Holiday Cookies

The holidays are the time for baking and eating some wonderfully indulgent desserts. Cookies are the most popular form of holiday treats and come in many different varieties from shortbread to the very Christmas-y gingerbread man. Not only do the cookies taste good but baking them can become a tradition in families as they bake and distribute the cookies together year after year. ountries throughout the world have traditional recipes that are made during the holidays. Mexican families make Mexican Wedding Cookies (known as butter balls in the United States). The Scottish have shortbread cookies while the Chinese traditionally make almond cookies. Polish, German and Swedish families all have cookies that are generally made during the holiday season too. This is a very good article, one that everyone will enjoy reading.
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