Christmas Cookies

by Oxmoor House (Editor), Joan E. Denman (Editor), Ellen de Lathouder (Editor)

Recipes adapted from Southern LIving cookbooks.

Genres: Cookbooks, Holiday, Christmas

91 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Sheri]

Not just for Christmas, this is a great all-purpose cookie book to utilize year-round. The varieties are plentiful, making this the book to pull out when you want to try something new. There are no photos, but I've never had a bad cookie, so I can overlook that as I mark the ones I want to try!

[Virginia Campbell]

This classic holiday cookie collection is simply presented with a compact, basic layout and a few charming little illustrations throughout the pages. Sometimes, less really is more, and this book is loaded with wonderful recipes! Produced by Southern Living Books, which always provides a fabulous feast for foodies, "Christmas Cookies" has the feeling and flavor of 1986, the year it was printed. This is a very good thing! If you think there's nothing new to make for the holidays, then step back in time for some tasty treasures from the past. The book sections are divided by the type of cookie, and my favorite was the final chapter: "Foreign Cookies". Somehow those wonderful butter and spice cookies, and cookies filled with jam and dried fruit and nuts bring to mind the seasonal scents of a Christmas kitchen. Suggestions for Santa's cookie plate: "Croesus Squares"; "Date-Nut Cookies"; "German Christmas Cookies"; and "London Bars". For the person who has everything, including a sweet tooth, a gift of a homemade assortment of delectable, devourable cookies would be much appreciated and long remembered.

[raccoon reader]

Glad to have this one in my collections. I felt my "cookie" area was a little lacking and boy does this one fill that gap. It is sorted by how the cookie is made: bars and squares, drop cookies, rolled and sliced, shaped cookies, foreign cookies.

And it's not just for Christmas! I can't wait to try out some of the lemon based cookies/bars.

[Patti McDermott]

This has become my go-to cookie book for the holiday season. Everything i have ever tried has come out fantastic. I think I got it as a give-away with a magazine subscription.

[Lori Howe]

comes out every year - since 1986!