chai spiced shortbread cookie recipe | writes4food.com

Christmas Cookie-Palooza: Chai shortbread.

If you’re making an assortment of Christmas cookies, you’ll want a shortbread type: they’re pretty, tasty and easy to make. I’ve updated the traditional shortbread cookie recipe with warm, seasonal chai spices. Get your new favorite cookie recipe on writes4food.com!

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Christmas Fruicake Cookie recipe | writes4food.com

Christmas Cookie-Palooza: Fruitcake gems.

These Christmas Fruitcake Gems hit all the right notes: caramel-y but not too sweet (yay, dark brown sugar!), tender, studded with dried fruit and chopped pistachios. If you think of that leaden brick on the dessert buffet when you think fruitcake, let these Christmas fruitcake cookies change your mind. Get this and other holiday cookie recipes on writes4food.com, now through Christmas.

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Christmas Cookie-Palooza 2016.

Baking friends: Are you ready? Got your fresh baking powder, your new bottle of vanilla, your nuts and colored sugars and a 5-pound bag of flour? It’s Christmas Cookie-Palooza 2016! I’ll be posting festive cookie recipes on writes4food.com through the end of December; in the meantime, enjoy these recipes from the archive!

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Christmas Cookie-palooza: Cherry toffee cookies.

If you’re making an assortment of Christmas cookies, you’ll want something better-than-chocolate-chip. Like this recipe: easy, slice-and-bake cookies loaded with dried cherries, chocolate, toffee bits and tons of butter. Get the recipe!

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Christmas Cookie-palooza: Hazel’s vanilla bean cookies.

The first recipe in my Christmas Cookie-palooza comes from my great-grandmother’s recipe box and was given to her by her daughter Hazel (my Grandma Dorothy’s sister). They’re pretty enough to feel special but not fussy, and they’re super easy to make ahead. Get the recipe for Hazel’s Vanilla Bean Cookies!

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Christmas cookie inspiration.

Ready to start your Christmas cookie baking? Here’s a gallery of my favorite cookie recipes from Christmases past: fancy and simple, chocolatey and buttery, classic and new. Check out these Christmas cookie recipes and get baking!

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