Perfect Thumbprint Cookies
Follow Chef John's tips for these pretty cookies.
Hedgehog Cookies
I needed something else to decorate a tree trunk cake, so baby hedgehogs seemed to be the perfect match.
Royal Icing II
This recipe is the 'glue' that holds gingerbread houses together, and makes it still edible.
Russian Tea Cakes I
This is a family recipe that's been made at Christmas time by at least 4 generations. This year will be the first for number 5!!! 'Bubba' brought it with her when she came from Lithuania. I pass it on in the true spirit of this season!
Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti
The red and green make a great Christmas cookie. Have used other nuts instead of pistachios with success. If your pistachios are salted, omit the 1/4 teaspoon salt from the recipe.
Chocolate Pecan Sandies
The best way to convince Santa that you've been very, very good.
Citrus Shortbread Cookies
This recipe was given to me by my mother-in-law, one of the best cooks I know...and given that we're from south Louisiana, that's saying something. With the chopped up dried cranberries, these are as pretty as they are tasty.
Crescent Butter Biscuits
These delicious almond-enriched Christmas biscuits are perfect anytime of the year. Enjoy with a big mug of tea.
Chocolate Crinkles II
Chocolate cookies coated in confectioners' sugar...very good!
Butter Snow Flakes
A wonderful Spritz cookie with cinnamon in it. These freeze very well.
Peanut Blossoms II
I make these every year for our annual cookie open house. We make about 15 to 20 different kinds of cookies and have a 4 hour open house with friends. We then prepare cookie trays to take to shut ins and freeze the rest to enjoy all year long. My husband helps with this four day project! He's retired ... and I'm partially retired. It has been a long standing tradition that we enjoy every year!
Sugar Cookie Icing
This icing dries hard and shiny and the colors stay bright. Choose as many different food colorings as you desire.
