Old recipes from Germany, Greece and Norway sit beside the American cookie-swap regulars, and several of them need a special iron or carved mould to make.
1Gingerbread ManCookie cut in a human shape from spiced gingerbread dough and usually decorated with icing.1000pts
2Sugar CookieRolled dough of butter, sugar and flour cut into holiday shapes and decorated with icing or sprinkles.810pts
3SnickerdoodleButter cookie rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking, traditionally made with cream of tartar.636pts
4VanillekipferlCrescent-shaped Austrian and German cookie made with ground nuts and dusted with vanilla sugar.598pts
5SpeculaasSpiced shortcrust cookie from the Netherlands and Belgium, stamped with images and traditionally eaten around St. Nicholas' Day.555pts
6GingersnapCrisp cookie flavoured with ground ginger and molasses.454pts
7SpritzGerman butter cookie pushed through a cookie press into shapes such as wreaths, trees and stars.454pts
8RosetteThin, crisp Scandinavian cookie made by dipping a decorative iron into batter and then into hot oil.454pts
9KrumkakeNorwegian waffle cookie baked on a decorative iron and rolled into a cone while still warm.454pts
10PfeffernüsseSmall spiced cookies, often with black pepper and a sugar glaze, eaten at Christmas in Germany and Denmark and around Sinterklaas in the Netherlands.454pts
11PizzelleThin Italian waffle cookie from Abruzzo, pressed in a patterned iron and often flavoured with anise.394pts
12SpringerleAnise-flavoured German cookie with a picture pressed into the dough by a carved mould or rolling pin.394pts
13Linzer CookieNut shortbread sandwich cookie with a cut-out top that shows the jam filling, modelled on the Austrian Linzer torte.394pts
14Thumbprint CookieButter cookie with a hollow pressed into the centre and filled with jam.394pts
15LebkuchenGerman spiced honey cookie closely associated with Nuremberg, whose Nürnberger Lebkuchen has EU protected geographical status.394pts
16ZimtsternStar-shaped German cookie of ground almonds and cinnamon with a meringue glaze.394pts
17BiscochitoAnise-and-cinnamon butter cookie that New Mexico adopted as its official state cookie in 1989.394pts
18Peanut Butter BlossomPeanut butter cookie with a Hershey's Kiss pressed into the top, entered in the 1957 Pillsbury Bake-Off by Freda Smith of Ohio.324pts
19MelomakaronaGreek Christmas cookie made with olive oil, soaked in honey syrup and topped with chopped walnuts.324pts
20KourabiedesGreek almond butter cookie coated in powdered sugar and made for Christmas.151pts
21KolaczkiPolish-style cookie of cream-cheese dough folded around a jam filling.151pts
22Chocolate CrinkleFudgy chocolate cookie rolled in powdered sugar before baking so the surface cracks in the oven.151pts
23Mexican Wedding CookieCrumbly butter cookie made with ground nuts and rolled in powdered sugar, also known as a Russian tea cake.0pts
24ShortbreadScottish biscuit of butter, sugar and flour, traditionally baked for Christmas and Hogmanay.0pts
Photo credits
- Gingerbread Man — Gaetan Lee, CC BY 2.0
- Sugar Cookie — AceDragonfly, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Snickerdoodle — jim Winstead from los angeles, usa, CC BY 2.0
- Vanillekipferl — Schlurcher, CC BY 4.0
- Speculaas — Turku Gingerbread from Finland, CC BY 2.0
- Spritz — Emmanuel BRUNNER, Manu25, CC BY 3.0
- Rosette — Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Krumkake — Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Pfeffernüsse — Pelagic, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pizzelle — Steve Snodgrass, CC BY 2.0
- Springerle — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Linzer Cookie — NGI197, CC BY 2.0
- Lebkuchen — Cnbrb, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Biscochito — John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Peanut Butter Blossom — Veganbaking.net from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Melomakarona — The original uploader was Kalambaki2 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kourabiedes — Jastrow, CC BY 2.5
- Kolaczki — Kurman Communications LLC, CC BY 2.0
- Mexican Wedding Cookie — Stacy Spensley, CC BY 2.0
- Shortbread — Elumineau, CC BY-SA 4.0
