Minnesota bakers do not disappoint; more than 150 of them entered the 23rd annual Minnesota Star Tribune Holiday Cookie ...

The three winning cookie recipes for the 39th annual Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest all pay tribute to bakers from years ago.

The Dayton Daily News Holiday Cookie Contest has been a tradition for many years. It began in 1990, which means it has been running (on and off) for about 35 years as of 2025. We thought it would be ...

Get festive with timeless classics and new favorites, from sugar cookies and mandelbrot to tortellini dolci and marranitos.

A mother-daughter duo delivered a one-two punch at this year’s Gravenstein Apple Fair pie baking contest. Jody McNaughton of Santa Rosa took first place for her Gravenstein apple-cranberry pie, while ...

Holiday baking is all about tradition. And one of the traditions of the Star Tribune’s annual contest is to ask contestants ...

Maybe it was because her entry was still warm from the oven on a cold wintry day. Perhaps it was her Italian-born grandfather ...

Years ago, I set out on a mission to cook and taste-test every grand prize-winning recipe from the Pillsbury Bake-Off, going ...

Bring all the flavors of eggnog to a no-bake dessert bar that will be the first thing gone off the holiday desserts table.

Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. When I received an email last week from reader Mike Croy looking for a Pat Yielding recipe, I immediately ...