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12 cookie recipes to sweeten your holidays

Bake the season bright with treats from traditional and trending, to spicy and plant-based.

A plate filled with one of the twelve different cookies made at the Drexel Food Lab, in Philadelphia, Pa., on Friday Nov. 18, 2022.
A plate filled with one of the twelve different cookies made at the Drexel Food Lab, in Philadelphia, Pa., on Friday Nov. 18, 2022.Read moreTyger Williams / Staff Photographer
    by Jenn Ladd
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December always promises a flurry of activity. It kicks off with decorating and shopping trips and ends in get-togethers, gift-giving, and anxiety. It can be an intense, exhausting month, but there’s another constant that sees us through its ups and downs: cookies.

Each year, like clockwork, internet users’ interest in “cookies” crescendoes in December. Be they chocolate chip, gingerbread, or pizzelle, cookies connote the holidays. Why do they take the cake in a dessert-heavy season? Maybe it’s because you can sample several in one sitting, or they’re gift-able, or they’re easy to make.

Whatever the reason, The Inquirer is here for peak cookie season. We gathered 12 recipes, from both Philly bakers and social media, that are approachable, intriguing, and sure to make an excellent addition to this year’s holiday desserts table. — Jenn Ladd