Sugar cookies are one of the most classic holiday desserts, right up there with fudge, gingerbread men, peppermint bark, truffles and crinkle cookies. When you think about it, the sugar cookie has ...

While most people are consumed by sales on Black Friday, when the day after Thanksgiving rolls around, I become completely consumed by holiday baking. This year, the only thing I purchased on Black ...

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add baking powder and flour, one cup at a time mixing until blended but do not overmix. The dough may be stiff and ...

A batch of sugar cookie dough inspires all sorts of variations, from quick unadorned treats for school lunchboxes to painstakingly decorated cutouts displayed at a holiday party. These vanilla butter ...

This recipe came from a Hudson’s department store magazine many years ago; they’re a delicate cookie, pale in the center with a brown rim. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat ...

At holiday-themed parties all over, people are subjected to dry, crumbly, bland sugar cookies. But this year, I want to give you the gift of soft, buttery, flavorful sugar cookies. And there's one ...