Planning your holiday baking? Browse this festive collection for ideas to share, gift, or add to the dessert table. Each recipe name below opens the full recipe with its ingredients and instructions.
Cavallucci
Pale, rustic Siena-style cookies with walnuts, candied citrus and anise, adapted for a gently chewy home-baked finish.
Dark Chocolate Orange Slice-and-Bake Cookies
Orange shortbread rounds are half-dipped in dark chocolate and finished with finely chopped candied peel.
Rum-Raisin Shortbread Slice-and-Bakes
Plump raisins, briefly steeped in dark rum, dot a buttery slice-and-bake dough that is chilled firm for clean-cut cookies.
Chocolate Ricciarelli
Flattened pointed almond ovals with candied orange, baked after an overnight rest and completely coated in dark chocolate; a home ricciarelli variation.
Whipped Vanilla Shortbread Cookies
Small, airy cornstarch cookies with a delicate crumb and fork-marked tops.
Baci di Alassio
Ridged cocoa-hazelnut kisses joined with a dark-chocolate ganache, inspired by Alassio
Florentine Almond Lace Cookies
Thin caramelized almond wafers with lacy edges and a dark-chocolate underside, a home Florentine-style variation.
Candied Ginger Macadamia Crescent Cookies
Buttery crescents combine crunchy macadamia pieces with bright candied ginger for a rich, aromatic cookie tin addition.
Stollen Marzipan Shortbread Bites
Small buttery squares conceal a slender almond-paste center, with citrus peel and a light confectioners’ sugar finish.
Orange Pabassinas
An orange-led home variation on Sardinian raisin diamonds, with walnuts, almonds and a thin citrus sugar cap.
Cream-Cheese Cornmeal Shortbread with Jam Centers
Eggless cream-cheese cornmeal shortbread thumbprints with compact red jam centers. Shortbread-inspired cream-cheese pastry, not a claim of traditional Scottish shortbread.