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"The collaborative effort of Kristin Johnson and Mimi Cummins, Christmas Cookies Are For Giving: Recipes, Stories And Tips For Making Heartwarming Gifts is the perfect Christmas season cookie compendium that will prove to be a family favorite all the year round. A mouth-watering collection of holiday cookies, Christmas candies, and yuletide snacks, each cookie is enhanced with a full-color photo. In addition to the easy-to-make recipes, kitchen cooks are also provided with tips for baking, storing, giving, and shipping these fragile and delicious treats. From Buttery Pecan Tartletts; Zinger Lemon Bars; and Scottish Shortbread; to Cranberry Decadent Cookies; Hazelnut Cappuccino Cookies; and Butterball Santas, Christmas Cookies Are For Giving is an enthusiastically recommended addition to any family-friendly cookbook collection."
— Midwest Book Review

"The recipes are fantastic...What we made: We have had a lifelong obsession with a cookie with many names -- Mexican Wedding Cakes, Russian Tea Cakes, and in this case, Judy´s Pecan Balls...These simple butter cookies were so delicious that they didn´t last more than an hour in the newsroom. If you´ve never had one, you´re missing out on a taste of heaven (it´s cliched, but it´s so true) -- a round ball dusted in powdered sugar that breaks into flaky layers and bits of pecans. Mmm. Next, we tried Kathy´s Lemon Bars. The authors say that they bring a little bit of sunshine to a cold winter day, and after biting into one we had to agree. The shortbread was buttery but not too thick or hard like other recipes we have tried. And the lemon topping was tart, but not full of the annoying lemon zest of other versions."
— The Idaho Statesman

"This cookbook is the most meaningful book I've read this year. It brought back my own memories of my grandmother baking more cookies than we could ever eat in one holiday season...Since no one in our family seems to make as many cookies for the holiday season, I've tried to carry on this tradition by making tins of cookies for my family each year. This book has given me some new ideas..."Christmas Cookies Are For Giving" is filled with Christmas spirit, loving memories and delicious buttery cookie recipes! If you are looking for a Christmas gift for your friends and family, this book is more than a cookbook, it is a wish for future holiday memories."
— Rebecca Johnson, Top 5 Amazon.com Reviewer, SeasonedWithLove.com

“Christmas Cookies Are for Giving is a collaborative effort that is pure magic. Used appropriately, it will make your kitchen smell like the holidays, your family happy and your Christmas gifts sing songs of good will.”
—Carolyn Howard-Johnson, BookReview.com

"...not only gives you many wonderful cookie recipes for Christmas, baking tips, how to pack and ship these goodies for sending to friends and family locally or far away, and how to prepare Gift Cookies in a Jar, but the book also begins with a wonderful heartwarming "Dickensian" style story set in modern times, "The Giving Christmas Cookie".... I highly recommend this touching and very informative book. It's one you will pass down to your children and grandchildren."
—Diana Baker Woodall, DianasDesserts.com

“An old fashioned Christmas gift idea has been revived and updated in this charming book... The book captures the joy of doing your own cookie making and includes such decadent specialties as Triple Chocolate Caramel Brownies and Vanilla Crescents... a great guide for discovering the secrets of great baking.” —Westchester World