Review: Would be 3 1/2 stars if I could.....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2013
I was looking for some inexpensive Christmas present ideas when I came across this book. There are some very good ideas in this book, but some others I would never make and some I don't even get all of.I haven't tried any yet, but I am looking forward to trying a few. I can't wait to try Dreamsicle Cookies, gingerbread pancakes, oatmeal scotchies and candy cane syrup. However, those are ones for me, not gifts. Some of these seem to have too much work involved for the gift recipient. For example, how can a gift jar contain carrot cake when the recipient has to grate 2c of carrots to add to it? Also, some recipes don't give full directions-homemade maple syrup says to combine all ingredients except maple flavoring, but never says when to add the maple flavoring. Also, there are some glaring typos.All in all, if you are a reasonably intelligent person you can probably get past these mistakes and may find this book fun and worth it.