We consume tons of different kinds of cookies each year. We seem able to come up with all kinds of excuses just to celebrate something so we can have cookies. Birthdays, Christmas parties, anniversaries, or just about any occasion where we want to enjoy the company of others is a great event to celebrate with cookies. Because of this cookie obsession, we have come to believe that our country is the center of the cookie universe and that all the other cookies elsewhere have been invented just to please us.

Cookies have a universal appeal. In fact almost every nation around the world has its own special cookie recipe that people have enjoyed for centuries. They eat them during especial events just like we do in our country. Algerians have “tcherek” a crescent-shaped cookie that is made with pulverized almonds, orange blossom water and sugar. Tunisians enjoy samsa made from almond and toasted sesame seeds. France has always been the origin of exotic and exquisite table fare and their cookies are no exception. They have lace cookies, vanilla and cinnamon cookies that they prepare with delicate care and attention to the littlest detail. Holland is famous for tulips but the Dutch also have their cookie favorites such as platzen, toffenstrudel and beverwyks. Russians have a long storied history and the taste of their cookies doesn’t disappoint either. They drachona, sirniki which is made with cottage cheese, and smettannick or sour cream tarts.

Turkey reminds us of exotic coffee brews, which indeed gives the country a rightfully deserved reputation for the best coffees in the world. Their cookies are just as exotic and delicious such as rabat el halkim, baklava and beurrik which is a savory cookie based on gruyere cheese. The Chinese have elevated their cuisine to an art form but they also have venerable cookie recipes they are so proud of. They just about any edible ingredient they can find around and incorporate them into their traditional food. They have cookies made with almonds, dates, sesame seeds, walnuts, lotus seeds, ginger, pine nuts, plums and one or two recipes call for boiled beef and suet mixed with fruits in season. Some of their cookie recipe call for peanuts, melon seeds, and puffed rice.

Those who have gone to Japan will be familiar with yokan, a traditional sweet Japanese cookie made of beans. Adventurers who have reached Spain would have encountered and appreciated biscochos, churros and ojaldas which the Spanish people always have on special occasions such as baptisms, birthdays and first communions. India is an old country but vibrating with dynamic youth vigor. Their cookies are legendary and a source of pride for the people. Indians enjoy traditional goolgoola and paratha on every occasion where they gather together as a family. And who could forget Mexican bunuelos, tortillas and “bien me sabe” made with coconuts and eggs. You would be a very blessed soul indeed if you have been to faraway Norway and tasted their Christmas cookies such as the fattigman, krumkaki, kromkaki and scun cakka. These Norwegian cookies share a common bond with cookies from Sweden, Denmark and Germany but they still have their own distinctive quality and taste.

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