Holiday Cookies Showstopping Recipes to Sweeten the Season [A Baking Book]

From Icebox Pinwheel Cookies to Red-and-White Meringue Kisses to Apple Cider Caramels, find new inspiration for the best of seasonal baking with Holiday Cookies.
 
This instant holiday classic is packed with 50 recipes, each gorgeously photographed and meticulously tested, along with dozens of decorating and packaging ideas. Filled with reimagined favorites like Giant Molasses Spice Cookies and Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies; confections like Peppermint Bark, Smoked Almond and Cacao Nib Brittle, and Dark Chocolate–Hazelnut Fudge; and detailed instructions for gorgeous gingerbread houses, cookie place cards, and edible ornaments, this is a cookie book like no other. Because the recipes are easy to scale up or down, Holiday Cookies is perfect for cookie exchanges, gift-giving, and just enjoying throughout the season. From a veteran baker and recipe developer, each cookie in this collection is guaranteed to be a stand-out, and destined to become your new Christmas classic.

ELISABET DER NEDERLANDEN is a passionate professional baker and a graduate of the California Culinary Academy. She has worked as a food stylist and professional recipe developer/tester for commercial, advertising, and packaging projects. In addition, she has managed recipe testing and food styling for more than 30 cookbooks.

CONTENTS

1 Introduction
2 About This Book
5 Cookie Tips and Tricks
7 Decorating Cookies
13 Royal Icing
14 Packaging Tips and Tricks
17 Storing Cookies

CHAPTER 1
19 VERY MERRY CLASSICS
20 Gingerbread Cookies
24 Chocolate-Dipped Macaroons
27 Minty Spritz Cookies
28 Icebox Pinwheel Cookies
32 Black and Whites
35 Chocolate–Peanut Butter Brownie Sandwich Cookies
36 Red Velvet Crackle Cookies
39 Triple-Chocolate Chunk Cookies
40 Chocolate-Stenciled
 
CHAPTER 2
43 COOKIE EXCHANGE PARTY
44 Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies
48 Red-and-White Meringue Kisses
51 Bejeweled Chocolate Cookies
52 Oatmeal Crisps with Chocolate
55 Almond Ricciarelli Cookies
56 Fruitcake Shortbread
59 Dark Chocolate Cookies with Caramel
60 Espresso Thins
63 Malted Milk Chocolate Cookies

CHAPTER 3
65 WARM HOLIDAY SPICE
66 Molasses Spice Cookies
69 Thumbprints with Spicy Plum Jam
70 Pain d’Épices Shortbread Swirls
73 Glazed Eggnog Madeleines
74 Saffron Pistachio Biscotti
78 Hot Chocolate Cookies with Aleppo Pepper
81 Cinnamon-Sugar Palmiers
82 Fig and Cardamom Rugelach

CHAPTER 4
87 AROUND THE WORLD
88 Swedish Pepparkakor
91 Italian Pignoli Cookies
92 Austrian Linzer Augen
95 South American Alfajores
99 Danish Butter Wreaths
101 Hungarian Kiffles
105 Dutch Speculaas
106 Mexican Wedding Cookies

CHAPTER 5
109 HOLIDAY CONFECTIONS
110 Peppermint Bark
113 Apple Cider Caramels
114 Peanut Butter–Chocolate Crunch Squares
117 Smoked Almond and Cacao Nib Brittle
118 Matcha Chocolate Bark with Berries and Coconut
121 Dark Chocolate–Hazelnut Fudge
122 Bourbon and Maple Chocolate Truffles
125 Chocolate Caramels with Bourbon and Vanilla

CHAPTER 6
127 DECORATED DELIGHTS
128 Christmas Tree Sugar Cookie Cutouts
132 Citrus Sugar Cookie Ornaments
135 Candy Cane Cookies
136 Doily-Rolled Gingersnaps
139 Gingerbread Place-Card Cookies
141 3-D Christmas Trees
144 Stained-Glass Snowflakes
147 Gingerbread House