Christmas : A Spiced Life

Finished Christmas cookie box with five varieties of homemade cookies arranged in a divided wooden tray with festive greenery

How to Build a Christmas Cookie Box for Gifting

Stack of raspberry jam sandwich cookies dusted with powdered sugar in front of blurred evergreen branches and holiday lights.

Raspberry Jam Sandwich Cookies

Cut chocolate dipped cookie showing its dark, soft interior resting on a stack of chocolate cookies.

Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Cookies

Star-shaped butter cookie topped with smooth cranberry glaze on a white plate.

Butter Cookies with Cranberry Glaze

Close-up of stacked orange ginger cookies with coarse sanding sugar around the edges

Orange Ginger Cookies with Crystallized Ginger

Stack of pink cookies dipped in white chocolate with crushed peppermint candy

Peppermint White-Chocolate Dipped Cookies

Close-up stack of spiced shortbread cookies with crisp, sparkling sugar-coated edges and cinnamon sticks in the foreground.

Spiced Shortbread Cookies

Rolled butter cookie dough with a star-shaped cutter, baked star cookies, and a rolling pin arranged on parchment.

Basic Cookie Dough Recipe (Plus Countless Cookies You Can Make From It)

Close-up of sliced buttermilk brined turkey breast with golden, crispy skin on a platter with herbs.

Buttermilk Brined Turkey Breast

Spoonful of braised red cabbage over pot with blurred holiday background

German Braised Red Cabbage (Rotkohl)