Biscochitos are a traditional New Mexican holiday cookie; a subtly porky confection made from lard, with anise seeds and brandy or rum. In December, biscochitos comprise maybe thirty percent of the diet of the average New Mexican. It is considered bad form to go to a social gathering or leave one without having brought your own batch and sampled that of your friends and coworkers. More

Continuing our cookie coverage—A Cookie a Day 2010—we'll be traveling back in time this week with recipes from The Gourmet Cookie Book. We'll journey to 1943 with a recipe for Scotch Oat Crunchies, to 1978 in New Mexico with Southwestern Bizcochitos, and embrace the decadence of the '80s with Bourbon Balls and Mocha Toffee Bars. Enter to win a copy here. More

We are embarking on a crazy whirlwind month long of holiday baking. Inspired by last year's A Cookie a Day 2009, we will feature a cookie recipe each day in December. We've stocked up on the butter and sugar, broken out the cookie sheets and stand mixers, and assembled an artillery of cookie-centric cookbooks to share with you. And now, without further ado we are happy to bring you our first installment of A Cookie A Day 2010! Alice Medrich's Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies. Enter to win a copy here. More