Gingerbread Cookies: Molasses Dough, Spice Blend and How to Make Them Soft or Crisp
Gingerbread dough is a molasses-sweetened, spiced cookie dough that rolls and cuts well. Thickness and bake time decide whether the cookies come out soft or snappy.
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Gingerbread Muffins: Molasses Spice Muffins for December Breakfasts
Molasses brings moisture, color and that deep gingerbread flavor to a simple one-bowl muffin. Bake a batch, freeze it and you have December breakfasts covered.
How to Ship Holiday Cookies: Which Cookies Travel Well, How to Pack Them and When to Mail
Sturdy, dry cookies packed snugly in a tin, inside a cushioned box, mailed early in the week, arrive in good shape. Check your carrier's holiday cutoff dates before you bake.
Cut-Out Christmas Sugar Cookies That Hold Their Shape: Chilling, Rolling and Baking
Sugar cookies keep sharp edges when the dough has enough flour, little or no leavening and is rolled and cut while cold. Here is the method step by step.
How to Plan a Christmas Cookie Exchange: Quantities, Packaging and Allergen Labels
A cookie exchange is simple math plus a few house rules. Decide how many cookies each guest brings, ask for allergen labels and pick cookies that survive a car ride.
Christmas Cupcakes From One Base Recipe: Peppermint, Eggnog Spice and Gingerbread
Start with a standard vanilla cupcake and change only a few ingredients to get peppermint, eggnog spice or gingerbread cupcakes for the holidays.
How to Freeze Christmas Cookies: Dough vs Baked, How Long They Keep and How to Thaw
Freezing lets you spread holiday baking over weeks. Most doughs and most plain baked cookies freeze well; the trick is airtight wrapping and thawing in a closed container.