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Holiday

Organizing or hosting a cookie exchange this holiday season? Follow our step-by-step checklist to help it run smoothly, ensuring you all leave with a full and varied cookie collection

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<img src="http://www.chatelaine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Triple-Tested.png" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;width:120px;"><strong>Welcome to The Chatelaine Kitchen.</strong>
 
What is triple-tested? Our Food Team creates, develops and tests every recipe at least three times (sometimes more!) to make sure it’s delicious and foolproof. We also make sure it’s easy to follow and shop for. Our professional testers weigh all the ingredients for nutritional analysis, verify how long it takes to prep and cook each recipe and check if it can be made ahead. We re-taste and adjust as needed. To confirm results in different kitchens, recipes are also tested at home — by us or by you. Sign up to be a home tester: testing@chatelaine.com

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Chatelaine Kitchen

Although baking blunders can be frustrating, we do learn a lot from our mistakes. We've identified six common cookie and pastry mistakes and a quick solution to fix them

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Decorating with royal icing can be intimidating, but once you master the skill, you'll be able to make beautiful designs on your cookies.

How to decorate cookies with royal icing

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Decorating with royal icing can be intimidating, but once you master the skill, you'll be able to make beautiful designs on your cookies

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I haven’t had great experiences with breakfast cookies. The recipes I’ve tried in the past were either tasteless and unappealing or loaded with sugar and white flour; neither of which really excites me first thing in the morning.

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How to make a cookie basket

Cookie exchange party tips, plus our kitchen staff's favourites

Baking blunders: Six common cookie and pastry mistakes and solutions

How to decorate holiday cookies with royal icing

Healthy carrot cake cookie recipe for breakfast on the go