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5 of our favourite biscuit recipes from around the world

We've pulled together some of our favourite biscuit recipes from around the world, including French macarons, Italian biscotti and an American cookie recipe!
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Italy

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Choc and nut biscotti
Wrap up these tasty Italian biscuits for the perfect gift.
Choc and nut biscotti

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America

Food, Finger food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Drink, Baked goods, Cookies and crackers, Dessert, Milk, Chocolate chip cookie,
The just-about perfect chocolate cookie recipe
Would you rather spend £1.50 on one cookie from a posh bakery - or pass an enjoyable half-hour making a whole batch to savour and share? Fresh from the oven, nothing beats them...
The just-about perfect chocolate chip cookie

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France

Macaroon, Cuisine, Finger food, Food, Sweetness, Sandwich Cookies, Ingredient, Baked goods, Dessert, Serveware,
These French delights are notoriously tricky to make, but use this easy to follow macaron recipe to master the technique.
The ultimate macarons recipe

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Germany

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Spiced star biscuits
A staple Christmas biscuit recipe, especially if you have young children to entertain. Add decorations of choice and bag up to make a thoughtful home-made gift.
Spiced star biscuit

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The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time 

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