Christmas Sweets: 65 Festive Recipes - Table Decorations - Sweet Gift Ideas

by Georgeanne Brennan, Richard G. Jung (Photographs)

Christmas Sweets transforms the holiday table into a winter wonderland! From boxes of homemade candy brimming with Chocolate Fudge or Almond-Butter Toffee to cookie jars filled with Pecan Lace Cookies or Apricot-Pistachio Bars, this collection of recipes and decorations will make gift-giving extra sweet this year. Beautifully illustrated with gorgeous color photography, each festive project celebrates the season and offers inspiring craft ideas using sweetsboth homemade and store bought. Holiday guests will delight in stealing a treat from a Candy Wreath and getting caught under the CandyAcorn Kissing Ball. With homemade gingerbread confections presented in a spectacular, wintry Gingerbread Cookie Box, Santa will never settle for cookies again.

Genres: Cookbooks, Christmas

136 pages, Hardcover

First published September 20, 2007

About the author

Georgeanne Brennan, born and raised in Southern California, is the author of the James Beard Award winning cookbook, The Food and Flavors of Haute Provence, and the International Association of Culinary Professionals award for her book, Aperitif, among numerous others, including her best-selling memoir, A Pig in Provence, about her years raising goats and pigs and making cheese in France in the 1970s. She’s divided her life for many years between her modest home in Provence, where she learned to make French style aperitifs, and a small farm in Winters, CA. She co-founded the pioneering seed company, Le Marche Seeds International, an important source for emerging organic market growers, in the 1980s. In the 1990s she conducted week-long Culinary Vacations in Provence. In 2014 she founded the on-line store lavierustic.com. She and her work have been featured in numerous publications including the New York Times, Food and Wine Magazine, InStyle, Vogue and many others. She has a bachelor’s degree in History and English from San Diego State University and master’s degree in History from UC San Diego.

Reviews

[Donna Siebold · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was very disappointed in the contents of this book. Few of the recipes looked tempting the gift ideas were mundane. Not much festivity here.

[Judi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of recipes for all kinds of Christmas treats and so much more. Crafts for decorating and gift ideas, with clear directions, lots of beautiful photos. It is laid out in a logical manner and has an index organized by recipe type. Usefull for Christmas and of course many of the recipes could be used year round.

[Kristal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really great recipes:
-Candy Cane Cookies
-Pecan Lace Cookies
-Peppermint Ice Cream
-Hazelnut Divinit
-Pumpkin-Hazelnut Cheesecake
And a picture of an Angel Food Cake with Coconut that looks Divine!