Editor’s note: High altitudes makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column presents recipes and tips that make baking in ...

These melt-in-your mouth chocolate shortbread squares are pretty easy to assemble and roll out. To make them, beat soft butter with cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, flour, and an egg yolk. The ...

These are baked slowly to make sure that the shortbread does not become too brown and lose its perfect texture. Servings: Makes 16 pieces. Place dates, water, lemon rind and juice, vanilla, ginger and ...

Shortbread squares with rhubarb curd are a fresh-coast iteration of a coastal grandmother classic. When I moved home to Michigan, my dad potted up all of the rhubarb plants in his garden and hauled ...

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 9-by-9-inch baking dish. Mix flour, butter and powdered sugar in a food processor until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press shortbread dough into baking ...

Although most people love to entertain, planning and cooking an entire meal requires more time than many would-be hosts can manage, especially in the fall, when schedules are often hectic. But that ...

Is your refrigerator packed with half-consumed jars of jam, jelly and preserves? At my house, it’s pretty much an occupational hazard. Even just writing about three products at a time for the Stock Up ...

Shortbread cookies are delightfully crunchy yet soft, and both buttery and sweet. But you need to avoid this mistake to ...

Imagine the taste of your favorite apple pie, combined with the taste of your favorite apple cobbler, served on a homemade shortbread crust. That’s exactly what these Apple Cobbler Shortbread Squares ...

You can almost turn any dessert into a bar. That's the beauty of this kind of dessert. And during the holidays, where cookie tables pop up at every celebration, showing up with a cookie in bar form is ...

The story of shortbread is one of constant elevation to increasingly elaborate versions of what started out as "biscuit bread" -- cookies made from leftover bread dough. The original shortbread has ...