This recipe for ginger molasses crinkles makes 24 cookies and can be dressed up with optional orange zest or candied ginger. Level of effort: 🍪

This easy recipe yields about 3 dozen cookies and only takes about and hour to make Level of effort: 🍪

This recipe for jam squares yields 9 squares. You can use any kind of jam, compote or preserves you have in the pantry. Level of effort: 🍪

These butter tart squares deliver all the flavour of a traditional butter tart – in a fraction of the time Level of effort: 🍪

These simple sandwich cookies can be dressed up with chopped chocolate, nuts or dried fruit. The recipe makes about 18 sandwich cookies. Level of effort: 🍪🍪 Level of effort: 🍪🍪

These marshmallow kiss cookies take a bit of effort – you'll need a candy thermometer and a double boiler – but the final result is a perfect, pink holiday treat. Level of effort: 🍪🍪🍪

Cookies made with dough you drop by the spoonful onto a baking sheet are among the simplest to make – chocolate chunk are the most familiar, but you could add just about anything to that soft, buttery...

Spelt is often mistaken as gluten-free. It is not, though it has less gluten than modern wheat. The gluten it has is water soluble and much more fragile. Some with gluten sensitivities thus find it easier...

These crackled, sturdy cookies take well to adaptation. If you keep the general volume of add-ins, feel free to swap and adapt the spices, nuts, dried fruit or chocolate as desired. Coconut or candied...

Homemade truffles are superior but the secret is the quality of chocolate. Buy the best you can afford, at least 64-per-cent to 70-per-cent cocoa for dark, and 40-per-cent to 45-per-cent for milk. If like...

You could replace the crushed ladyfingers with the same volume of other fillings such as mini marshmallows, finely chopped candied ginger, dried fruit, or crushed graham crackers or digestive cookies.

We’ve reached the third edition of The Globe and Mail’s 24 Treats of Christmas. Between Dec. 1 and 24, we’re publishing recipes for cookies and squares, chocolate desserts and holiday favourites along...