Ever since I was a little girl, my mom has made the same cookies for us every Christmas. They’re a fairly basic sugar cookie with royal icing shaped like Christmas characters, Rudolph being my favorite. There is nothing wrong with keeping tradition, in fact, I love our family’s cookies. But, I would like to upgrade the cookies we make. What would be even better is if I found something brand new that all of my family passes down through the generations.
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Christmas cookies are a big deal around the world. I know a lot of us want to maintain our family traditions or start a new. This is why I wanted to show you my 7 favorite Christmas cookie cookbooks for this year!
If the adorable cover of Christmas Cookies: More than 60 recipes for adorable festive bakes wasn’t enough, let me tell you why this is a great cookbook! There are so many kinds of cookies offered in this book from characters to shapes and colors. What I enjoy most about this cookbook is the different ways of using the cookies, such as being decorations or used for cookie exchanges. Not only that, but the recipes are simple to follow and require very little ingredients!
The The Artisanal Kitchen: Gluten-Free Holiday Cookies cookbook is something I am thrilled about! Ever since I was diagnosed with Celiac, the holidays have been a bit stressful? I’m sure those who have gluten intolerances understand – I just want to eat all the sweets! Besides being exclusively gluten free there is a whole list of kinds of cookies to choose to bake. The recipes that are included range from simple sugar cookies to more involved Chestnut and Walnut Meringues.
The Easy Christmas Cookie Cookbook: 60+ Recipes to Bake for the Holidays is perfect for those of us who are supremely busy during the holidays. My stepmom loves to make these elaborate cookies each Christmas, but it genuinely takes a whole weekend. I know that most of us don’t have the time or even desire to sit in a kitchen for that long. What I love most about this cookbook are the pictures! Some of these cookies look very complex – in reality they are a quick and easy bake!
What I love most about the Crumble Cookies Recipes: Chewy and Classic Cookies to Bake cookbook is we can use it for the whole year. Patricia Baker has provided clear and concise instructions on how to bake these amazing cookies. There are a lot of unique recipes like chocolate cookie pizza and cookie butter blossoms. I’m hungry just thinking about it!
The Joy to the World: 24 festive treats from around the world cookbook is a small addition for the holiday kitchen. There are only 24 recipes, but they are all vastly different! Each will recipe will give you a small glimpse of what the holidays are like from around the world (mostly Europe.) This book is festive and a must have during Christmas.
I am thrilled about The Christmas Cookie Cookbook: Over 100 Recipes to Celebrate the Season cookbook! The cover is just a glimpse of the magical cookies we can all bake during the holidays. There are over 100 cookie recipes! They’ve included the classics like sugar cookies and gingerbread, but have added some new favorites such as cardamom cookies. I’m looking forward to try those!
When I saw Taste of Home Christmas Cookies Mini Binder: 100+ Sweets for a simply magical holiday cookbook, I knew I was in luck. Taste of Home hasn’t let me down yet, so I am dying to see inside and bake some cookies! There is a lot of variation with these sweet treats, from very complicated to fairly simple. I was impressed with the snowflake shaped rosettes! You may need to invest in some special baking tools after diving into this cookbook!
Check some of these cookbooks out to see if you and your family would enjoy these little treats!
~Kaiti
