The annual Smart Shopper Cookie Swap, Coupon Swap and Food Drive was tons of fun this year! Here are even more of the recipes from the swap. These are two of my favorites! Thanks to those who attended ...

The Cookie Swap cookies may be long gone, but the recipes live on! Here are a number of recipes and lots of photos from the swap last weekend. My great thanks to everyone who attended! Your cookies ...

I’m going to do something easy… I’m going to do something easy… I’m going to do something easy… This is a window into my brain, often when recipe columns come up. I still have high aspirations to make ...

Alton Brown is something of a genius when it comes to developing recipes, and he has his chocolate chip recipe nailed down to ...

Each year for the first recipe column in December, I have the tradition of sharing cookie recipes for the Christmas season. I search for a variety of cookie recipes to share that are easy to make, ...

Here’s how to make the star’s go-to cookies: Mix the wet ingredients. In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to beat together ...

My absolute favorite holiday party is a cookie swap. You only have to do the work of making one kind of cookie, and then you get to go home with a whole variety of festive treats. However, it can be ...

A holiday cookie exchange is a great way to spend time with friends, family, and neighbors, plus come home with extra cookies ...

Holiday baking season is here, and nothing spreads cheer quite like a batch of cookies fresh from the oven. Whether you’re ...

It’s New York Times Cookie Week. This means seven days of seven delicious cookie recipes. In celebration of NYT Cookie Week, I would like to share with you a Midwest tradition: the cookie swap. This ...

Sugar, shortbread, snickerdoodle, or RSV — who knows what you’ll be getting this year at the annual cookie swap? The innocent holiday tradition could be a breeding ground for catching someone else’s ...