[Photograph: Robyn Lee] Swapped at the 2011 Cookie Swap by the Blatteis twins. Adapted from Martha Stewart.... More

Swapped at the 2011 Cookie Swap by Ed's lovely wife Vicky Bijur.... More

[Photograph: Robyn Lee] Swapped at the 2011 Cookie Swap by Dulces / Let Them Eat Cake columnist Maria del Mar Sacasa... More

After testing out these Pumpkin Swirl Cookies we're wondering why pumpkin doesn't make an appearance on the cookie scene more often. More

These spicy, chewy-crisp gingerbread men get a pop of flavor from pureed candy ginger. More

Now, you may think you might not want to eat a cookie that tastes like roasted pig, but not so. This year's batch of cookies was by far the porkiest, saltiest batch of biscochitos I've ever made, and people didn't seem to mind. More

These Sugar Dot Cookies are the perfect blank canvas on which to unleash your inner cookie decorating artist. More

These super chewy Oatmeal Jammys from The Treats Truck can be filled with any jam you'd like; feel free to choose a few fruit flavors to mix up the batch. More

This Rugelach recipe come with not one, but three filling options; feel free to mix and match chocolate-walnut, raisin, and apricot as you please. More

Few things can put me in the holiday spirit as quickly as a mint chocolate one-two punch. While Holiday Peppermint 'Crack' delivers on the flavor combo, sometimes you want a lot more chocolate. Recently when I was chatting with Serious Eater CityMinx about favorite homemade desserts she raved about mint sticks—a triple-layer, intensely chocolatey fudgy brownie bar—and very kindly offered to share her grandma's recipe. More