Celebrate the return of sunshine.
Fill them with your favorite fresh spring jams or preserves, like strawberry or rhubarb.
(Bright and springylemon curdis delicious too!)

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Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
Fresh and freeze-dried strawberries ensure that these cookies are bursting with fruit flavor.
A gooey cheesecake center is a nice, tangy surprise.
The natural lemony notes of thyme work perfectly with fresh lemon zest in these springy shortbread.
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Pistachio Shortbread Cookies
A zingy lemon glaze takes these delicate pistachio cookies to the next level.
Thanks to the natural green hue of pistachios these cookies have a vibrant color perfect for spring celebrations.
Lemon Crinkle Cookies
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Lemon cake mix makes these cookies extra easy to make.

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For added flavor, we swap vegetable oil for butter, because butter truly does make everything better.
These cookies also happen to make an excellent ice cream sandwich, especially when filled withfresh strawberry ice cream.
Strawberry Shortbread Cookies
Fresh strawberries aren’t the only way to infuse fresh spring flavors into cookies.

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Here, we use freeze-dried berries for both a vibrant magenta color and tangy fruit flavor.
These adorable cookies are assembled rather than baked and use only four ingredients.
They are perfect for Easter or any spring celebration.

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Raspberry-White Chocolate Meringue Sandwich Cookies
Have you ever seen a more beautiful (or impressive) cookie?
We pipe meringue into stunning rosettes that form the base of cookie sandwiches filled with tangy raspberry preserves.
Vanilla Cookies
Don’t let anyone convince you that Vanilla Cookies are boring.

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Feel free to use any flavor of jam you like.
You won’t be sorry you did.
We can easily see them at a spring picnic or potluck, helping brighten up the spread.

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