In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs. Stir in pecans, fruit and sifted ingredients. Mix well (because the dough is thick, mixing with your hands is easier).

The date nut cookie made by Terri Kennedy won second place in the classic cookie category of the 24th annual Holiday Cookie Contest hosted by The Dallas Morning News. In a medium-size saucepan, cook ...

Cream butter add sweetener water vanilla and beaten egg Sift dry ingredients and add to mixture Bake on greased cookie sheet 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees.

Question: I’d like a recipe for raisin oatmeal cookies that puff up while baking. My mother used to make them. I’ve tried many recipes, but the cookies don’t turn out like hers. Can you help? Answer: ...

Recipes tell the stories of communities and the people who shape them. Each recipe is more than a list of ingredients and steps; it is a written legacy of the individual who created the dish, their ...

This combination of dried fruits and chopped nuts brings a taste of ancient Persia and the Middle East to your hamantaschen. Every year for Purim, Mildred Covert shared different fillings for the ...

For many years, I’ve collected recipes for quasi-desserts often referred to as quick breads. I’ve already shared one for banana bread and another butter pecan bread. Here’s my offering in the date nut ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth recipe in our 12 Days of Cookies contest this year. The recipe will be entered for a chance at winning the Grand Prize from OkieSpice & Trade Co. Watch for the rest ...

"My mother used to make it every year," Janet Carter of Brownsburg, Ind., said Thursday. Carter's late mother, Wilma Miller, lived in Mount Sterling, Ill., when she contributed her family date-nut ...

Like most Italian cookies, these nut roll cookies are made with love. They take time to prepare. Once baked, they remind us of smaller pecan tassies with walnuts. The dough is like a pastry and not ...

Let me say first, that I'm a fan of the New York Times. And of the NYT food section particularly. But a story about Thanksgiving recipes that "evoke" each state is just weird. It has already outraged ...