Exotic Spice Collection

15 Christmas Cookies with Exotic Spices

15 Christmas Cookies with Exotic Spices - Curated Christmas cookie recipes from The Cookie Index.

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Spiced Espresso Biscotti

Coffee-colored biscotti with cinnamon, cardamom and a restrained touch of clove.

Tender little cookies with anise extract and a thin sugar glaze.

Large bakery-style gingerbread cut-outs with thick centers, neat outlines and a generous decorating surface.

Gingerbread thumbprints filled with smooth amber apple butter, pairing a molasses cookie with concentrated apple-cinnamon flavor.

Cardamom gingerbread cut-outs with a fragrant floral spice note alongside molasses, ginger and cinnamon.

Chewy gingerbread drop cookies studded with chopped toasted almonds for a fragrant nutty crunch.

Lemon-zest and crushed-anise dough knots with a thin lemon glaze, an Italian-style home adaptation.

A big batch of classic molasses gingerbread cookies, divided into manageable dough portions for about 72 Christmas cut-outs.

Gingerbread cut-outs drizzled with tan Biscoff cookie butter and finished with crunchy speculoos cookie crumbs.

Biscoff-stuffed gingerbread cookies with a smooth spiced cookie-butter center visible inside a chewy molasses shell.

Molasses gingerbread drop cookies with pumpkin pie spice and a light cinnamon-sugar crust, without pumpkin puree.

An Italian-style crisp twice-baked cookie with lightly crushed anise seeds and small dark chocolate pockets.

Small-seeded biscotti with toasted sesame and gently crushed anise dispersed through the dough.

Almond flour gingerbread cut-outs with maple syrup, molasses and tapioca starch, made without wheat flour, egg or dairy.

Orange and anise-scented almond biscotti with a crisp twice-baked bite.