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| Rose's Christmas Cookies | 
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| Author: Rose Levy Beranbaum
Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 782663
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
ASIN: B0000VV2GU
Publication Date: November 4, 1998
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Amazon.com Review
Christmas and cookies are synonymous. Extolling that happy truth, Rose Levy Beranbaum's Rose's Christmas Cookies provides a comprehensive selection of 60 cookie recipes for eating and decoration, for keeping and giving, that is probably the last word on the subject. The author of the award-winning The Cake Bible, Beranbaum has applied her passion for precise, foolproof recipes to the pleasurable business of cookie making. Including full-page color photos of every cookie, and more than 50 line drawings of techniques and templates, the award-winning book is both easy to use and a delight to the eye. Novice bakers and old hands alike will enjoy baking from it. The recipes are arranged in chapters devoted to tree and mantelpiece cookies; cookies to make for and/or with kids; cookies for sending, for open house, and holiday dinner parties, among others. Included are recipes for classics such as Scottish Shortbread, Chocolate-Dipped Melting Moments, Mexican Wedding Cakes, Spritz Butter Cookies, Springerle, and Pfeffernüsse. Also offered are Beranbaum's own creations, such as Maple Walnut Sable Sandwiches, and those of her friends, like Lora Brody's Christmas Phantoms and Mrs. King's Irresistibles. Where applicable, recipes offer optional mixing methods for food processor or electric mixer (or by hand). Beranbaum's "Smart Cookie" accompanies each recipe and provides hints on ingredients and techniques. Decoration, storage, and cookie-sending information abounds. Concluding with a color-photo-illustrated glossary of ingredients and equipment, the book is encyclopedic on its subject and virtually guarantees Christmas (or any time) cookie-making success. --Arthur Boehm
Product Description
Since its 1990 publication, Rose's Christmas Cookies has been a phenomenal success. Who can resist Chocolate-Dipped Melting Moments Cookies or moist Mini-Cheesecakes with Lemon Curd . . . or David Shamah's Jumbles, a fabulous cross between a chocolate-chip cookie and a chunky candy bar bursting with raisins, chocolate chips, and pecans. Whether you need a cookie to decorate your tree or grace your mantelpiece (cookies like Stained Glass or Christmas Wreaths), a sweet to send (Mahogany Butter Crunch Toffee, Maple Macadamia Bars), or a special holiday treat for your dinner party (Praline Truffle Cups, Chocolate-Pistachio Marzipan Spirals), you'll find that perfect something here. Complete with 60 cookie recipes and a color photograph of each cookie for handy reference, this easy-to-use and fun-to-read book will result in scrumptious, festive, and splendid-looking cookies every time.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 49 more reviews...
 Anytime Cookies October 5, 2008
Rose Levy Beranbaum is one of my favorite cookbook writers, because she is unwaveringly precise. Her recipes are almost foolproof, provided that you follow her instructions and don't make too many ingredient substitutions. She's a little [...] in her quest for perfection, but I'd trust her tested, detail-heavy recipes any day over recipes where I can't be sure that things will turn out right (or even be edible) the first time.
Although the title reads "Christmas Cookies," most of the recipes are for "anytime cookies." The book focuses on classics (lemon bars, gingerbread people, meringues, mexican wedding cookies, biscotti, rugelach) and has a chapter dedicated to cookies that survive shipment well.
Out of the recipes I've tried, my favorite is the Peanut Butter and Jelly Jewels, which have a wonderful sandy texture when you bite into them. The warm flavor of peanut butter is balanced with tart jam or creamy chocolate, depending on your preference. (Personally, I choose the Reese's combination every time I make it.) The lemon bars are also especially good.
Most recipes will be easy enough for the casual baker, but there is one recipe, the Gingerbread Cathedral (p. 186-187 - check out the picture!) that I don't think I'll ever be ambitious enough to attempt. The cathedral design features "stained glass" candy windows and flying buttresses!
Also included is a homemade dog biscuits recipe so your favorite canine doesn't feel left out.
Roses Christmas Cookies Review September 17, 2008
A very well illustrated book with delicious and easy to follow recipes. Rose covers everything in this book from storage to shelf life and lots of handy tips. The recipes are great , fun to make and delicious, I thoroughly recommend this book for amateur cooks to professionals.
Baking Fan January 25, 2008
Wow!Wow! It's excellent, with conversions, recommendations, nice pictures, etc., everyone should have one copy of it.
Great Cookies January 18, 2008
I ordered this book because my sister and I along with a few daughters hold a marathon cookie baking weekend in December. We then give away cookie trays to family and friends. All of the reciepes we used from this book were great tasting, and recieved high reviews from our test tasters (husband and friends). Good book for any cookie making adventurer.
 Not ordinary cookies December 31, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I haven't yet attempted any of the recipes in this book yet, but I have looked through it. There seems to be a lot of unique and little known cookies. Some of the recipes seem quite complex. I would not recommend this for someone that just wants a good compilation of easy Christmas cookies. There are quite a lot of ethnic recipes that might be good for surprising grandma or grandpa with something they haven't had in quite a while.
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