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A Christmas Cookie to Cover All Your Cravings

Salted caramel, pretzels, brown butter. Seriously, what more could you ask for in a cookie?
Cut-Out Cookies That Keep Their Shape

It just isn’t Christmas without cut-out cookies. But it can be tricky to move your cookies from the cutting board to the baking sheet without leaving behind (gasp!) a gingerbread limb. Nicki Sizemore demonstrates a reader's tip for getting cutouts that keep their shape.
Witchy Fingers to Scare Even the Bravest Trick-or-Treaters

These knobby-knuckled witch finger cookies are as spooky as they are delicious.

Flattened Cookies

Sometimes what should be a nice, puffed-up cookie falls flat. Literally.
Join Us for Our 2011 Holiday Baking Tweetup

Baking up a sweet holiday? Tweet us about it! Join the FC editors and special guest Abby Dodge for a holiday baking Tweetup on Wednesday, December 14. We’re dishing about cookies and more, and of course, there will be gifts.
Announcing the 2011 Holiday Cookie Contest

Grab the sugar, the butter, the eggs, and your camera, and let's get this cookie party started. Enter your big-batch Christmas cookie recipe for a chance to win one of three sweet prize packages.
How to Make Shortbread Cookies

Learn how to make and flavor these tender, buttery treats—chocolate dip optional.
2011 Holiday Cookie Contest Preview

This year, we’re making our holiday cookie contest big—big batch, that is. If your recipe turns out 6 dozen cookies or more, we want to see how creative you can get with those cookies.
Cold Cross Buns

The traditional Easter breakfast baked good crosses the line into dessert on Raspberri Cupcakes.
Macarons!

These little French treats are an addiction—and this recipe from Gourmantine makes quitting impossible.
Whole Grain Animal Crackers

A more healthful version of an iconic childhood snack.
Scout's Honor

Nicole Weston of Baking Bites dishes up a breakfast pastry rendition of a Girl Scout cookie.
Color (and Eat) by Number

Blogger Kim Neill creates edible Pantone "color chip" cookies.
Peanut Butter, Meet Miso

Salty, savory miso takes peanut butter cookies to a whole new level.
Tea Time

What to serve with a pot of tea? Look no further.
Announcing the Dessert in a Cookie Contest Winners

Thank you to everyone who took Abby Dodge’s Dessert in a Cookie concept and ran with it. The results were impressive.
Bring Me a Higher Cookie

Ivory Hut takes the chocolate chip cookie to a whole new level.
One of my favorite Italian cookies goes French

Julia of Melanger makes Cucidati Macarons in her 12 Days of Macarons challenge
Shortening vs. Butter in Cookies

Butter is such a flavorful fat, and everything made with butter is better. So why use shortening?
Join Us for a Christmas Cookie Tweetup

Join Laurie Buckle and the Fine Cooking editors on Friday, December 10 at 3:30 EST for a Tweetup devoted to one of our favorite topics: Christmas Cookies!

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Swordfish with Black Olive and Mint Tapenade

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