These butter cookies prove simple is best. Get the recipe for classic butter cookies, a staple of holiday recipe tins, dessert buffets, and more.

Cookies are synonymous with the holidays. When I was a little girl, my mother, sister and I would make Mexican wedding cookies, butter cookies, and, of course, gingerbread people. Later, my elfin’ ...

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