Holiday Cookies: Showstopping Recipes to Sweeten the Season

Cute cover on this one. It's festive and reflects the subject matter well. It also has good composition and title work.

This is a festive little cookbook filled with tasty recipes sure to please even the most pickiest of eaters. It begins with a nice little introduction and moves on to COOKIE TIPS AND TRICKS, DECORATING COOKIES, ROYAL ICING, PACKAGING TIPS, AND TRICKS, and STORING COOKIES). It is then broken up into the following chapters VERY MERRY CLASSICS, COOKIE EXCHANGE PARTY, WARM HOLIDAY SPICE, AROUND THE WORLD, HOLIDAY CONFECTIONS, DECORATED DELIGHTS and, SPECIAL INGREDIENTS).

The layout is such that the recipes are straightforward and easy to follow and there is a nice array of photographs sprinkled throughout. There isn't anything new or radical about the recipes in this one, but if you want a simple one-stop reference for your holiday baking, then this would be a great addition to your collection.



Here is just a small sampling of the many recipes you will find within...

– GINGERBREAD COOKIES– MINTY SPRITZ COOKIES– CHOCOLATE–PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIE SANDWICH COOKIES– RED-AND-WHITE MERINGUE KISSES– ALMOND RICCIARELLI COOKIES– THUMBPRINTS WITH SPICY PLUM JAM– SAFFRON PISTACHIO BISCOTTI– FIG AND CARDAMOM RUGELACH– ITALIAN PIGNOLI COOKIES– SOUTH AMERICAN ALFAJORES– DUTCH SPECULAAS– APPLE CIDER CARAMELS– SMOKED ALMOND AND CACAO NIB BRITTLE– CITRUS SUGAR COOKIE ORNAMENTS– 3-D CHRISTMAS TREES– GINGERBREAD HOUSE