Makes 2-3 dozen

You might need to buy:
  • sugar
  • vanilla
  • egg
  • lemon zest
  • fresh lemon juice
  • salt
  • baking powder
  • baking soda
  • flour
  • powdered sugar
You might need to buy:
  • powdered sugar
  • cream cheese
  • milk
You might need to buy:
  • Devil's Food Cake Mix
  • oil
  • eggs
  • Andes Mints
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makes 78 cookies

You might need to buy:
  • dry red wine
  • salt
  • cinnamon
  • baking soda
  • baking powder
  • sugar
  • EVOO
  • flour
  • toasted sesame seeds
  • Plastic mister bottle filled with clean cool water

Makes about 36 cookies

You might need to buy:
  • crushed vanilla wafers
  • ground nutmeg
  • light corn syrup
  • finely chopped dried apricots
  • finely chopped pecans or walnuts
  • apricot nectar or orange juice
ready in about 30 minutes; serves 0
You might need to buy:
  • granulated sugar; more for shaping
  • pure vanilla extract

Get all of your holiday baking done in one afternoon. Versatile and family-pleasing, this recipe makes eight different holiday cookies with a variety of flavors, textures and shapes in about three hours!

You might need to buy:
  • Chocolate-Covered Cherry:
  • crushed candy canes for decoration
  • green food coloring
  • red food coloring
  • peppermint flavoring
  • Candy Cane:
  • small pretzel sticks
  • green food coloring
  • finely chopped pistachios
  • Pistachio Trees:
  • 10x sugar
  • finely chopped walnuts
  • Snowballs:
  • any flavor of jam or jelly
  • Ribbons:
  • Fillings and Toppings:
  • Mix all ingredients until smooth; yields about 1 cup 10x sugar glaze
  • milk
  • vanilla
  • 10x sugar
  • Sugar Glaze
  • self-rising flour
  • almond extract
  • vanilla extract
  • eggs
  • Basic Dough:
  • baking chocolate or baking chips
  • Cheesecake Tarts:
  • cream cheese
  • strawberry jam or cherry pie filling
  • Pecan Tarts:
  • packed brown sugar
  • egg yolk
  • finely chopped pecans
  • Peanut Butter Cup:
  • cocoa powder
  • water
  • mini-peanut butter cups

Sugar-Free and Gluten-Free

You might need to buy:
  • eggs
  • granular Splenda or Stevia-in-the-Raw Granulated Sweetener
  • baking powder
  • coarsely chopped almonds

*Cut dough can be put placed in freezer on a baking sheet for 20 min. Remove from freezer and transfer to a ziploc bag. Freeze dough for up to 4 months. When ready to bake, place on parchment paper and bake 15 min.
*Brown Sugar Substitute – 1 cup Splenda granular and 1/4 cup sugar free maple syrup = 1 cup brown sugar

ready in about 45 minutes; serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • all purpose flour
  • whole wheat flour
  • honey
You might need to buy:
  • all-purpose flour
  • quick-cooking or old-fashioned rolled oats
  • baking powder
  • baking soda
  • salt
  • brown sugar
  • granulated sugar
  • pure vanilla extract
  • white chocolate chips
  • crushed candy canes