The Easy Christmas Cookie Cookbook: 60+ Recipes to Bake for the Holidays

Really enjoyed the recipes in here. Even the ones I thought would be too difficult for me were easy to follow. Deff recommend.

Some traditional favorites and some spicy twists to mix things up. Easy to read, measurement charts, & ingredient descriptions. Great for beginners.

Wish had more time bake more great bakes

When I was a kid, I loved to bake Christmas cookies. We weren’t a big baking family, but there were some cookies that we made every year. I keep the tradition going now, but every year I wish I had more time to bake more types of cookies to share with everyone I love. The Easy Christmas Cookie Cookbook can help me with that. Not only are there a wide variety of types of cookies, there are also lots of tips about freezing either the baked cookies or the cookie dough, so with a little planning, I can bake a ton of cookies to get ready for the holidays. And you know what that means: gift-giving done!Author Carroll Pellegrinelli has put together over 60 recipes of holiday treats (or everyday treats, if you want) that you can use for holiday parties, gifts, and for eating. And she has set this up so that even beginning bakers can jump in and get started.The first chapter is everything you need to get set up for success: lists of the ingredients you need, the equipment that will get your cookies baked, tips for storing and freezing your treats, and lots of ideas for decorating with icings and sprinkles. There is the master recipe for Royal Icing, which isn’t the only icing you can use to decorate your bookies, but it’s one of the classics. And once you’re prepared, with everything in place, then it’s on to the cookies to bake.Chapter two is all about Holiday Favorites. This is the Christmas Sugar Cookies, the Butter Spritz Cookies, the Gingerbread People, the Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies, and (my personal favorite) Chocolate Crinkles. There are also Holiday Pinwheel Cookies, Snowballs, Chocolate-Dipped Almond Cookies, and Peanut Butter Blossoms. Then you can step it up a notch with chapter three, Classics with a Twist. Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies, Ultimate Snickerdoodles, Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups, Minty Chocolate Chip Cookies, Red Velvet Crinkles, and Smooth Irish Whiskey Brownies are just a few of the exciting treats that take your recipes just one step higher than the usual ones your family and friends expect.Chapter four is filled with New Creations, like Bacon and Eggnog Cookies, Sharp Cheddar Cheese Butter Cookies, Brie and Fig Jam Thumbprint Cookies, German Beer Chocolate Cookies, and “Eat Your Vegetables” Christmas Cookies (made with zucchini and carrots). And then the final chapter is filled with Not-Quite-Cookies, which include recipes that are perfect for gift-giving or for impressing friends and family at holiday gatherings. There are Slow-Cooker Nutty Chocolate Clusters, Polar Bear Chow, Truffles, Easy English=Style Toffee, Flavorful Fruity Popcorn, Crispy Holiday Trees, and No-Bake Chocolate Cookies.Each recipe is also packed with extra information. There are tips for storage, serving, ingredients, techniques, and even troubleshooting. There are notes for variations or traditions. And there are notations signifying bar cookies, molded cookies, rolled cookies, and drop cookies as well as for recipes that are freezer-friendly and icebox cookies (cookies that need time to chill before baking). Pellegrinelli sets her readers up for success every step of the way, making this a great cookbook for beginning bakers who want to build fun holiday traditions with cookie baking, decorating, sharing, and gifting.I love the breadth and creativity of these recipes, but I can’t help but wish there were more photos. The festive nature of these recipes call out for more photos, and I would have loved to see more pictures of decorating techniques and ideas. But that being said, the recipes are tempting, and I think anyone baking from The Easy Christmas Cookie Cookbook will make the holidays a big hit for their family and friends.Egalleys for The Easy Christmas Cookie Cookbook were provided by Rockridge Press through the Callisto Media Publisher’s Club, with many thanks.

I love to bake sweets and I have gone through book after book looking for recipes that would be fun to bake and decorate. I also like a variety of recipes and clear instructions and on the nose ingredient lists and measurements. This book is wonderful and I'm looking forward to baking my way through it! Starting today with the Peppermint candy cane cookies :) Thank you Carroll for creating an excellent collection of insightful recipes!!

The book contains lots of recipes for Christmas cookies of all kinds. It made a great finishing touch to the Christmas Cookie gift basket I put together for a raffle. Well worth the price!

The majority of the recipes do not have pictures of the finished product. I like to look at pictures of possible cookies I want to make to at least if they may be too detailed or anything that may appeal to me. I also find pictures help if there is any assembly or layers so at least I have something to gauge my progress with while completing the recipes.

I am IN LOVE with this cookbook!! Baking with my family is one of the highlights of Christmas. With over 60 recipes, this cookbook will not disappoint! I especially love that Chapter 1 is “The Christmas Cookie Handbook” detailing everything you need to know from how to read a recipe to measuring 101, various techniques, etc. Although labeled as a Christmas cookie cookbook, I will be referencing these instructions and many of the recipes all year round. 🥰🎄🍪

Came on time and in perfect condition. Has perfect quality. I recommend it to anyone who loves to bake during the holidays.

A big book of some interesting recipes. Some have been created some u have admired will have fun experimenting on different flavours and recipes

I created a Cookie Monster with this all inclusive cook book.

This book was just okay. There are plenty of recipes but not a lot of pictures, which is a let down. I prefer a cookbook that shows examples of what to expect. Also measurements required for certain recipes are very finicky. For example, some recipes call for 11 tablespoons of butter. That’s just annoying to measure, especially knowing the extra tablespoon would make it simpler at 3/4 cup. Seems counter-intuitive for book with “easy” in the title. After tasting the sugar cookies made from a recipe in the book I can say they’re ok but I’ve had better. There’s nothing wrong with them, but I can say it won’t be our go to recipe. The overall quality of the book is lacking. The pages are very thin, and the cover is pretty flimsy as well. Not the quality I would expect for a cookbook. It does have lots of variety, so if that’s what you’re looking for this is a good choice. My 11 year old was able to follow recipes easily, but she did have more questions than usual about some steps. Overall, it’s a decent book.

It has good illustration.