The buttery cookies are baked at Pathfinder Village, a residential community for people with Down syndrome.

Her company, Ethnic Edibles, now produces not just the deliciously buttery cookies ($2) but also a baking kit with cookie cutters and a chocolate cookie mix ($20).

Every table was treated to a tray of tiny buttery cookies.

The buttery cookies with a splash of vanilla took a bit of adjustment, but the chocolate were too dark to read.

Sophisticated but not fussy, making something French and subtle out of local ingredients, the meal ended with creme brulee and buttery cookies.

The linzer, a generous buttery nut-enriched oval cookie with windows of jam ($1.50) is irresistible.

A heart-shaped tin with a wealth of buttery cookies is $23 at Sarabeth's Kitchen, 423 Amsterdam Avenue (80th Street).

Ostrovitsky's Bakery sells buttery cookies that dissolve in your mouth.

Every table receives a salver of tiny chocolates and buttery cookies, including the Arch's famous pecan diamonds.

A sorbetto or gelato (both the pistachio and honey caramel were superb) served with three buttery, home-style cookies proved wonderfully refreshing.