For some of us, Christmas cookies are the best part of the holidays: chewy sugar cookies, peanut butter blossoms and more. Rachel Vanni for The New York Times For perfectly tender, highly alluring ...

Julia Gartland for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Liza Jernow. This recipe is very close to the original created by Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie, who ran the Toll ...

This may become your new favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. There are many kinds of brownies, but this simple recipe ...

NYT Cooking's Cookie Week runs Dec. 1 to 8 with new recipes each day. This year's Cookie Week includes a first-ever taste tour with events in Los Angeles and New York.