Noelle Carter is the former Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen director. She left in January 2019.
The ultimate wedding cookie
Time 1 hour
Yields Makes about 5 dozen cookies
Banbury tarts
Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Yields Makes about 5 dozen cookies
Butter cookies
Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Yields Makes about 6 dozen (3- to 4-inch) cookies
Coffee-walnut cookies
Time 1 hour
Yields Makes about 5 1/2 dozen cookies
Czechoslovakian nut bars
Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Yields Makes 30 bars
Brown butter pecan shortbread
Time 1 hour
Yields Makes about 24 cookies
Gingerbread people
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Yields Makes 3 1/2 dozen
Maple pecan pie bars
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Yields Makes 2 to 3 dozen bars, depending on size
Sugar and Spice Cookie
Time 45 minutes
Yields Makes approximately 4 dozen cookies
Holiday kids cookies
Time 1 hour
Yields Makes about 2 ½ dozen (4-inch) cookies
Vegan Linzer cookies
Time 1 hour
Yields This makes about 1½ dozen (2½ inch) cookies
Almond biscotti
Time 3 hours
Yields Makes 16 large biscotti
Hazelnut chocolate orange biscotti
Time 4 hours 30 minutes
Yields Makes 16 biscotti
