Food family · 10 dishes · 9 regions

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2Netherlands

1Syria

1Indonesia

1Saint Paul

1Lithuania

1United States

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Netherlands

2 dishes from Netherlands

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Mergpijpje
A Dutch confection with a marzipan layer around a sweet filling and chocolate-covered ends. The small version contains cream; the larger reuzemergpijp adds sponge cake and may include berry jam.
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pfeffernusse
Small spice cookies known in Dutch as pepernoten. They are popular holiday treats among Germans and ethnic Mennonites in North America, with similar cookies also made in Denmark.
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Syria

1 dish from Syria

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Barazek
A Levantine sesame cookie with pistachio pieces, associated with Damascus’s Al-Midan neighborhood during Ottoman rule and now sold across the broader Arab world.
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Indonesia

1 dish from Indonesia

1

Getuk
An Indonesian-Javanese cassava dish of peeled, boiled, and mashed cassava mixed with grated coconut, sugar, and a little salt. Palm sugar may replace sugar, giving the dish a brownish color and more distinctive taste.
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Saint Paul

1 dish from Saint Paul

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chocolate crinkle
An American Christmas cookie created by Helen Fredell of Saint Paul, Minnesota, with a crisp powdered-sugar exterior and chewy, brownie-like center. It is made with cocoa powder or chocolate.
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Lithuania

1 dish from Lithuania

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kūčiukai
Small, slightly sweet Lithuanian cakes made from leavened dough and poppy seeds, served on Christmas Eve dry, soaked in poppy milk, or with cranberry kissel.
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United States

1 dish from United States

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Thin Mints
A widely popular Girl Scout cookie sold in the United States to support regional councils and individual troops, commonly through door-to-door sales, online, school or town fundraisers, and storefront cookie booths.
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Iran

1 dish from Iran

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Stuffed cookie
A cookie with a filling, also called a stuffed biscuit; fillings include Nutella, caramel, and peanut butter.
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Levant

1 dish from Levant

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Zalabiyeh
Across the Arab world and West Asia, and in parts of Europe influenced by them, zalabiyeh is a fritter or doughnut. The fritter version uses semi-thin wheat-flour batter poured into hot oil and deep-fried.
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Spain

1 dish from Spain

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wafer cookie
A wafer dessert found across Latin America, particularly Colombia. Two thin, round wafers sandwich a sweet filling, commonly arequipe, though jam, cheese, fruit, or whipped cream may also be used.
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