It’s time to impress your co-workers, once again, with your holiday baking skills. And while sugar cookies with colored frosting are always welcome, why not try something new this year? The following ...

RASPBERRY LINZER COOKIES Makes about 28 sandwich cookies 2 cups sliced natural almonds 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature 2/3 cup ...

Cheryl Margolin of Lake Elsinore was one of the 10 winners of last year’s Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with her chocolate raspberry linzer cookies: “I started making these six or seven ...

1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature 2/3 cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Grated zest of 1 lemon 1 cup raspberry preserves Confectioners’ sugar 1. In a food ...

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sift together slour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl an set aside. In another large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and ...

1. In a food processor, process the almonds and 1/2 cup flour until nuts are very finely ground. Transfer to a medium bowl and add remaining flour. 2. Using an electric mixer on medium, beat butter ...