Kringla are soft, lightly sweetened Scandinavian cookies shaped into a loose figure-eight or pretzel form, baked until just set and still tender throughout. They are not crisp cookies — there is no snap to them — but rather something closer to a soft bread roll in cookie form, with a fine, slightly cakey crumb and […]

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Baci di dama are small Italian sandwich cookies made from two domed rounds of almond or hazelnut shortbread, joined at the flat side by a dab of dark chocolate that sets firm and holds them together. The name means “lady’s kisses” — a reference to the shape, two lips pressed lightly together, though the cookies […]

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