Shortbread cookies are crumbly and meant to be easily dunked. In a pre-thumbprint era, I don’t think I would’ve thought to make my shortbread cookies rounder and put a spreadable mixture in the middle ...

For Maria Bruscino Sanchez, owner of Sweet Maria’s Bakery in Waterbury, growing up in a big Italian family not only meant celebrating the holidays with the feast of the seven fishes, but at least ...

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder and salt, and reserve. In a bowl of a mixer on medium-high speed, beat together butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add ...

From festive cutouts to rolled sugar cookies and rich shortbreads, holiday cookies are scrumptious and special. But scrumptious and special can also mean time-consuming. Detroit culinary instructor ...

Sweet jam meets spiced molasses cookies in this cookie mashup. Cookies spread too much while baking for two reasons: overmixing and warm dough. With overmixing, the air pockets between the butter and ...

Cream the butter and sugar, until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and mix until smooth and creamy. Add flour and mix until all the flour is mixed in. Scoop 1 Tablespoon portions and roll into balls.