Samantha Seneviratne’s humble cookies have some cheeky secrets: a hidden layer of cream cheese and three types of ginger (ground, fresh and crystallized) that make every bite blissfully sweet-tart. Skip the crystallized ginger, if you like, but it really makes them sparkle, as does a finishing roll in white sugar.

Ready to roll, drop, shape, and cut out cookies to your heart's content? Here are some of our favorite holiday recipes to do just that.

If you’d like your Thanksgiving bird to be smaller, crunchy and scattered with crispy sage, Sohla El-Waylly has a fried chicken recipe for you. Chic and cozy, these six stunning pies will impress everyone at your Thanksgiving table.

I absolutely love the idea of getting some friends and family together for a Cookie Exchange Party, to share the Christmas cooking baking experience with one another. Everyone pitches in… and in the end you’ll get to take home several varieties of cookies to last all season long.