Lessons, Tips, & Recipes — cut out cookies

Tis the Season for Holiday Baking. This time of year I love baking cookies. Gingerbread cookies are always at the top of the baking list. Christmas isn’t Christmas without Gingerbread cookies. Enjoy this easy to make and oh so delicious recipe. Your family and friends will eat them as quick as you make them. GFM Tip: I don’t have the patience for decorating these with faces and cute outfits like my mother in law so diligently does each year.

Linzer Cookies are a popular cookie at Christmas time, but they really are delicious all year round.  They are so beautiful and easy to make.  Linzer cookies are a sandwich cookie that has a rich buttery tastes and usually sandwiched together with a good quality raspberry jam and topped with powdered sugar.  Sometimes the dough is flavored with an almond flavor and sometimes even with the cardamom spice.