It almost looks too pretty to eat! Gently flatten into a disc and refrigerate 1 hour, or until other components are ready to assemble.

Facebook | Twitter, DOWNLOAD THE APP: Get the latest news, sports and more, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy, 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature, 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature, 2 ounces (½ cup, plus 2 tablespoons) blanched sliced or slivered almonds, 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cold, cut into pieces, ½ cup best-quality salted butter, room temperature (if using unsalted, add a pinch of salt), 2 teaspoons amaretto, Frangelico or rum (see note), 1 cup (2 sticks) cold butter, cut in chunks, ½ cup (1 stick) margarine, room temperature, ½ to ¾ cup preserves or jelly of your choice (I use homemade crab apple jelly), 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted and cooled, 1 jar (12 ounces) apricot preserves, heated and strained, 1 cup (6 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips, 1 to 2 tablespoons fresh orange or lemon juice, 2 to 5 teaspoons milk (as needed for glaze consistency), Finely chopped pecans and dates for decoration (2 to 3 tablespoons of each), 2 cups (4 sticks) butter, room temperature, 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, room temperature, 1 ½ cups (3 sticks) cold butter, cut into small cubes, Toasted pecan pieces for garnish (optional), ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) cold butter, cut into 12 pieces, 1 tablespoon dried, candied ginger bits (see note), ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, 7 tablespoons bourbon (we use Great Lakes Kinnickinnic bourbon), 4 cups unsalted mixed nuts, toasted and chopped in food processor (see note), 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate (we use Callebaut), 10 tablespoons (1 ¼ sticks) unsalted butter, 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, 1 ½ cups (3 sticks) butter, room temperature, ½ cup finely ground crystallized ginger (see note), 1 teaspoon very finely chopped fresh rosemary, 1 can (15 ounces) unpeeled apricot halves in light syrup, 1 tablespoon sweet ginger bits/nibs, or finely chopped candied ginger, 1 tablespoon grated orange zest (from 2 medium oranges). Coat foil with vegetable oil spray. Fall is right around the corner, and we're getting amped up for our next session of Selfmade, Brit + Co's 10-week interactive startup school.

Check out our Best Holiday Cookies recipe page with nearly 100 winning entries from past cookie contests. Whether it be the start phase, growth phase or keep businesses going phase, Office Depot offers a full suite of business solutions, including services and products, to help you work from anywhere, organize and save time and help build your brand. Using small and gentle movements, begin lifting the longer jam-covered edge, pushing the dough up and over to create a subtle tuck that will be the beginning of the spiral. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix well.

FrenchieMom entered this image, and we loved the bright colors and clean lines of this decorated sugar cookie. Evan Heisman only had to take a short walk for his cookie inspiration. Remove bowl from mixer.

Repeat with remaining pan. Cookies should have crisp edges and be entirely set at the center but still tender. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use the lowest speed on your mixer. When cool, cut bars into 4 long rows and 8 short rows (cut each bar in half if you’d like a smaller serving size). Andrew Byers, winner of "best overall" entry in Working@Duke 's employee cookie contest. “Then I started tinkering,” she said. They make the perfect treat for Halloween.

Once the jam is covering the dough, position the sheet so that the clean edge is farther away from you. They’re appealing on many levels, especially the way each one introduces a wide range of delicious ingredients into our cookie universe: whiskey, sunflower seeds, turmeric and tea. Working with one piece of dough at a time, roll out into an 18-by-12-inch rectangle.

Bake in preheated oven until edges are golden, about 22 minutes. “I’ll go a few weeks without it, and then I’ll get a craving for it.”, Why shortbread? Karen Herrera won this division a second year in a row, this time with this rich bar cookie.

Cook over low heat until melted, stirring until smooth. “When my mom and I traveled to Ireland, we squeezed in a stop at a distillery, Tullamore D.E.W., and had a whiskey and ginger. Press into unlined, ungreased 17-by-12-inch jellyroll pan, coating fingers lightly with flour as needed. Make praline: In a pot, melt butter over medium heat. Our annual cookie fest involves a bunch of number-crunching: 207 entries, 15 semifinalists, four finalists and a winner. Remove to racks to cool. When done, the surface should be covered with little bubbles and the whole bar should jiggle as one solid mass with no soupy spots.