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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Chai spiced biscotti.

After some not-so-successful tries at biscotti, I found a basic recipe and technique that works beautifully (thanks, King Arthur Flour!). Then I created a biscotti recipe that’s perfect for fall, with warm chai spices. Get the recipe!

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Classic tomato sauce for canning or freezing.

At an organic food conference last spring, I heard about a new-to-me process for making homemade tomato sauce using ripe summer tomatoes. It’s a wonder! This three-part recipe for tomato sauce is super efficient — and delicious! Get the recipe!

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Strawberry vinegar shrub.

We’ve named this cocktail Another Shrubbery, ’cause it’s made with strawberry shrub (and gin!). Say it with your best Monty Python accent. Here’s how to make a fruit shrub and fantastic cocktails with it.

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easy lime vinaigrette salad dressing recipe | writes4food.com

Easy lime vinaigrette.

This lime vinaigrette is my go-to salad dressing for spring, perfect on just a pile of backyard-grown butter lettuce leaves. Get the recipe.

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