WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 5: Sugar Cookies With Buttercream 'Embroidery' for COOKIES PROJECT in Food photographed on November 5, 2025. (Photo by Lauren Bulbin/The Washington Post; food styling by Lisa ...

Each batch of these holiday cookies is baked with tradition, nostalgia, and a cause for celebration in mind. You’ll find cookies that hold up beautifully in a tin for gifting or mailing, and others ...

I love how recipes bring us together. During the holiday season in particular, we want to make mom’s version of this or grandma’s version of that. I hope you are lucky enough to have those recipes ...

Ina promises that these cookies will be enjoyed by everyone. “For anybody who doesn’t like fruitcake, forget it. You’ll love these,” she said during an episode of Barefoot Contessa. I suspected Ina ...

Christmas means cookies, right? My family makes gingerbread cookies — sometimes in the shape of a pitched roof and walls that we attempt to glue together with frosting for a complete (if wonky) house, ...

On Thursday, the Washington Post released its annual holiday cookie package, a collection of 10 recipes (including one elaborate “cookie project”) meant to delight even the Grinchiest guests at your ...

I am not a fruitcake apologist. I am fine with it being joked about, scorned, ignored, used as a doorstop or forgotten completely. We are not a fruitcake family and I am not a fruitcake fan. I was not ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The three winning cookie recipes for the 39th annual Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest all pay tribute to bakers from years ago; whether it’s a mother, ...

“I’m not a baker.” Maybe it’s what I do for a living, or maybe I just give off confidante energy, but I’ve lost track of how many times friends and strangers alike have felt compelled to confess this ...

Bake holiday cookies that are gorgeous, gift-ready, and down-right delicious. Cheryl Slocum is a James Beard Award-winning food writer, editor, and recipe developer. She has spent over 16 years ...