The Associated Press is spicing up the holiday season with a dozen cookie varieties, each inspired by a common spice cabinet resident — allspice, cardamom, Chinese five-spice, cinnamon, cloves, fennel ...

Why you should bake: Because puff pastry makes everything better, and because this cookie's incredibly elegant and delicate appearance (and can't-eat-just-one flavor) gives the impression that you ...

Fourteen years and 72 delicious winners and finalists later, these are the Taste Holiday Cookie Contest recipes that we find ourselves returning to, over and over. Makes about 3 dozen cookies. Note: ...