Czech Republic
Czech Gingerbread Cookies
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Iced honey-gingerbread cookies, baked and decorated for holidays and fairs.
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Scotland, United Kingdom
Digestive Biscuit
A coarse, semi-sweet wholemeal biscuit, sold plain or half-coated in milk or dark chocolate.
Brazil
Doce de Espécie
A traditional Brazilian northeastern spiced sweet baked as a small fragrant cookie or pastry.
Germany
Domino Stones
Dominosteine
Three-layer Christmas squares: gingerbread, jelly, and marzipan, coated in chocolate.
Drenthe, Netherlands
Drenthe Crispy Cookies
Drentse kniepertjes
Drenthe's thin, crisp New Year wafer is baked in an iron and served flat or rolled.
Germany
Elisenlebkuchen
Elisenlebkuchen are Nuremberg spice cakes rich in ground almonds or hazelnuts, candied citrus and very little flour.
Romania
Eugenia Biscuits
Eugenia
Two plain biscuits sandwiched with cocoa cream, sold in a paper tube and unchanged since the 1960s.
Faroe Islands
Faroese Savoury Cookie
Góðarað
A savoury Faroese cookie; made with fermented lamb tallow and fish; a unique traditional Faroese snack; a feature of the KOKS tasting menu
Norway
Fattigmann
Norwegian Christmas cookie: rich dough is cut, fried, and dusted with sugar.
Morocco
Fekkas
فقاص
Twice-baked Moroccan biscuits studded with almonds, anise, or sesame and sliced into crisp rusks.
Malta
Figolla
Two shaped biscuit layers sandwiching a marzipan-like almond filling, iced and decorated, given at Easter.
Philippines
Filipino Milk-Powder Polvoron
Polvoron
A powdery, crumbly candy made from toasted flour, milk powder, sugar, and butter, molded into ovals.
Netherlands
Filled Cookie
Gevulde koek
Round almond paste-filled buttery shortcrust pastry, decorated with almonds on top, a classic Dutch bakery treat with coffee.
Slovenia
Flancati
Thin ribbons of dough knotted and deep-fried until blistered, dusted heavily with icing sugar — carnival baking, made in enormous batches.
United Kingdom
Flapjack
Rolled oats bound with butter, golden syrup and brown sugar, baked in a tray and cut into bars while warm.
United States
Fortune Cookie
A crisp, folded cookie with a paper fortune inside, served at Chinese-American restaurants.
Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurter Brenten
Frankfurter Brenten is a dessert from Frankfurt am Main, a sweet finish to the local table. Distinct from food-virsli.
Friesland, Netherlands
Frisian Nut Cookies
Friese dúmkes
Traditional cookies with hazelnuts, popular in Friesland and on Ameland, crunchy and nutty, a regional specialty.
South Sudan
Ful Sudani
Light and fluffy peanut macaroon made with peanuts, eggs, and sugar; peanuts are a widely grown crop in South Sudan; a quick and convenient treat; sweet, nutty, and crumbly; found at markets and made at home.
Dominican Republic
Galletas de Leche
Dominican milk cookies, small, sweet, and crunchy, served with habichuelas con dulce or coffee. A bakery and colmado staple, simple and sweet.
Germany
German Chocolate Biscuit Cake
Kalter Hund
Kalter Hund is a no-bake German chocolate biscuit cake made from alternating cocoa-butter and crisp biscuit layers; Switzerland calls the form Chalte Hund.
Tunisia
Ghraiba
غريبة
Short crumbly biscuit of chickpea flour, semolina or almond with sugar and oil, baked pale and eaten with tea.
Morocco
Ghriba
غريبة
Crackled Moroccan cookies made from almond, coconut, or semolina flour with a soft, sandy centre.
New Zealand
Ginger Crunch
Two-tier bakery square: a short, buttery ginger shortbread base under a hot-set golden-syrup icing, cut into small squares.
Austria
Gingerbread
Lebkuchen
Spiced honey cakes with nuts and candied fruit, Austrian Christmas gingerbread, soft and fragrant, good spice balance, a festive holiday staple, traditional.
Croatia
Gingerbread
Medenjaci
Traditional honey cookies spiced with cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg, often decorated with icing, a Christmas treat.
Estonia
Gingerbread Cookies
Piparkoogid
Traditional spiced gingerbread cookies, especially popular during Christmas season, often elaborately decorated.
Finland
Gingerbread Cookies
Piparkakut
Thin crisp Finnish gingerbread cookies with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cardamom, and sometimes black pepper.
Latvia
Gingerbread Cookies
Piparkūkas
Spiced Christmas cookies with cinnamon, ginger, pepper and cloves, a traditional holiday treat.
Sweden
Gingerbread Cookies
Pepparkakor
Thin spiced gingerbread cookies shaped in figures, a traditional Christmas treat, crisp and aromatic.
Netherlands
Goat's Feet Cookies
Bokkepootjes
Traditional elongated almond meringue cookies sandwiched with buttercream, dipped in chocolate, name means 'goat's feet'.
Norway
Goro
A Norwegian Christmas cookie, thin and rectangular, baked in a special iron with a grid pattern, buttery and crisp. A national and Christmas stapled delicate cookie, a seven-cookie tradition, a crisp, a pastry.
United States
Graham cracker
A crisp, lightly sweet whole-wheat cracker invented in the 19th century — the s'more's foundation.
England, United Kingdom
Grasmere gingerbread
Grasmere gingerbread is a dense Cumbrian bake made with oats, ginger, butter, and treacle.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gurabija
Гурабије
Gurabija is a crumbly butter biscuit shared across Bosnia and Serbia, often made with flour, fat and a little sugar. The best versions are sandy and sturdy enough to dunk in coffee.
Guam
Guyuria
Guyuria are dense Chamorro cookies with a hard, dry bite and lightly sweet dough, often shaped for long storage.