Alongside baking essentials like flour and sugar, oats are one of the longest standing pantry items. The cereal grain has been adding fiber to recipes for centuries, playing a role in both sweet and ...

Q. I recently made a batch of shortbread cookies from a recipe from the New York Times magazine, which called for 1 and half cups flour and half cup cornstarch. The cookies left the worst aftertaste ...

The holiday baking season is in full swing. While indulging on decadent treats is pretty much a given, not everyone wants to play pastry chef. That’s why we have bakeries. Readers ask about a closed ...

In our family, Christmas would not be complete without our cookie-baking and decorating tradition Betty Belanus Every year, women’s magazines invite us to “start a new family holiday tradition.” “New ...

Having a sweet tooth can pay off. A Scotland-based cookie maker is hiring a “master biscuitier,” at a salary of $52,000 per year, to taste-test the company’s new confections. Border Biscuits, known ...