Celebrate Spring [Plastic Comb]

Gooseberry Patch (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1888052104 | ISBN-13: 978-1888052107 | Publication Date: November 1, 1997

It's all about the joyous season of the earth's awakening! The warm, welcome days bring friends outdoors for tea parties, herbal luncheons, country weddings, garden gatherings, Easter celebrations, April showers and bright spring flowers. Filled with springtime recipes and clever decorating ideas for the season. Hardcover, 128 pages. (9-1/4" x 6-1/2")
 

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Enjoy this recipe from Celebrate Spring.
 
Iced Shamrock Cookies
 
2 c. shortening
2-1/2 c. sugar
1-1/2 t. orange zest
1-1/2 t. vanilla extract
3 eggs
1/4 c. orange juice
6 c. all-purpose flour
1-1/2 t. baking powder
3/4 t. salt
 
Cream shortening, sugar, orange zest and vanilla together. Add eggs and mix well. Blend in orange juice; set aside. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together; add to creamed mixture. Cover and chill for 2 hours. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness; cut out three heart shapes for each shamrock. Arrange on parchment paper-lined baking sheets, carefully sticking them together to form the "leaves." Cut out a long narrow rectangle to add as the "stem." Bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 10 minutes; cool completely before removing from baking sheet. Frost. Makes 2 to 3 dozen.
 
Frosting:
 
1 c. powdered sugar
2 T. butter, softened
2 to 4 T. milk, divided
peppermint extract to taste
3 to 4 drops green food coloring
 
Combine sugar, butter and 2 tablespoons milk in a mixing bowl. Add peppermint extract and food coloring to reach desired color. Add more milk, if necessary, a teaspoon at a time, until frosting is smooth and spreadable.
 

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Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 128 pages
• Publisher: Gooseberry Patch (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888052104
• ISBN-13: 978-1888052107
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #296,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Gooseberry Patch was founded in 1984 by Vickie Hutchins and Jo Ann Martin, two moms looking for a way to do what they loved and stay home with kids too. 25 years later, they're best known for their collection of family-friendly, community-style cookbooks. Each book is created with today's time-strapped, budget-conscious families in mind and filled with recipes shared by cooks all across the country. Along with treasured family recipes, each book includes the stories the go along with these tried & true dishes.

With more than 200 titles and nearly 9 million copies in print, plus an ever-growing collection of eBooks, Gooseberry Patch has grown from a kitchen-table operation to a nationally recognized best-selling publisher. Check out their books below and visit their website (www.gooseberrypatch.com.com) to get thousands of free recipes and lots more free goodies.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not what I expected, September 12, 2000

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Seth A. Hager (Port Townsend, Wa. USA) - See all my reviews
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Celebrate Spring is full of many delicious looking recipes. I was hoping for cookbook that makes use of seasonal foods and produce, but this book is more a list of spring themed party ideas (for St. Patrick's Day, Easter, various afternoon teas) each with a menu, suggestions for decorations, party favors, homemade gifts and crafts. While there are some recipes that use springtime produce like asparagus, peas, and rhubarb there are also recipes which call for fresh apricots, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, basil and other summer produce. Also, the suggestions about making spice garlands, drying herbs and the use of dried lavender seemed oddly out of place in a book about springtime. It's a nice enough book, but it's not what I was looking for

4.0 out of 5 stars Celebrate Spring, August 30, 2011

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The book wasn't as big as I expected it to be, I was hoping it would be more like the "Summer" & "Autumn" cook books.

5.0 out of 5 stars Celebrate Spring, May 6, 2010

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Debbra D. Fahnholz "Deborah" (Alaska) - See all my reviews
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I live in Alaska and long cold winters here and it's a refreshing book as I miss my Oregon so much where we didn't have 8 months of wintertime.