Peace In A Cookie?

While pondering my last post of the year, I decided to explore the “Peace” cookie. Oh, if only baking would make it so. But, what if we ALL made Peace cookies around holiday time?

After a busy holiday season when we are all through with this:

and this:

let’s say we all bake for Peace.

The Peace cookie has many variations. As I began to research all the recipes that came up during my web searches, I reduced it down to four distinct recipe themes.  These range from a Croatian filled pastry; the Dorie Greenspan Chocolate version including a vegan recipe of this now famous cookie; a cookie that uses healthy ingredients; and a sugar cookie with a lovely royal icing Peace decoration.

But really, Peace cookies do not have to be any one of these ‘sanctioned’ cookies. I believe if you think Peace while baking, than whatever you are baking magically becomes an ambassador of Peace. I shall try one of the following recipes in the coming month, and let you all know how it went! Until then, here are the links to the cookies described above.

Croatian Peace Cookies

Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies

World Peace Cookies For Vegans by Cinnamon Quill

Healthy Ingredients Peace Cookies

Decorated Sugar Cookie

So choose a recipe, and bake for Peace!

Wishing you a Peaceful 2011!