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Simple Gingerbread People

Decorate your ginger folks in adorable outfits made from icing and dough scraps, from the Martha Stewart Makes Cookies iPad app.

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Maple Pistachio Thumbprints

Balls of spiced dough are rolled in buttery pistachios before being baked and filled with a decadent homemade maple cream. A sprinkling of flaky sea salt...

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Pistachio Wreath Cookies

Studded with pistachios and shaped like wreaths, these five-ingredient shortbread cookies are as festive as they are flavorful.

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Perfect Madeleines

Scalloped shell-shaped madeleine pans are essential for this recipe from "Entertaining," by Martha Stewart. You can use confectioners' sugar to dust the...

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Vanilla Madeleines

The recipe is also a good base for any number of flavors. If using a nonstick pan, which heats up faster than a traditional one, go by the shorter baking...

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Chocolate Molasses Cookies

These cookies should be very soft when they come out of the oven; be careful not to overbake them. As they cool, they will firm up a bit and develop a...

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Raspberry Almond Layered Icebox Cookies

Try one of our layered icebox cookie variations: Chocolate-Pecan and Apricot-Pistachio.

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Cranberry Coins

Cranberry-studded slice-and-bake cookies stack smoothly and ship easily, making them a suitable gift for faraway relatives.

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Orange Sable Cookies

For busy bakers, icebox cookies are indispensable: Whenever fresh, warm treats are called for, these orange delights can be popped into the oven for an...

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Citrus Glazed Cookies

Try one of our glazed spritz-cookie variations: Vanilla-Glazed Cookies, Vanilla-Glazed Swirl Cookies, or White-Chocolate-Glazed Cookies.

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Sarah Bernhardt Cookies

Sarah Bernhardt cookies are as multilayered as their namesake, the famed French actress who once starred in the title role of "Hamlet." An almond macaroon...

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Pumpkin Chocolate Whoopie Pies

These whoopie pies may be small, but they pack big flavor. Intense chocolate filling enhances the cakey pumpkin cookies.

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Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly Bars

Not many kids (or adults) could resist these treats made with the classic combo of peanut butter and jelly.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Transform nutty cookies into triple-decker delights: Sandwich them around a creamy melted-chocolate filling, and munch away!

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Sugar Cookies with Clovers

For a Saint Patrick's Day-themed treat, sprinkle a little luck on your sugar cookies with some decorative clovers.

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Magic Blondie Bites

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Pecan Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Packed with dark and white chocolate, plus buttery toasted pecans, this is one unforgettable batch of cookies.

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Brussels Cookies

Brussels cookies, sandwiched with melted chocolate, are nubbly, with oats and chopped toasted hazelnuts mixed into the dough.

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Fruitcake Biscotti

These twice-baked cookies may be a tastier alternative to actual fruitcake.

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Orange Spritz

If you stack the finished cookies in a tin or other airtight container, place waxed paper between the layers to protect the chocolate decoration.

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Cherry Espresso Biscotti

These Italian cookies are made without butter or oil and are twice baked to crisp perfection. Try Almond Biscotti, Rum-Soaked Raisin Biscotti, Mexican...

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Easter Egg Puzzle Cookies

We've hatched a new way to decorate and hunt for eggs, using our clever cookie-puzzle technique. Cut oval shapes out of sugar-cookie dough, "break" them...

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Heart Sandwich Cookies

These sweet cookies make the best treats for your loved ones.

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Tuile Leaves

Make these thin and crispy cookies to garnish our Orange-Walnut Buche de Noel or for any other special celebration.

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Pinched Orange Macaroons

This recipe, one of Martha's favorites, is courtesy of Patrick Lemble, the former executive pastry chef at the legendary Four Seasons restaurant, in New...

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Mocha Shortbread Wedges

A buttery mocha-flavored cookie, what could be sweeter? This recipe for shortbread makes for a deliciously rich-flavored dessert.

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Angelettis

This recipe is courtesy of Gerry DiSanto.

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White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

A glass of milk is the ideal accompaniment to these drop cookies. Besides white chocolate, the cookies are also chockablock with oats, coconut, golden...

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Hazelnut Shortbread Balls

Stack them high! Place a mound of these Hazelnut Shortbread Balls in your favorite serving dish, place them at the center of your table, and watch them...

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Pink Meringue Drops

These meringue Valentine's Day kisses are dipped in bittersweet chocolate.

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Apricot Pistachio Triangles

Mix in, refrigerate, slice, bake: Try all of our shaped icebox-cookie variations.

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Vanilla Sugar Cookies

These crisp-chewy cookies have a great buttery taste and a nice note of fresh vanilla.

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Ginger Cheesecake Bars

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Lucinda's Molasses Drops

Some of the best family heirlooms are edible, like these cookies, a tweaked version of Lucinda Scala Quinn's great-grandmother's recipe.

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Blackberry Almond Shortbread Squares

Juicy blackberries melt into an almond-flavored crust made from a quick shortbread dough, some of which is also used as a crumbly topping.

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Chocolate Chunk Shortbread

Bittersweet chocolate adds a layer of sophistication to this classic cookie.

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Essential Recipe No. 2: Sugar Cookies

This delicious, easy-bake dough is just the beginning. With a few fresh decorating tricks, you can make treats to suit any occasion.

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Orange Almond Thumbprint Cookies

These bright, cheery thumbprint cookies get their delicate crumb from a mixture of almond flour and confectioners' sugar. Fill their little wells with...

Author: Sarah Carey

Cinnamon Log Slices

The dough for these bark-like slice-and-bake cookies is amped up with cinnamon and cocoa and finished with a crust of raw sugar.

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Halloween Whoopie Pies

The cookies aren't just for Halloween. Make them year-round, using nonpareils in a rainbow of colors.

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Biscotti Bites

Get the irresistible crunch of traditionally twice-baked biscotti from a single quick stint in the oven by scooping the dough into bite-size mounds. These...

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Fruit Crumb Bars

These bars make a delicious afternoon snack during holiday time.

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Buckwheat Chocolate Chip Cookies with Sea Salt

Just when you thought you'd tasted everything possible in chocolate chip cookies? Using a little buckwheat flour in addition to the usual all-purpose and...

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Shortbread Hearts

These adorable Valentine's treats provide the perfect canvas for telling your sweetheart how you really feel.

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Chocolate Filled Wontons

These little treats look like snow-covered crescent moons.

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Anise Drops

These cookies have a mild licorice flavor.

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Peanut Butter and Cherry Drop Cookies

This dough can also be used for Chocolate-Pecan, Coconut-Lime Oatmeal, Rum-Raisin and Cashew, and Chocolate-Toffee Oatmeal drop cookies.

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Lime Sandwich Cookies

For our two-bite take on Brazilian "lemonade" (basically a creamy limeade), swirl a dollop of tangy citrus filling between two tender sugar cookies --...

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Orange Coconut Macaroons

The dough for these orange-coconut macaroons is made in a food processor and dropped by teaspoons onto baking sheets.

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Mushroom Cookies

These fairytale-inspired mushrooms look like they were hand-delivered by Snow White herself. While these adorable treats do take a bit of time and patience...

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