This post originally appeared on Food52. I’m sure it isn’t easy to be a spritz cookie. The underdogs of my family’s Christmas dessert platter, the little green numbers sit amidst a heap of more ...

Five dozen buttery holiday cookies with bright lemon frosting bake up easily in just one hour. No worries if you don’t have a cookie press — you can make these pretty spritz cookies with a piping bag ...

Which cookie presses are best? For making big batches of holiday cookies, there’s no faster or easier method than using a cookie press. Cookie presses extrude the dough through a shaped tip, making ...

Which electric cookie cutter is best? Baking is hard work, but whether you’re a seasoned baker or a novice trying your hand at home pastry-making, there are things you can do to help make your life a ...

When Tracy Mattson was growing up in the 1970s and '80s, her mother used to bake holiday cookies twisted into candy-cane shapes or trimmed into Christmas trees. They looked pretty but tasted bland.