Several Decembers ago, Rita Steininger — a parishioner at St. Veronica Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, and a native of El Paso, Texas — held a cooking class to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady ...

Step 2: In a large bowl of an electric mixer place the butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla. Step 3: Beat well. Add the flour mixture a little at a time, beating well with each addition. Dough ...

Beyond the colorful decorations and after the initial rush of sugar, holiday cookies are about memories and tradition. Be they humble or ornate, our baked goods are used to celebrate and give thanks - ...

My sister, Barb Kinsey, recently passed away, and I would like to share a few of her favorite recipes. Barb was quite the baker in that she baked and decorated cakes for about 48 years. She had very ...

Melt-in-your-mouth butter balls, also known by many other names like Mexican wedding cakes, are a must on your holiday cookie platter. Sandies, butter balls, Mexican wedding cakes, Russian tea cakes, ...

In a food processor, pulse pecans, flour, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and salt until mixture resembles coarse meal; add butter and pulse until a dough forms. Shape dough into a disk, and wrap tightly ...