Holiday season brings new cookie recipes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36-pvwgxLWxy8tH4hezECoLXHZSSdcSgO0JRKBP-8LjZcSSx7wRr17T9dHdtXkWMlOm-SNmCVnFq1cNWilpKhUBHZeNmfXDZUWeYj2F_CHOkmAV-kOXxp2uqzSbLwvB2zadgI5oQvTNIL/s1600/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36-pvwgxLWxy8tH4hezECoLXHZSSdcSgO0JRKBP-8LjZcSSx7wRr17T9dHdtXkWMlOm-SNmCVnFq1cNWilpKhUBHZeNmfXDZUWeYj2F_CHOkmAV-kOXxp2uqzSbLwvB2zadgI5oQvTNIL/s400/16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Cookies are synonymous with the holiday season, and the <i>Richmond Times-Dispatch's</i> resident chef Clare Schapiro has some recipes sure to make you smile in her Wednesday column, <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/food-dining/clare-s-kitchen-the-joy-of-cookies/article_39591f8e-c004-5f76-a907-42d60c15af62.html">The Joy of Cookies</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeT0yOjZck4ltmwU3OoMUiA3l5-V9ITLgm750FTeE9nv0AYtIfHBor1CNGimFspBrBsxRJkxtmdceWfKRPm4dbzt6Tdrqp50r33gyn261EYnHJg7JtB3_D6wojDToZYJpboFH0Bxl9Nqc/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeT0yOjZck4ltmwU3OoMUiA3l5-V9ITLgm750FTeE9nv0AYtIfHBor1CNGimFspBrBsxRJkxtmdceWfKRPm4dbzt6Tdrqp50r33gyn261EYnHJg7JtB3_D6wojDToZYJpboFH0Bxl9Nqc/s400/14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />My family has a cookie baking tradition that has involved aunts, moms, grandmoms, and the children, and has continued through the generations. We have the tried-and-true, well-loved recipes, and each year we try to incorporate at least one newbie. (<a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2011/12/family-tradition-christmas-cookies-and.html">Photos from 2011 cookie baking weekend.</a>)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOL3fEs_fZwqbkpHRKtx6jmhLH2vcLaVYGqw593SwOcSnX3sI260AyDXvEamZp3q0lMlFeZty0RsbgQqX_3oVTLALuBGRqUPP8lAnZcNb10ozKmFlmGS8Ok6B2knn9IRBHXyjMbWQKC-Ss/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOL3fEs_fZwqbkpHRKtx6jmhLH2vcLaVYGqw593SwOcSnX3sI260AyDXvEamZp3q0lMlFeZty0RsbgQqX_3oVTLALuBGRqUPP8lAnZcNb10ozKmFlmGS8Ok6B2knn9IRBHXyjMbWQKC-Ss/s400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Clare provided some yummy-sounding recipes, especially the Toffee Bars and Mocha Cookies, that have been set aside for this year's baking weekend. (<a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/food-dining/clare-s-kitchen-the-joy-of-cookies/article_39591f8e-c004-5f76-a907-42d60c15af62.html">Recipes are here.</a>) Laugh, be creative, and celebrate family along with the season. Let cookie baking season begin. Fa-la-la-la-la!<br /><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell

Clare Schapiro cookie baking family Lynn R. Mitchell Richmond Times-Dispatch Holiday season brings new cookie recipes

Cookies are synonymous with the holiday season, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch's resident chef Clare Schapiro has some recipes sure to make you smile in her Wednesday column, The Joy of Cookies.My family has a cookie baking tradition that has involv…

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