Creative Cookies, Delicious Decorating For Any Occasion, Cookie Cook Book

My favorite sweet treat is homemade cookies. They have to be homemade because store bought cookies just do not taste the same. My cookies must be soft and chewy, not crisp. My rule is, take them out of the oven just a hair before they’re done. If they get crisp by mistake we can always dunk them in milk or coffee but that’s not the ideal. How is it at your house? Does your family like their cookies soft or crispy?
Cookies allow for a lot of creativity. There are lots of add-ins that you can use such as chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, raisins, or nuts. My Mom used to send us cookies made with cherry flavored chips. The boys loved those!
Then there are decorated cookies. You can make some fabulous looking cookies with icing and decorations such as jimmies, sprinkles, colored sugars, luster dust, edible glitter, cookie stamps and so much more. My mom and sister and I used to decorate sugar cookies to take to a children’s home at Christmas time. It was a lot of fun working together in the kitchen and sharing our creations with those less fortunate.
Are you a cookie enthusiast like me? Check out the cookie cook book links below for creative inspiration and soon your kitchen will be filled with the sweet, homey aroma of cookies baking.

QUICK LINKS:
Creative Cookies: Delicious Decorating for Any Occasion
Click here for a great assortment of cookie cook books.

I Love Cookies Gifts

Does someone you know love cookies? I stumbled across a phenomenal assortment of I Love Cookies themed t-shirts, mugs, aprons and more on Zazzle. The artists there have made some fun gift items, perfect for any cookie monster on your Christmas shopping list.

This mug is about Christmas cookies and reads, "I love Christmas cookies! I'll diet in January." Zazzle has a host of other designs, both for Christmas cookies and for cookies that are not Christmas themed.

A totally unique gift idea for cookie lovers!

Quick Links:

Buy this I Love Christmas Cookies mug on Zazzle.
Visit my page of I Love Cookies T-shirts.

Cookie Craft: From Baking to Luster Dust, Designs and Techniques for Creative Cookie Occasions

Cookie Craft: From Baking to Luster Dust, Designs and Techniques for Creative Cookie Occasions
Cookie baking is a tradition for many women at Christmas time. They bake for their own family, they bake cookies to give as Christmas presents, or they bake cookies to have on hand for Christmas entertaining. Christmas cookie swaps are popular at this time of year as well. Whatever the reason for baking them, everyone loves homemade cookies! Cookie Craft: From Baking to Luster Dust, Designs and Techniques for Creative Cookie Occasions gets rave reviews from cookie bakers such as P. Brown who says:

"This is a beautifully bound book full of color pictures of beautifully decorated cookies. It's giving me tons of great ideas for the holidays. There are also a lot of helpful hints--(e.g., how to keep your cookie cutters from rusting, how to roll out the dough to a consistant thickness) as well as detailed instructions for really cool party favors, centerpieces -- all made from cookies. The instructions break it down really simply, so it looks doable too. This is going to be the holiday book of choice for this year!"

This is just one of the forty-five glowing, five star reviews for this book.

Cookie Craft: From Baking to Luster Dust, Designs and Techniques for Creative Cookie Occasions

One more five star review of Cookie Craft from Knoxville Artist:

"This book is fantastic. The authors are talented and the book is very organized. The instructions are easy and the knowledge inside the book is priceless. I had never baked or decorated cookies before purchasing the book. The 1st attempt was 100% successful and so beautiful. My husband came home and thought I had purchased the cookies from the local high end bakery. Do not hesitate 'Buy this Book'."

Cookies are my favorite treat and this cookie book is going on my Christmas list!

Merry Christmas!

Rose's Christmas Cookies

Looking for a beautiful Christmas cookbook for a baker in your life? I highly recommend you check out Rose's Christmas Cookies. It is a large hardcover cookbook that is packed with cookie recipes and beautiful as well. So beautiful that I think it could be an impressive coffee table book for the foodie in your life.

An award-winning baker, author and television host, Rose Levy Beranbaum has a few other well loved baking cookbooks. This one is perfect for under the Christmas tree!

Quick Links:

Read more about Rose's Christmas Cookies by clicking right here.
Order your copy from Amazon by clicking right here.