Holiday Sweets: A Collection of Inspired Recipes, Gifts, and Decorations (Holiday Series) [Hardcover]

Georgeanne Brennan (Author), Richard Jung (Photographer)

Book Description

Series: Holiday Series | Publication Date: September 1999

With 50 gorgeous photographs, this book guides the reader through 15 stunning crafts projects and 30 delicious recipes for the winter season. Holiday Sweets includes chapters on tabletop sweets like delicate Christmas petit fours, sweet gifts, and instructions for making dazzling decorative sweets like lollipop trees.

Stunning graphics and step-by-step instructions for projects and recipes themed around the winter holidays

Georgeanne Brennan is an IACP/Julia Child and James Beard cookbook award-winning author who also wrote Holiday Eggs and Holiday Pumpkins. She has authored over 12 books on cooking and gardening, and is a feature writer for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Richard Jung is a food and travel photographer whose work has appeared in Metropolitan Home and Travel & Leisure. His photographs also appear in Holiday Eggs. Jennifer Barry, producer of the Holiday series, is an award-winning designer and packager.

Editorial Reviews

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One of the greatest pleasures of every holiday is the making of special sweets to share with family and friends. In "Holiday Sweets'" author Georgeanne Brennan shares some of her personal favorites in an irresistible collection of recipes for holiday baked goods, candies and ice creams. This festive volume also includes fun craft and gift ideas for using sweets to decorate the home and table that children and adults of all ages will enjoy.

"Holiday Sweets" offers over 40 tantalizing recipes for holiday goodies. Cookie jars filled with Pecan Lace Cookies or Apricot-Pistachio Bars are sure to delight family and friends. Boxes of homemade candy brimming with Chocolate Fudge, Almond-Butter Toffee, or Turkish Delight make holiday gifts extra special for loved one. Traditional Plum Pudding with Hard Sauce or snowy white Angel Food cake with Coconut curls make memorable finishes to a festive Christmas feast, while Pumpkin Hazelnut Cheesecake makes a spectacular finale to any Thanksgiving dinner. "Holiday Sweets" also features a chapter just for kids for making teats like colorful Candy Cane Cookies, candied Popcorn Balls, and Sugared Walnuts.

Beautifully illustrated with gorgeous color photography, "Holiday Sweets' present over 15 crafts projects using sweets, both homemade and store bought, to decorate the home and holiday table. Guests will delight in stealing a sweet from an easy-to-make candy Wreath or Candy Acorn Kissing Ball, and will admire homemade gingerbread cookies presented in a spectacular, wintry Gingerbread Cookie Box stenciled with powdered sugar. And homemade sweets packaged to make Decorative Pudding, Fruitcake or Cookie Cup Gifts are special gifts to give for any holiday or occasion year round. This inspiring collection of delightful ideas and recipes is sure to welcome in the holidays and festivities to every home and table.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Smithmark Pub (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765116634
• ISBN-13: 978-0765116635
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,722,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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