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Joy of Cooking Christmas Cookies

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I've used this cookie book when making holiday cookies for family and friends for the last several years, and the results have always been a huge hit. Too often Christmas cookies look great but taste terrible - not something to worry about with this book. I particularly recommend the Cranberry-Cherry Pinwheels. They are delicious and surprisingly easy to prepare. However, be forwarned that most of the recipes in this book are also found in the new Joy of Cooking. Joy is great and much more comprehensive. I'd recommend taking a look at it before buying this book.

If you are one of those Christmas cooks always looking for the definitive book on Christmas cookies, look no further. The Joy of Cooking : Christmas Cookies is the answer. You will not need another book. It is simple to read and use and has every special dropped, rolled, refrigerated cookie you will ever want to cook for Christmas. A real sleeper.... a cook book all cook book collectors need to have.

I have used this book time and time again, and not only for Christmas. The recipes are accurate, easy and great. The color photos really show how the recipes should look and they will! I have made more that a dozen different types of cookies from this book and each one was good if not great. The only problem I have with this book is that the ingredients are written into the directions. This makes it a little more time consuming when you are trying to get your recipes ready before the actual assemble and baking process. A minor set back for a really great book.

As the designated Christmas cookie baker in my family, I was given this book about three years ago. It's a wonderful resource for new ideas and rediscovering old favorites. I heartily recommend the snickerdoodles and the orange ginger wafers.

This book has super recipes. I've tried most of them, and they all work great. The illustrations and pictures are very helpful. It's also good reading, as the quality of writing is very good.

If you are one of those Christmas cooks always looking for the definitive book on Christmas cookies, look no further. The Joy of Cooking : Christmas Cookies is the answer. You will not need another book. It is simple to read and use and has every special dropped, rolled, refrigerated cookie you will ever want to cook for Christmas. A real sleeper.... that all cook book collectors need to have.

I bought a copy of this some 15 years ago, when it was still in print, and quickly picked up copies for my best friend and my mom. I bake on and off during the year but extensively at the holidays, and this book remains my easily-accessible, portable bible for Christmas cookies. I looked all over for it this year to send as a special gift for my godson, who's now old enough to be interested in baking, and was devastated to learn that it's been out of print for years. I have a full copy of Joy, but some of these recipes aren't in there; moreover, the small format and beautiful photos make this very useful when it comes time to plan out my holiday baking each year. I'll treasure my copy even more now that I know it would be difficult indeed to replace it.

I bake a lot, and I read cookbooks all the time, looking for good recipes. I went to the library to copy down a few Christmas cookie recipes, but the recipes and photos in this book looked so great I realized I had to buy it. I have NEVER before found a cookbook where I want to try every recipe in the book, but every recipe in this book scans great (usually my thought pattern is: that sounds good... wait, how much vegetable oil does this recipe call for? eewwww...) If you are looking for Christmas cookie recipes, this is the book I'd get.