3-Ingredient Brown Sugar Cookies!

You know how much I love creating 3-ingredient recipes! This Christmas cookie season is no exception. If you have butter, flour and some brown sugar you're all set to bake these quick, nutty, buttery treats. Bonanza! 

Easiest Ever Christmas Cookie Decorating Idea—Modern Stamps!

Q: Have you gals made your Christmas cookies yet? I've done a TON of baking for work this week but haven't gotten around to making my own treats at home—whoops! I'm responsible for Christmas Eve cookies, so I need to hightail it this weekend. What have you made so far?

Quickie Christmas Cookie Makeover: Olive Oil Cutout Cookies—Two Ways!

Looking to shake up your sugar cookies this Christmas? I have just the thing for you! My co-cook at Good Housekeeping, Sherry, developed these Olive Oil Cutouts for the December '13 issue and I've been craving/making them ever since. 

Cookie Decorating Tip: Decorate Christmas Cookies Anywhere!

 

Have you guys seen the December issue of Food Network Magazine? Besides it being totally gorgeous obviously, I learned a super helpful trick while creating the cookie gift tag on page 26 (below). It was summer and my schedule was jam-packed, so finding time to sit down and decorate Christmas cookies was difficult. My solution: Pack up plain cookies and royal icing in un-snipped pastry bags to take on the go. When I found time to decorate (during the downtime on a photo shoot), I just snipped the tips of the bags and piped on the embellishments. This would be a great way to bring decorating supplies to a cookie swap, right?! Or maybe to a school holiday party? Ooh! Or it could just be a fun, edible craft to pack for littles this time of year. What do you think? Are you stressing about cookie decorating, too?