Cookie boxes packed to the brim with sweets are my favorite thing to give during the holidays. For 11 months of the year, I’m not really a baker. But as soon as the calendar flips to December, my ...

Next, add the flour, nuts, and fruit, and stir until well combined. Form the dough into two logs, then roll them in finely ...

Now that the calendar has turned to December, it's time to preheat our ovens and get moving on our holiday baking. Even if you're not a big baker the rest of the year, the holidays might inspire you ...

Plus, two tricks to make them even better (and easier). In my family, it's never the holiday season until there is a platter of cookies available on the kitchen counter around the clock. My mom would ...

Raspberry Linzer cookies are fancy without being fussy. Making these Austrian sandwich cookies, with their peek-a-boo jam centers and snowy dusting of powdered sugar, is a classic Christmas tradition.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. My mother gave me her brown eyes, sense of humor, and an intrinsic need to show up at ...

Five dozen buttery holiday cookies with bright lemon frosting bake up easily in just one hour. No worries if you don’t have a cookie press — you can make these pretty spritz cookies with a piping bag ...

I have a sick obsession with holiday baking. (“Sick” like how the kids say it because all my baking is fire.) December is my signal to start baking for friends' parties, for my own Christmas ...