Jan 2008
Beginner
4 votes
25651 views
Reese's Peanut Butter Biscotti

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…

Daydreamer Desserts
Feb 2010
Intermediate
4 votes
7696 views
Carnival flowers

Carnival flowers

Typical Carnival cookies, made with a mold and deep fried, light and crispy and not oily at all.

Guest of winter
Feb 2010
Intermediate
4 votes
3414 views
Healthy Banana Coconut Choc Cookies

Healthy Banana Coconut Choc Cookies

These will come out nice and soft, but should retain their shape after cooling. If you're able to wait for them…

Hungry Jenny
Apr 2010
Intermediate
4 votes
4183 views
Hazelnut mantecados

Hazelnut mantecados

Typical Christmas biscuits, crumbly and brimming with hazelnut flavor.

Guest of winter
Feb 2010
Intermediate
3 votes
3410 views
Paciencias, Castilian cookies

Paciencias, Castilian cookies

Paciencias are small round crispy cookies typical from various parts of Castilla, the central part of Spain.

Guest of winter
Jul 2010
Intermediate
3 votes
4348 views
Italian Pepper Cookies

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…

Evelyn Scott
Mar 2010
Advanced
3 votes
6419 views
Double Dip Red Wine Taralli

Double Dip Red Wine Taralli

Red wine taralli are slightly sweet, made with a full-bodied red wine such as Cabernet, Merlot, Barolo, Zinfandel, and Primativo etc.

Patricia Turo
May 2010
Intermediate
3 votes
4057 views
World's Best Shortbread Cookies

World's Best Shortbread Cookies

This recipe has been in our family for many years and is a tradition at Christmas

B Innes
Dec 2013
Professional
3 votes
6828 views