My Review - Holiday Cookies - (9/9/17)

Holiday Cookies - By 
Elisabet der Nederlanden

5☆ Scrumptious, Festive Cookies, left me hungry

Holiday Cookies is exactly what it says.
A baking book full of delicious recipes for that Holiday Christmas season.

It had my tummy grumbling and my nose imagining all the delightful ginger and spice aromas surrounding the house. My favourite time of the year.

Not only is this a baking book Elisabet der Nederlanden has put alot of thought and research into her book.
Making sure even the novice of bakers feels completely at ease with trying out her recipies.



Included is tips and tricks to help guide you through some of the methods involved. For example, dough techniques, using icing bags, decorating tips.

The ingredients are measured in cups,ounces, tablespoons and teaspoons.

I'm in the UK and some of the ingredients possibly may need adapting for example; all purpose flour is substituted as Plain Flour in the UK.
 Not a huge problem but just be aware of conversions and substitutions.
Also oven conversions may need to be adapted, as the recipies use °F

So here is a few of the recipes I for one can't wait to try.....
* Chocolate-Dipped Macaroons
* Icebox Pinwheel Cookies
* Chocolate– Peanut Butter Brownie Sandwich Cookies
* Red Velvet Crackle Cookies
* Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies
* Bejeweled Chocolate Cookies
* Fruitcake Shortbread
* Thumbprints with Spicy Plum
* Glazed Eggnog Madeleines
* Saffron Pistachio Biscotti
* Cinnamon-SugarPalmiers
* Italian Pignoli Cookies
* Danish Butter Wreaths
* South American Alfajores
* Mexican Wedding Cookies
* Citrus Sugar Cookie Ornaments
* Candy Cane Cookies
* 3-D Christmas Trees
* Gingerbread House
* Peppermint Bark
* Apple Cider Caramels
* Smoked Almond and Cacao Nib Brittle
* Bourbon and Maple Chocolate Truffles

So as you can see a huge variety of cookies. That's just a few of them there is so many more to choose from.

The recipies are easy to follow.
There is 1 picture showing the reader what the finished product should look like.
It would of been nice to have a few more pictures to show the preparation incase the baker had never attempted that method before. It can be a little daunting.

My only criticism is that I wish the instructions would of been set out in short paragraphs to make it a little clearer for the reader to follow the steps.

Overall a great cook/ baking book.
Perfect for the holiday season.
Also some great recipies included to make with the children.

I would recommend this book.
I do think this book possibly might be more suitable to bakers who have a little baking experience but this is just my thoughts.
We all have to start somewhere and I would never want to discourage any baker from giving something a try. It's all the fun!

Happy Baking Everyone. Enjoy x