As saying goes, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”. But isn’t it much better if you cook for someone you love? The best way to celebrate Christmas is to cook for your family, and the best way to cook for your family is buy the best seller Christmas cookbooks out there.
1. Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book (Facsimile Edition)
Here is the complete cooky book-more than 450 recipes, dozens of appetizing full-color photographs, and many how-to-do-it sketches. This treasury of cooky baking embraces all tastes-from the old-fashioned and traditional to the new and sophisticated. Plus a large section devoted entirely to holiday cookies. Fun to use. . .perfect to give.
2. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays: 140 Step-by-Step Recipes for Simple, Scrumptious Celebrations
Ree Drummond—accidental country girl, award-winning blogger, Food Network personality, and #1 New York Times bestselling author—presents The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays, a fantastic collection of recipes, photos, and homespun humor to help you celebrate all through the year.
3. Christmas Cookies Cookbook (Seasonal Cookbook Collection)
In Christmas Cookies cookbook, you’ll find the ultimate collection of recipes, including quick-to-fix favorites like sugar spritz cookies and super-simple snickerdoodles. You’ll also find plenty of recipes for cut-out and drop cookies and melt-in-your-mouth candies like chocolate-coconut bon-bons and creamy butter mints, plus yummy gift mixes too! Lots of clever cookie swap ideas.
4. Christmas With Southern Living 2012: Savor * Entertain * Decorate * Share
From the experts at Southern Living comes the definitive book on Christmas cooking, decorating, and gift giving. For over 30 years, Christmas with Southern Living has delighted readers with stunning seasonal decorations, delicious holiday recipes, and charming gift ideas. Whether you’re looking for a show-stopping dessert for your Christmas dinner feast, an easy family-favorite homemade pizza for a busy weeknight, or a comforting side dish to add the perfect touch, you’re sure to find the ideal recipe for any occasion throughout the year. Beautiful full-color photos invite you to draw inspiration for clever ways to make a welcoming entrance into your home, to spruce up your mailbox and doorway for Christmas curb appeal, and to spread holiday cheer with a breathtaking tablescape.
5. Christmas with Paula Deen: Recipes and Stories from My Favorite Holiday
“I’ve gone through all my books and put together this collection of my most treasured recipes and memories for the holiday season to share with you…You’ll find a few new dishes, a sprinkling of new holiday stories, and some family pictures you might not have seen before.”
6. Debbie Macomber’s Christmas Cookbook: Favorite Recipes and Holiday Traditions from My Home to Yours
We call her the “Official Storyteller of Christmas”—but Debbie Macomber is more than that. She’s someone who loves the holiday and all its traditions. Now she shares more than one hundred of her favorite recipes to help you enjoy this most joyous of seasons. You’ll also find easy-to-follow instructions for crafts, decorations and gift wrapping—everything you need to create a beautiful and festive holiday.
7. Nigella Christmas: Food Family Friends Festivities
Christmas is a time for family and friends, for tradition and treats. But, let’s face it, when the pressure to feed and entertain builds up, the festive season can start to lose its sparkle . . . That’s where Nigella comes in. With her no-nonsense approach, her inspirational ideas, and her empathy for the practical realities of the season–combined here with reliable, easy-to-follow recipes and reassuring advice about planning and cooking ahead–Nigella Christmas is guaranteed to bring comfort and joy and make sure the season of good will stays that way.
8. Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook (Betty Crocker Books)
Perfect for all kinds of Christmas inspiration, Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook gives you everything you need to make the holiday sparkle-tasty recipes, entertaining essentials, decorating tips, and creative gift-giving ideas. Packed with hundreds of recipes for traditional dishes and creative new flavors, this comprehensive Christmas cookbook is chock full of great ideas.
9. Christmas from the Heart of the Home
Susan Branch’s inimitable whimsy and charm have won her a large and loyal following across America — and made her previous gift books and cookbooks perennial bestsellers. This new hand-painted book is one that no fan will want to miss. For everyone who loves Susan Branch, it’s the ideal gift for the holidays and will be treasured now and for years to come.
10. Taste of Home Christmas: 465 Recipes For a Merry Holiday
Let Taste of Home help you plan your holiday parties and menus with this idea-packed cookbook. There are wonderful appetizers and beverages, company-worthy entrees, delectable breads, an array of sides and best of all dazzling, divine sweets—cookies, candies, cakes, pies and more. Included is classic fare, as well as updated twists on old-time favorites.
11. Southern Living Best-Loved Christmas Classics: Favorite holiday recipes and easy decorating ideas (Southern Living (Paperback Oxmoor))
Readers depend on Southern Living to deliver delicious Christmas memories AND great value. The Southern Living Christmas Cookbook does not disappoint, with versatile menus, 200 recipes, and over 175 photos that are all anyone will need for a perfect holiday season around the family table.
12. Christmas with Southern Living 2011: Savor * Entertain * Decorate * Share
Christmas with Southern Living continues its 30-year history as the largest, most up-to-date and complete guide to the holidays available. With over 100 all-new recipes and dozens of decorating and entertaining ideas, it’s the one-stop, everything-you-need book for Christmas celebrations. Not only does this book offer readers a variety of recipe ideas to help celebrate the season, but it also offers dozens of decorating, entertaining, and gift ideas.
13. Better Homes and Gardens Very Merry Cookies (Better Homes & Gardens)
Offering more than 200 irresistible recipes for every flavor, from simple drop cookies to bars, brownies, and more, Very Merry Cookies is the perfect cookie compendium for baking enthusiasts and novices alike. Filled with hardworking essentials, like Make Ahead and storage directions for every recipe, this festive collection delivers tasty tidbits on decorating and homemade gifts.
14. Good Housekeeping The Great Christmas Cookie Swap Cookbook: 60 Large-Batch Recipes to Bake and Share
Butterscotch Fingers, Chocolate Crinkles, Gingerbread Cut-Outs, Peppermint Meringues: all these Christmas cookies sound delectable, but nobody can bake dozens of recipes at the same time. The solution? A swap! All across America, families, neighbors, community, and church groups gather at Christmas cookie swaps, where each participant brings a large batch of his or her favorite recipe to share. Everyone fills a plate or tin with samplings of the tasty treats; the more people, the merrier—and the more kinds of cookies to try. It’s a fun way to enjoy a variety of Christmas tastes without doing all the work yourself—and to celebrate with those you love.
15. The Good Housekeeping Christmas Cookbook: Recipes * Decorating * Joy (Good Housekeeping Cookbooks)
Hang the stockings, deck the hall—and cook up a happy holiday! When it comes to Christmas, no one does it like Good Housekeeping. Brimming with more than 300 celebration-worthy recipes, sparkling decorating ideas, and suggestions for homemade (and home-baked) gifts, this sumptuous, mouthwatering collection will make the season extra merry.
16. Betty Crocker’s Best Christmas Cookbook
From decking your halls to sitting down to dinner — Betty Crocker has never done Christmas better! Here’s a priceless collection of holiday recipes, both familiar and new, including appetizers, main dishes, sides, salads, breads, cookies, candies, desserts, kids favorites, and holiday gifts. It’s full of fresh and inspiring ideas for easy, yet impressive, holiday entertaining.
17. Rose’s Christmas Cookies
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.
