Roses Christmas Cookies by Rose Levy Beranbaum


Roses Christmas Cookies
Title : Roses Christmas Cookies
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ISBN : 0688101364
ISBN-10 : 9780688101367
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 256
Publication : First published January 1, 1991
Awards : James Beard Foundation Book Award Baking and Desserts (1991)

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.


Roses Christmas Cookies Reviews


  • Abigail

    I bought this outstanding collection of Christmas cookie recipes in 2011, and have now used it through two holiday seasons, finding it an excellent resource. I gained a number of new ideas from it, and thought the instructions were helpful and clear. Although I have not made every cookie in the book, I have enjoyed every recipe that I tried. This year I made a variety of cookies for our family celebration, some that have been in the family since I was a girl - mostly bar cookies dreamt up in the 1950s (so I suspect), and given to me by my Great Aunt Audrey - and some from Rose Levy Beranbaum's book.

    The Traditional Rolled Christmas Sugar Cookie recipe is outstanding, far superior to the one I had been using - I liked the subtle citrus flavor to them - although it didn't produce as many cookies as I'd hoped. Perhaps next year I'll try a double batch. The Stained Glass cookies were fun to make, and turned out quite well - this was my first time making them, and I thought they were prettier than they were tasty. The Christmas Wreaths - this treat is rather like Rice Krispie Treats, only made with corn flakes, and green food dye added to the marshmallow/butter mixture - also looked well, although I continue to fail to produce actual wreaths, ending up with little holly and ivy clumps. The Mexican Wedding Hats were delicious - I'd never made this cookie before - although I think I should have dipped them in the confectioner's sugar a few more times. Finally, the Cashew Puffies were delightful, with a lovely light flavor - satisfying, but not too sweet, serving as a nice counterpart to some of the more sugary treats.

    All in all, Christmas cookies were a success this year, thanks in part to this wonderful book! I look forward to using these recipes again, and to trying new ones. Perhaps next year I will attempt the Maple Walnut Sablé Sandwiches!

  • Kerry

    An ambitious and impressive Christmas cookie guide. There is an impressive section on ingredients and substitutions. Indeed another chart shows the method to measure certain incredients and their ounce and grap equivalents of a cup.

    All in all, I was looking for a good guide for nice holiday cookies and this was a bit more in-depth/extravagant than I wanted (this is saying a lot for me). What the heck does that mean to you, reader of this review?

    If you are trying to raise the bar with your friends/relatives and for example, a gingerbread house just isn't cutting it. Have no fear! This book contains step-by-step instructions on how to create your very own gingerbread cathedral (with stained glass windows!) As if any gingerbread cathedral would be worth anything with out them.

    Once upon a time, a friend brought me a recipe for how to make a golden chocolate castle. I thought it was a joke, but she seemed to think, if someone could make this...could be enticed/bet or challenged into doing it to benefit all the chocolate lovers, it was me. I was flabbergasted, but flattered. I think that recipe would fit in nicely in this book.

  • Burd

    A great collection of cookies, each one with it's own little story. The photos are lovely. The recipes are easy to follow. My favourite one has to be the gingerbread cathedral!

  • Judith

    Desert island cookie book.

  • Kathy Y

    I enjoy Rose Levy Beranbaum books - she has a way of drawing you in and her recipes are so delicious. I have been creating from this book since I bought it a few years ago and I have not been disappointed. Rose Beranbaum is a very talented lady and I am so happy she has created books for us to enjoy in our own homes.

  • Anna Mussmann

    This is a well-thought out, attractively designed Christmas cookie book. I'm on my second year of using it and so far have loved several of the recipes (the ginger pennies are amazing).

    I particularly like the extra info on how well the cookies store/ship/freeze/etc.

  • H Mathias

    A well instructed book with great recipes. I use it every year.

  • Juli Anna

    A classic cookie cookbook with some truly unusual recipes among the usual suspects.

  • Lindsey Duncan

    Cookies!

    Do you need to know anything else?

    Let's suppose, for the sake of argument, that you do: this is an excellent book, mostly of staple cookies, but also with some unusual delights to share ... including cookies for hanging on the tree, displaying on the mantel, and even one for the family dog. Rose's descriptions are warm and bright with all the love of the season, and her tips and tricks for cookies are excellent - since they explain why to use this technique or that, they can be applied to other recipes.

    Of course, like her other books, the back of this volume includes all the specifications you could want on staple ingredients and equipment, from as simple as aluminum foil to as particular as which mixer or thermometer to buy.

  • Gia Scott

    I can be excessively critical about cookbooks, but even with my high standards, this is an exceptionally wonderful cookbook.

    There isn't anything to dislike about it. It has a variety of recipes, and I've made the vast majority of them, at least once. There are a lot of photographs, so you have a good idea of what the end result should look like. There is enough "extra" material describing the recipes to keep it good reading too.

    This is one of the "top two" cookie cookbooks in my world. The only other one is the 1961 edition of Betty Crocker's Cooky Cookbook. If you are only going to have 2 cookie cookbooks, make it these two.

  • Meg Powers

    AGH. This is one of my favorite books ever, if only for sheer nostalgia's sake. Even if you don't intend on making any of the recipes (which you should- my mom makes Mahogany Crunch Toffee every Christmas, and it's amazing), the book is gorgeous: I can spend a good hour poring over its contents. The food styling and photography is vivid and beautiful, and the text is clean and attractive. It is charmingly written and features a lot of creative tips in the margins.
    A great book to pass down, if you will allow me to be totally cheesy. I'm gushing over a cookie cook book. WHATEVS!

  • Catherine Woodman

    I have made a couple dozen cookies from here, and I love how each cookie has a picture so that you know what you are shooting for--it is not my favorite cookie cookbook any more, but it is a classic--and the macadamia cookies are amongst the best!

  • Ann Johnson Davis

    Everything I've made from this book has been fabulous. My copy is falling apart. I can only hope it's still in print so I can get a new one!

  • Patty

    One of my favorites. Very inspiring. Lots of yummy treats found inside.

  • Donna

    Cranberry chocolate chippers and David Shama's Jumbles. My copy is falling apart. Enough said.

  • Camille Rowe

    Some of the best cookies I have ever made. Orange Paradise bars are a family favorite.