We asked several L.A.-area pastry chefs and cooks to contribute their favorite holiday cookies. Each is a simple, homestyle cookie that reflects each contributor’s memories of holidays past. While ...

With their restrained sweetness and earthy, nutty notes, these tea cake cookies as a mid-morning treat or something to revive your lover post-afternoon delight. Whatever time of day you serve them, ...

If you’re looking for a new, fun and absolutely adorable holiday dessert, forget baking a cake in the shape of a candy cane and whip up these snowmen tea cookies instead. Cute and delicious, what else ...

Filling the house with the smell of fresh vanilla and warm sugar is a simple joy that makes any afternoon feel special. These easy recipes take the hard work out of baking, proving you don’t need a ...

Looking at these powdered sugar confections you're thinking, what a nice little buttery tea cake. Then your tongue gets smacked by a two-by-four of maple flavor. Well done J. Loraine Barbeaux of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...