Break out your cookie cutters for ... This chocolate shortbread recipe from 1996 F&W Best New Chef Maria Helm Sinskey yields a soft, but intensely rich, dough that can be made more manageable ...

Sugar cookies a treat for all ages! They're the most fun to make with kids (or to unlock your inner child) using cookie cutters ... best sugar cookies at home, with this easy sugar cookie recipe.

The Dayton Daily News, Journal-News and Springfield News-Sun holiday contest returned this year — asking bakers to submit their very best ... dough and use a smaller round cookie cutter.

You will need a 10cm/4in round cutter if you want to use that method to shape the cookies ... dough in the freezer for 15 minutes instead. Mixing soft brown sugar and caster sugar gives the best ...

the dough rich and short with ground toasted hazelnuts. You’ll need a 6cm/2½in round cookie cutter (smooth, not crinkle-edged) to make these and, ideally, a set of mini Christmas cutters ...

Chefs shared some key tips and tricks to make the best holiday cookies ... Always be sure to chill your dough before rolling it out – particularly if it is sugar-cookie dough. It needs time to firm up ...