Proust waxed poetic about madeleines for a reason: They're buttery and delicious! To make the shell-shaped cookies even more mouthwatering, spread a layer of fruity frozen yogurt or lemon curd between two store-bought madeleines, and serve immediately so they don't melt.

Everyone knows you and your groom are cut out for each other; these monogrammed shortbread sandwich cookies just drive home the point. Let store-bought cookie cutters do the heavy lifting; we started with a round ruffly one to get the shape, then mini alphabet cutters for the monogram. Between the layers? Sweet-tart rhubarb jam -- another perfect match. We used mini alphabet cutters by R&M from Amazon.com and a heart aspic cutter by Ateco.

Pastelitos de boda (literally, "wedding cookies") are a traditional dessert at Mexican weddings. Made with walnuts, pecans, or almonds, they're a sweet way to thank guests for sharing the day.

The dough for these orange-molasses cookies is firm, making it ideal to cut out in shapes like these silhouettes of the bride and groom. Serve them with coffee at the end of dinner, or wrap them up as favors for guests to take home and enjoy.

This extra-stiff dough makes wonderful edible Christmas tree ornaments -- a perfect favor for a wintertime wedding. It is sturdy enough to be used with giant cookie cutters, so you can create any number of shapes, including these hearts we made.

These containers were made to look like humble brown-paper bags, but that's where the resemblance ends. Sweet and crunchy, they can hold fruit or candy and can be offered to wedding guests at the end of dinner.

Share romantic wishes with your guests in homemade chocolate cookies. Handwrite or photocopy lines from classic love poems, or make up your own fortunes; the strips of paper should be about 6 inches long and a little less than 1/2 inch wide.

A color unifies a selection of cookies. Here, we made pink striped shortbread cookies and mixed them with store-bought goodies in the same color.

Homemade Key lime cookies are a delicious variation on Florida's famed Key lime pie and make a great regional favor.

Basic sugar cookies become elegant wedding favors when stacked to resemble miniature wedding cakes and topped with sugar flowers. Each sugar cookie cake was spread with royal icing, then assembled once the frosting was set.

These madeleines are made in special scallop-shell-shaped pans. To enhance their flavor and color, we used rose water and sprinkled the edges with pale-pink sugar.

Perfect to serve at a wedding shower or a wedding reception, these shortbread cookies can be made in myriad different shapes to fit the theme of your day. The number of cookies will vary with the size of cookie cutters used. Use any small spoon or fork to make the decorative impressions on these cookies.

Tea is twice as nice coupled with cookies flavored the same way. These shortbread cookies were made by mixing Earl Gray tea leaves into the batter.