Cookies for the Holidays

Baking cookies is a wonderful holiday tradition for you and your family to enjoy. Store them in air tight holiday tins and use for gifts or for hosting unexpected guests. We've collected a few of our favorite cookie recipes and a few baking tips.

Tips for baking flawless cookies:

• To keep cookies from getting burned bottoms, bake on two stacked cookie sheets.
• To help cookie dough retain its shape, chill just before baking.
• To keep colored sugar from disappearing into cookies, remove the cookies from the oven a few minutes before they're done. Brush lightly with beaten egg white, sprinkle with colored sugar, and finish baking.
• To keep layers of dough from separating during baking, be careful not to use too much flour when rolling or shaping cookies.
• To keep crisp cookies from getting soft, don't store them with soft cookies. Keep in separate containers.