Bake the best cookie recipes for the holiday season. From sturdy, giftable cookies to spectacular cookies that are perfect ...

I have a secret. Every year, I bake Christmas cookies for my loved ones and receive rave reviews, but 90 perecent of the time, I use fail-safe boxed mixes. Like Remy hiding under Linguini’s chef hat ...

And when it comes to edible décor, nothing beats a true table centerpiece. Sure, gingerbread houses and yule logs are classics, but Giada De Laurentiis has a festive favorite that might top them ...

There is something about every kitchen that gets filled with magic as Christmas approaches the sort that starts with the ...

Italian families have certain traditions, and a lot of them circle around food. If you ever go to an Italian wedding on the East Coast, you would be amazed by the cookie table. Unless you have seen it ...

The stereotype of the Italian nonna, or grandmother, attempting to feed you until you burst holds true — especially at the holidays. No sooner had any family member walked through her door than my own ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." This easy chocolate sugar cookie dough gets transformed into a winter wonderland of treats thanks to ...

It isn’t too early to start thinking about holiday cookies. This week kicked off the return of the Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off, a tradition that began here 15 years ago. The Times is ...

It’s time once again for our annual Holiday Cookie Memories feature, where readers share their memories, recipes and photos. This year, we have some amazing stories — from a mouse trap in a cookie jar ...

Italian holiday cookies from Garibaldina Society members: clockwise from the left, pizzelle, "Brick" cookies, cuccidati, cartellate, pignoli and "Versace" rainbow cookies. (Silvia Razgova / For The ...