Classic peanut butter cookies with a crosshatch pattern.
Hand-Shaped Cookies
Hand-shaped cookies are so named because they are formed by hand and not using any special tools. Usually they are molded into small balls or rolled into rope shapes, sometimes twisted into pretzels or formed into wreaths. Most of these cookies retain much of their shape after baking, although generally soften somewhat in shape. For example, perfectly spherical balls of dough when baked resemble rounded domes when removed from the oven. For the best holiday cookie plate presentation of your hand-shaped cookies, attempt to make them all uniform in size and shape (although when they are not, they will be just as much appreciated!). For the tenderest cookies, handle the dough as little as possible.
Peanut Crisps
Peanut butter in the dough, interspersed with peanut butter chips and salty peanuts.
Pecan Petits
A pecan teacake/wedding type-cookie.
Pfeffernüsse (Peppernuts)
A traditional German spice cookie rolled in powdered sugar.
Pine Nut Crescents
A French cookie with pine nuts, the delicate flavor of orange flower water, and honey.
Poinsettia Cookies
A coconut and butterscotch cookie decorated with red candied cherries.
Princess Gems
Melt in your mouth texture in this simple coconut cookie.
Quick Peanut Butter Cookies
Flourless cookies pack a real peanut-buttery punch.
Russian Tea Cakes
A ball-shaped cookie with chopped walnuts, rolled in powdered sugar.
Snickerdoodles
Soft, buttery cookie topped with cinnamon sugar.