From chilling the dough to letting your cookies cool, chefs shared their best advice for making delicious and adorable festive treats for the season.

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A 1996 F&W Best New Chef ... judicious help of the refrigerator: Chill the dough before rolling it out and stamping out shapes with cookie cutters. To adorn these buttery, chocolatey shortbread ...

The very best cookie doughs to freeze are those that ... it out and cutting it into fun shapes with your cookie cutters. Form ...

Roll out the remaining dough and use a smaller round cookie cutter. Bake and cool ... Store in a sealed container, no need for refrigeration. Best eaten within one week. Preheat oven to 350 ...

This season, we're running some of the best recipes Houston home ... If making gingerbread men, roll out dough to ¼-inch thickness and use cookie cutters. Instructions: In a mixing bowl, combine ...