Review: Not Just For December!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 11, 2013
There is very little that Grandma likes better than a good cookie.Good Eating's Holiday Cookies: Delicious Family Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies and Morecontains recipes for 59 of them - and they are not all the sort of thing one makes just once a year.  Chosen from the winners of a dozen or so years of the Chicago Tribune's holiday cookie baking contest, you'll find a huge variety of cookies & not-quite-cookies, ranging from super-sized chocolate chips the size of a saucer (they note that nobody could eat the whole thing for dessert - obviously they've not met my SIL or ex-husband!) to dainty adults-only sandwich cookies perfect for an afternoon tea party. While there are a few "fuss budgets" in the mix that take a bit of time to produce, there are also plenty of mix-and-bake treasures that can be produced at the drop of a pin and more than a few that are quite obviously family treasures handed down through the generations.There is an interactive Table of Contents in the front of the book.  You'll also find pictures of some, though not all, of the cookies that have been included, a few (very generic) cookie baking tips and a short list of cookie-cutter suppliers.Grandma's $0.02 -  Nice collection of cookie recipes you'll enjoy using year round.  Recommended.