Holiday Cookie How-tos

It's that time of year. Get your box of cookie cutters out of storage and plan to spend a fun afternoon rolling out dough, cutting shapes, getting royal icing all over the place, playing mad scientist with food coloring and training your pastry bag to work its magic and bring your cookies to life. Make them for your family, bring them to a cookie exchange, hang them from the tree, give them to a hostess of a holiday party you attend. But most of all, enjoy!