Cookie Recipes

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.

In the United States, these cookies are called snowballs, but in other parts of the world they're known as Mexican wedding cakes or Russian tea cakes.

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

Make these outrageously delicious heart cookies for dessert on Valentine's Day or any day!

With this edible paint recipe, you can turn an old staple--heart-shaped cookies--into valentine canvases.

This year, butter up your sweethearts with a batch of sugar-cookie hugs and kisses. Make bite-size X's and O's for a bunch of friends or a pair or giant letters for a special sweetie.

Diane Richardson, from Kirkwood, Missouri, found an ingenious way to get her picky six-year-old, Robbie, to eat his zucchini--by turning it into a treat. She makes double batches and even lets her kids eat them for breakfast.