I have a fettish for Christmas cookie cookbooks and magazines. I might have mentioned that before in our favorite cookie recipes post. I just love staring at all the pictures with my kids and picking few new recipes to try as we celebrate Christmas. Really? I just love Christmas baking. I get the itch to start baking on Thanksgiving afternoon!
Just typing up this post is making me want to go start baking again!
Aside from the joys of eating cookies during the holidays, spending time together with your kids actually baking cookies, and teaching them to read recipes and check for doneness and clean up the mess together is precious family time your kids will love.
Here are some ways you can use Christmas cookie cookbooks to make memories!
- Host a cookie exchange. Pick one cookbook, and have each person choose one recipe from the book to make for the cookie exchange. Everyone makes four dozen, and everyone takes home four dozen different cookies! What could be more fun?
- Go through the book of your choice with your kids and have each of them pick a new recipe to try.
- Take a plateful of cookies to each of your neighbors and friends with a little note of blessing.
- Buy little treat bags or cute Christmas plates, and hand out homemade cookies to Sunday School teachers, school teachers, piano teachers, and coaches.
I’m pretty excited about this list of Christmas Cookie Cookbooks, partly because I am sharing a few of our favorites and partly because a few of these are on my wish list!
Taste of Home Ultimate Cookie Swap – This magazine is one of our favorites and their cookbooks stay on our shelves long term! This is where my favorite sugar cookie recipe ever came from!
Better Homes and Gardens Very Merry Cookies – My red checked Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook is my standard for all things in the kitchen, and everything we make we love.
Christmas Cookie Exchange Recipes: 50 easy Christmas dessert recipes
The Ultimate Christmas Cookies: Festive Cookies and Bars In The Kitchen Cooking
Christmas Treat Recipes: Delicious Christmas Treats that Everyone Will Love
Christmas Cookies: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons
Christmas Cookies: The 20 Best Loved Favorites Assortment
The Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher
Christmas Cookie Swap!: More Than 100 Treats to Share this Holiday Season
Good Housekeeping The Great Christmas Cookie Swap Cookbook
The Ultimate Christmas Dessert Cookbook! Cookies, Cakes, Pastry, Candy, and More!
35 Easy and Delicious, All Time Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes From Around the World
Old Fashion, Home Made Christmas Cookie Recipes Simply Delicious Cookbooks Book 3
Good Housekeeping Christmas Cookies: 75 Irresistible Holiday Treats
Betty Crocker Christmas Cookies
The Gourmet Cookie Book: The Single Best Recipe from Each Year 1941-2009
50 Chocolate Christmas Cookies – Chocolate Cookies To Bake and Share For The Holidays
Creative Cookie Swap Cookbook: Recipes and Holiday Inspiration Taste of Christmas
Cookie Advent Cookbook: With 24 festive recipes
The Legend of the Christmas Cookie: Sharing the True Meaning of Christmas
Christmas Feast Cookbook: The Very Best Classic and New Recipes
Just in case you want to read to your kids about making cookies before you make them, this fun cookie story book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal is a great way to do just that!
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