These red, white and blue slice-and-bake cookies that look like fireworks are surprisingly easy to make and taste so much better than store-bought. You can buy colored sugar in the baking aisle, but I ...

Now that Christmas is firmly in the rearview mirror, it’s time to set your sights on the next holiday that calls for some sweet treats: Valentine’s Day! Sure, you could pick up some ...

When you need cookies for an office party, teacher gift, neighborhood cookie swap, or Santa, you'll be prepared. Or save your dough for one massive baking session to produce a splendid holiday cookie ...

You knew there’d be days like this. The kids are bored. There’s nothing to do. Mini-spats are simmering. Slice-and-bake cookies — rolls of dough tucked in the refrigerator or freezer waiting to be ...

We may go for extravagantly decorated sweets in December, but by the time spring rolls around, we’re ready for a more laid back cookie approach. A little sweetness, not much work — and if there’s some ...

When the holiday to-do list looms large and time runs short, busy folks can still bake buttery, meltingly scrumptious cookies. How? By making old-fashioned icebox cookies. These recipes call for basic ...

Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Several weeks ago, Faye Carroll requested a recipe for orange slice cookies that does not include oats. "This ...

When it comes to home baking, the idea of convenience has been kidnapped by well-meaning manufacturers who have created a culture of prerolled pie crust, shrink-wrapped cookie mix and frozen cudgels ...

A new Kickstarter campaign may signal the death knell for baking as we know it. The Cookie Pod, which has already raised more than $16,000 on the crowdfunding site, is essentially the Keurig of ...