These Baileys Chocolate-Dipped Pistachio Shortbread cookies start with a simple pistachio-sugar grind for a nutty flavor ...

When you buy a packet of shortbread cookies, they often seem like sweet yet uninspired biscuits. Shortbread recipes might not look any more enticing, because classic shortbread uses just three ...

This stamped cookies recipe uses a buttery shortbread dough designed to hold sharp cookie stamp impressions as it bakes. Using Claddagh and Shamrock stamps, these Irish stamped cookies bring a festive ...

Looking for the ultimate cookie? This one, from Jesse Szewczyk’s “Cookies: The New Classics” (Clarkson Potter, $27.50), hits all the buttons. Buttery shortbread. Gooey caramel. Nutty peanut butter. Oh ...

Shortbread is one of those cookies that is so easy, and yet so perfect. Delicate and buttery, crisp and creamy, these cookies are held together with just the right amount of flour and are balanced ...

From birthdays to bake sales, holiday cookie exchanges to just something sweet to enjoy at home, get inspired to bake with our best cookie recipes.

This story is part of Salon Food’s “In Defense Of…” series, which is a collection of commentary, personal essays, and reporting about foods we love that are controversial, unfairly maligned or could ...