All About "baking" and "cookies"

Chocolate Chip Cookies

These delicious, chewy chocolate chip cookies are made with whole wheat flour and hugely healthy. Kids will never know the difference! Get Catherine Newman's yummy version here.

Sneaky Chef's Chocolate Chip Cookies

Toffee Buttercrunch Matzoh

Based on Marcy Goldman's caramel matzoh crunch, this deliciously nutty, crunchy treat gets added almonds and "oohs" and "ahs" at Passover or any time of the year. Get Catherine Newman's terrific version here.

Date Bran Jingle Balls

Trisha Kruse, an administrative assistant, created quick, easy, no-bake date-nut balls to fill that special niche in your holiday repertoire.

One Nutty Date

Financial advisor Linda Croley was inspired by childhood memories of a family treat when she created these peanut butter-date cookies. "I get a great feeling when I bite into these cookies and think of my family who are around me...

A Quick Cookie Glaze

This basic cookie glaze can be tinted in small batches if desired.

Cranberry-Honey Spice Pinwheel Cookies

These cookies boast a bright, zesty filling and spicy aroma. They make a large batch and are extremely convenient, since you can make the logs of cookie dough ahead, then pull them out of the freezer and slice and bake as many...

Sugar Cookies for Aunt Lucinda

There's nothing that matches the simple joy of a perfect sugar cookie. These are buttery and soft, just the way kids love them.

Benne Seed Wafers

The Christmas cookies I make for my family are pretty much the same from year to year, but there is always one that's different; the one we bake to give. Before I start, I pull out my favorite cookie cookbooks, old saved editions of Christmas magazines and my family recipes and pore over it all to find just the right cookie for gift-giving.

This year's cookie has yet to be decided, but this is one we've had this year and it is in the running so far.

Butter Buttons

This year's cutout cookie is decorated with a big "C" that does double-duty; it's both our family monogram and stands for "Christmas."