Christmas Cookies

Tried-and-true classic cookies for the holiday season, plus the tips, tricks, and techniques you need to get them just right every time.

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French

Brown Butter Shortbread Cookies

A brown-butter twist on French sablés, with toasted sugar and malted milk powder for extra richness and complexity.

Cocoa Butter Cookies With Chocolate Chips

Fragrant, chocolaty, and rich (but just a little playful, too).

Baking

Hazelnut Cookies With Milk Chocolate

Soft and chewy hazelnut cookies with a light drizzle of milk chocolate.

Chocolate

BraveTart's Cookies 'n' Cream Cookies

A scoop of cookies 'n' cream in...cookie form?

Lemon

Crispy Lemon-Ginger Sandwich Cookies

Crunchy lemon-ginger cookies with a refreshing creme filling.

Homemade Fig Newtons

Fig cookies that taste as cakey and soft as you remember.

Chocolate

BraveTart: Quick and Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

A fast and easy recipe for old-school chocolate chip cookies.

BraveTart: Homemade Oreo Cookies

Chocolate and vanilla, together forever.

Gluten-Free

No-Bake Cookies With Chocolate, Peanut Butter, and Chewy Oats

Simple, fast, and foolproof.

Italian

One-Bowl Homemade Ladyfingers

Classic ladyfingers, simplified

Baking

Homemade Biscoff (Belgian Speculoos Cookies)

How to make the world's best caramelized biscuits.

E.L. Fudge-Style Chocolate and Vanilla Sandwich Cookies

Cookies so good, they're almost magic.

Techniques

How to Perfect Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies, One Ingredient at a Time

Cookies so good, they don't even need eggs or butter.

Videos

A Royal-Icing Tutorial: Decorate Christmas Cookies Like a Boss

Forget the North Pole—the magic of Santa's workshop is right in your kitchen.

Techniques

Cookie Science: How Do Eggs Affect My Cookies?

What are those eggs doing in your cookie dough?

Techniques

Cookie Science: The Real Differences Between Brown and White Sugars

Different sugars do very different things in cookie doughs.

Techniques

Cookie Science: How Does Baking Powder Affect My Cookies?

Answers to all your baking powder questions.

Techniques

Cookie Science: How Baking Soda Works

The mysteries of baking soda explained.

Techniques

Cookie Science: Why Cream Butter and Sugar?

The science behind creaming butter and sugar.

Techniques

Step-by-Step: How to Make Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies

The keys to making soft, chewy sugar cookies.

Maple Angel Food Cake

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Christmas Cookies