A foolproof recipe for the sugar cookie dough and royal icing that we use for Easter cookies. Find out more about the easy techniques for decorating these cookies and learn about the story behind these...
Author: Martha Stewart
These buttery pecan bars are made with an easy press-in-the-pan shortbread crust, making them the ultimate sweet and salty dessert.
Author: Martha Stewart
Like little cakes with a citrus perfume, these European darlings are equally delightful as a light dessert with fresh fruit or on their own at teatime.
Author: Martha Stewart
These petite fall treats will charm all but the grumpiest ghouls. Simple sugar cookies are garnished with candy corn pieces for a sweet fall treat.
Author: Martha Stewart
Instead of icing this season's sugar cookies, we stamped out circles and edged them in two sizes of sanding sugar for full, colorful coverage. But here's a handy shortcut: Shape the dough into a log, coat...
Author: Sarah Carey
Use this recipe to make our Pumpkin-Gingerbread Ice Cream Sandwiches.
Author: Martha Stewart
These cookies, pairing chocolate with cinnamon, take cues from classic Mexican flavors and go wonderfully with scoops of ice cream. You can also make bite-size cookies by rolling the dough into smaller...
Author: Martha Stewart
Unsweetened coconut, available in health-food stores, is essential to these chewy cookies, which are a family favorite at Passover.
Author: Martha Stewart
This version of the childhood combination concentrates the flavors into a sweet dessert that appeals to all ages.
Author: Martha Stewart
Poking holes in the dough allows steam to escape, helping to give this walnut shortbread its crisp texture.
Author: Martha Stewart
A cross between a cookie, scone, and pancake, these intriguing treats are cooked on a griddle, not baked (despite its other name, Welsh bakestones). Martha's version is spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg...
Author: Martha Stewart
Two kinds of chocolate plus walnuts and coconut equals one tempting treat.
Author: Martha Stewart
A crisp, savory cracker with the ease of a slice-and-bake cookie, these snacks are flavored with Parmesan, almonds, and thyme, and come together easily in the food processor. Serve them with afternoon...
Author: Martha Stewart
Keep the dough for this delicate, flavorful cookie in your freezer. Later, you can slice off just what you need from the frozen log of dough and bake.
Author: Martha Stewart
We've taken the guesswork out of making this classic French cookie, so you can prepare the dessert at home (for less than 25 cents a pop!). Be sure to weigh the ingredients precisely, and follow the step-by-step...
Author: Martha Stewart
Inspired by Southwestern and Italian desserts, these cookies combine zesty lime and crunchy cornmeal. This unusual and not-too-sweet cookie is a nice alternative for the holiday season. For a different...
Author: Martha Stewart
Walnuts add crunch while dried cranberries offer a tart bite and a chewy texture to these layered cookies.
Author: Martha Stewart
Chocolate sandwich cookies, with a variety of flavorful fillings, create boldly striped packages when lined up neatly and wrapped in cellophane.
Author: Martha Stewart
When richly spiced cardamom cookies, scented with allspice and cloves, are pressed with wood-grain and scallop patterns and cut into the shapes of trees and reindeer, they create a charming woodland fantasy...
Author: Martha Stewart
Keep the grill hot during dinner for a batch of easy s'mores for dessert.
Author: Martha Stewart
This crisp and crunchy cookie is perfect for dipping into a cup of hot tea or coffee.
Author: Martha Stewart
These crisp pistachio pralines, not unlike brittle, can be cut to any size. Packaged individually or in clusters, they're just right for doling out coworkers or setting out for Santa.
Author: Martha Stewart
This bar cookie takes inspiration from old-fashioned pecan pie.
Author: Martha Stewart
Lime zest, shredded coconut, and macadamia nuts give these bar cookies a decidedly tropical bent. Wrapped and tied with a bow, they make excellent holiday gifts.
Author: Martha Stewart
Serve these flavorful cookies with Supremed Citrus for a light dessert after a heavy meal.
Author: Martha Stewart
Oats, chocolate, nuts, dried fruit, coconut -- did we forget anything? If you like, swap dried tart cherries or cranberries for the raisins.
Author: Martha Stewart
Chewy and sticky sweet, these molasses cookies will be a surefire hit at your holiday cookie swap.
Author: Martha Stewart
Author: Martha Stewart
Peppermint extract gives these wreath cookies their fresh flavor. They're finished with a marbled red-and-white glaze, evoking the classic holiday candy cane.
Author: Martha Stewart
For bakery-quality cookies in a hurry, just add butter and milk to our Everyday Baking Mix.
Author: Martha Stewart
Think of these sweets as deconstructed biscotti. The cookies have a similar flavor, but here the dough is pressed into a single flat sheet for faster baking and then broken into jagged pieces.
Author: Martha Stewart
For variations on these cookies, try adding lemon zest, dipping them in chocolate, or sandwiching two of them together with jam.
Author: Martha Stewart
Also known as cuccidati or turtigliuna, buccellati are Sicily's best-known Christmas cookie. Martha fills the buttery dough with a delicious combination of figs, pecans, and raisins.
Author: Martha Stewart
Author: Martha Stewart
Basic sugar cookies are the star of dessert when iced and decorated with edible silver dust. The icing will thicken as it sits, so make it once the cookies have cooled.
Author: Martha Stewart
Author: Martha Stewart
This dessert recipe is courtesy of chef Emeril Lagasse.
Author: Martha Stewart
If you'd like to try a variation, see what ingredients to add: Basic Vanilla Dough, Spice Cookie Dough, Citrus Cookie Dough.
Author: Martha Stewart
Tell your sweeties, "You're my jam!" in a way that'll turn them into jelly. Simply roll butter-cookie dough into balls, and press the handle end of a spoon into each twice to make a V that expands as it...
Author: Riley Wofford
Hello, sunshine: This mix of citrus fruits is a sweet change from tangy lemon bars.
Author: Martha Stewart
Drizzles of lemony icing and sprinklings of sanding sugar give these simple gingerbread triangles their Christmas tree appearance and holiday flair.
Author: Martha Stewart
Strike a sweet note with this delectable treat, full of nutritious oats and sweey raisins.
Author: Martha Stewart
Our mini whoopie piesget an extra boost froma rich peanut-butter-flavored filling and a swirl of melted chocolate on top.
Author: Martha Stewart
These light-as-air almond macaroons are a perfect dessert for special occasions. The recipe comes from John Barricelli's "SoNo Baking Company Cookbook."Photo credit: Ben Fink
Author: Martha Stewart
Start a new Halloween tradition: Bake chocolate cookies cut into the shapes of ghostly bats and cats.
Author: Martha Stewart
Author: Martha Stewart
Reminiscent of a fruit crisp, this sweet-tart dessert upends the usual proportions of jammy filling and buttery oatmeal crumble to great effect.
Author: Martha Stewart
This seven-inch flake, prettier than a gingerbread house or a gingerbread man, is big enough to share -- but who really wants to?
Author: Martha Stewart
A cushion of fluffy chocolate buttercream is suspended between two crisp chocolate wafers. The finishing touch? Rolling in toasted hazelnuts for a buttery, crunchy finish. This recipe appears in our cookbook...
Author: Martha Stewart