Jewish cookies hanukkah

These Jewish desserts are tasty, traditional, and easy to make! From babka to rugelach to apple cake, everyone will love these authentic treats.

These delicious Jewish Shortbread Cookies are perfect for the holiday season! They're soft, nutty, sweet and cinnamon-y!

These triangular, jelly-filled cookies are traditionally served on the Jewish holiday of Purim, although they make a great snack year round.

These Hanukkah Gelt Cookies with the symbolic Menorah, makes these chocolate coin cookies a wonderful treat for the Jewish holiday.

An easy recipe for perfect hamantaschen cookies for Purim! Plus, loads of filling ideas and tips to keep the cookies closed during baking.

This Hamentashen recipe is delightful! The cookies are crunchy, crumbly, just sweet enough. Shaped into triangles and filled with sweet poppy seed or fruit fillings, they’re a popular treat for the Jewish holiday of Purim. I love this oil-based dough because it is very easy to handle. I feel like I’ve tried just about every hamentashen recipe out there, but this one is my all-time favorite. The dough, which uses oil instead of butter, is easy to handle and holds its shape well during baking.

Cinnamon rugelach are buttery, flaky crescent-shaped pastries filled with a sweet pecan filling. Perfect for your next holiday cookie tray!

Have a bake sale or cookie exchange coming up? Before you double your favorite recipe, there are a few things you might want to consider — like the size of your mixer and keeping the extra dough chilled between batches. Let’s get you set up for cookie success. You don’t want to get halfway through a recipe and then realize your dough is about to overflow in the bowl. Not only is that annoying, but it can lead to over-mixing as you struggle to work in all the ingredients.

A must-try Jewish recipe! Your Hanukkah food must have this Mandelbrot. Not only will these Mandel Bread Jewish Cookies remind you of biscotti, but they are also dairy free! Check out some mix-in ideas you can try for a dessert to impress!

Five iconic Jewish cookies – and recipes – that reflect the vicissitudes of Jewish history and the resourcefulness of Jewish cooks.