Khruchiki (also called “khrustyky” or “chrusciki”) aren’t your average Christmas cookie. These Polish cookies are flipped inside-out, then deep-fried to golden perfection. Don’t forget the ...

A group of seniors at Asher Point Independent Living enjoyed baking holiday cookies, sharing family memories, and singing ...

Earlier this month, I wrote a column about the tradition of big Polish wedding celebrations in our family and the many photos and fond memories from these gatherings of food, music and friends. It ...

Chrusciki played an important role in Sandi Murphy's childhood, and just one whiff of the fried, twisted cookies can work like a time machine. Her "babci," she says, using the Polish endearment for ...

Sister Rose Bartnicki’s petite Polish cookies have long been a hit — perhaps even a source of envy — among some women at St. Ignatius Loyola Parish. Some of the women who share her Polish heritage ...

She would make an extraordinary array of cookies every Christmas (mostly for entertaining, as we always had holiday parties and plenty of guests), of course, with selected recipes made throughout the ...

Watching the impact of the war in Ukraine and the response in Poland, Patty Kolodziej wanted to do something. Kolodziej grew up in Chicago, in a neighborhood where there were many Polish delis and ...

How would Santa prepare for the extra work for the holidays? Planning ahead! Freezable Christmas cookies can be made weeks or months in advance. So easy and once you take them out of the freezer and ...

Crisp and light and sprinkled with powdered sugar, Grandma’s angel wings were a beloved, although a bit messy, holiday treat. They always left sugar trails on the tablecloth, like a dusting of snow.