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Serve with a watermelon, kiwi fruit and grape salad. You can save any leftovers for an afternoon snack with coffee.

To give these cookies a pretty curved shape, drape them over a wooden dowel or the handle of a wooden spoon immediately after removing them from the cookie sheet.

Supermarket staples — puff pastry and fruit jams — are transformed into delicate teatime treats that require very little effort.

These irresistible treats are filled with dried apricots, figs and cherries as well as dates and walnuts, and are topped with a cream cheese frosting.

(Haj Pesteh) Peeling the pistachios really enhances the green color of these cookies—pistachio skins can be dark purple and may muddy the resulting color. Active time: 1 1/2 hr Start to finish: 2 1/2 hr

"I used to live in New York, and once, several years ago, I stopped by Olive's sandwich shop in SoHo with a friend," writes J-R John of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "After lunch I bought one of the 'cowboy cookies'; this was an extra-large and especially good chocolate chip cookie. I've never forgotten it."

These sweet treats can be made two days in advance. Just store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

These cookies owe their whimsical moniker to a generous dusting of powdered sugar.

These cookies are perfect with a cup of tea.