Christmas Food Gifts

Sugar cookies may come in all shapes and sizes, but nothing says Christmas more than cookies dressed up like Santa or a heavenly angel.

With peppermint extract and red food coloring, your kids can turn this simple dough into edible ornaments for the tree.

Rich and buttery shortbread makes a tasty gift for teachers, grandparents and others on your Christmas list.

Use a pastry or plastic bag to squeeze the soft dough into batons. Once baked, the cookies are dipped in melted chocolate and rolled in sprinkles.

Every Christmas, guest contributor Cynthia Caldwell lets her kids leave their mark on these jam-filled cookies.

When you're looking for holiday treats to send to far-flung relatives, here's a cookie that fits the bill.

Dress up your holiday table with edible place cards made from cookies in the shape of a holly leaf.

Taken from MARCELLA CUCINA by Marcella Hazan. Copyright © 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Use cookie cutters to customize your cookies for the occasion.

Have a ball with these edible Christmas ornaments!

Tonya Dirksen's Italian great-grandmother used to make these iced cake cookies for holiday gatherings, piling them high on a plate to form a cookie tree.

Baking these cookies has been a holiday tradition for Claudia Wardius since childhood.