3 Easy Ways to Make Your Holiday Baking Better Vreeland might work for The New York Times, but he sees himself as very much a home baker. "I think that I relate a lot to home bakers because I am a ...

I bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes, just until the edges are set and the tops are lightly golden. I let them cool on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

If you're hankering for classic butter cookies, all you really need are three ingredients to make them. There's plenty of ...

These cookies are prepared with a classic blend of brown sugar and butter, creating a moist center and lightly golden ...

Bake a batch of round sugar cookies using store-bought or homemade dough, and let them cool. Spread store-bought or homemade white icing on top of each cookie to create the snowman's melted body.

For the stars, she makes a simple powdered sugar glaze (powdered sugar, milk, maybe some citrus zest, if you're feeling fancy), then adds some red sprinkles. "Just a bit," she says. "Stylish." ...

Before I got started, I had to get my hands on some cookie cutters. Traditional sugar cookie cutters, the kind you use for fondant-flooded sugar cookies, are too large for this project (unless you ...

Sprinkle some granulates sugar on top of the cookies for a caramelized crust. Bake in the oven for 8-14 minutes, depending on the thickness, and let cool for at least 10 minutes before icing.

That can really dry your cookies out." At the end of the day, baking is a science, so make sure you have the right tools. 3. Take a classic cookie and make it your own.