Recipe Index

All Difficulties Difficult(1) Easy(14) Medium(5)

All Ingredients Additional powdered sugar or water as needed to reach a drizzling consistency(1) All-purpose flour(1) Apple cider concentrate (see note)(1) Apple juice(1) Apricot preserves(1) Baking powder(13) Baking soda(6) BBQ sauce (I am not affiliated with Sweet Baby Ray's in any way, but that is the brand I used)(1) Bird's eye chiles, tops/stems removed(1) Black tea (see notes)(1) blue gel food coloring (optional)(1) Brown sugar(1) Butter(17) Butter, room temperature(2) Cardamom(5) Cayenne(2) Cayenne (see note)(1) Chaat spice(1) Chaat spice (optional)(1) Chocolate chips(1) Chopped candied walnuts(1) chopped dates(1) Chopped dried apricots(1) Cinnamon(5) Cinnamon (see note)(1) Clear corn syrup(1) Clove(1) Cornstarch(2) Cream(2) crushed edible rose petals (optional garnish)(1) Date paste (see above)(1) Dried cranberries(1) Dulce de leche(1) Egg(17) Eggs(3) Egg yolk(7) Egg yolks(1) Extra powdered sugar or milk/water to achieve dipping consistency(1) Finely shredded Manchego cheese(1) Flaked sea salt for topping the cookies(1) Flour(21) Food coloring (optional)(1) Food grade lavender(1) Ginger(2) goat cheese(1) Goat cheese (approximately1/3 cup)(2) Granulated sugar(3) ground aniseed(1) Ground dried hibiscus flowers(1) Ground harissa(1) Ground star anise(1) Ground star anise (see note)(1) Ground Vietnamese coffee(1) ground walnuts(1) Heavy whipping cream(1) Honey(1) Hot water(1) Hot water – for soaking the lavender(1) Instant espresso powder(3) Instant espresso powder (dissolved in one tablespoon of hot water)(1) Jameed(1) Jameed (see note)(1) Juniper berries(1) Juniper cream(1) Khmeli suneli(1) Lavender water (you'll use the lavender and hot water above to make lavender water)(1) Lebkuchen spice(1) Lemon juice(1) Light brown sugar(2) Light corn syrup(2) Mango chile puree (You'll make this from the mango and bird's eye chiles. See the directions below.).(1) Mango passionfruit jam(1) Mango powder(1) Mango pulp(1) Mango puree(1) Milk(5) Milk, if needed. (see note)(1) Molasses(1) of half an orange(1) Olive oil(1) Orange extract(1) orange juice (optional; use less milk if you decide to use orange juice)(1) Packed dark-brown sugar(1) Passionfruit nectar(1) Passionfruit pulp(1) Peeled, sliced carrots(1) pitted Medjool dates(1) Powdered sugar(11) Powdered sugar, sifted(2) Raspberry jam (seeded and seedless both work)(1) Room temperature butter(2) Rosewater(1) Salt(20) Salted pistachios(1) Smoked paprika(1) Sugar(16) Sugar, for rolling(1) Tahini(1) Umeboshi paste(1) Vanilla(10) Vanilla bean extract or vanilla bean paste(1) Vanilla extract(4) Vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste(3) Vanilla sugar(1) Vietnamese coffee(1) Water(8) White chocolate chips(1) White miso paste(1) White sugar(1) Whole milk(1) yellow gel food coloring (optional)(1) Za'atar (see note)(1) Zest of 1/2 lemon(1) Zest of half a lemon (about 1/2-3/4 teaspoon)(1) Zest of one lemon(1) Zest of one navel orange(1) Zest of one orange (see note)(1)

Coffee Cookies with Cardamom and Rosewater

Kaffeost-Inspired Coffee Cookies

Date Anise Cookies

Umeboshi Cookies

Apricot Khmeli Suneli Cookies

Smoky BBQ Passionfruit Cookies

Manchego Chocolate Chip Cookies

Tea and Cardamom Shortbread

Mango Chile Cookies