COOKBOOK NOOK: 250 Best Cookie Recipes by Esther Brody

Excerpted from 250 Best Cookie Recipes by Esther Brody. Text copyright © 2001, 2013 Esther Brody. Photographs copyright © 2001, 2013 Robert Rose Inc. Arranged by special permission of the Publisher Robert Rose Inc. robertrose.ca. Available where books are sold.

Kids and adults alike get pretty darn excited when they see a big plate of homemade cookies! Perhaps homemade cookies remind us of baking with our mom at Christmas time. And the aroma of fresh cookies baking in the oven has us hanging around to see what delights are ready for sampling.

Every family seems to have their favourite cookies to celebrate the holidays. In our house it was my mom’s Homemade Shortbread Cookies and my grandfather’s favourite Hermit Cookies.

No matter if you have been making cookies for decades or if you are new to baking, you are sure to find plenty of favourite recipes to bake for the holidays. Chapters include Drop Cookies, Hand-shaped Cookies, Sliced Cookies, Specialty Cookies, No Bake Cookies, Esther’s Favourites, Holiday Cookies and Shortbread Cookies. The recipes are simple, easy to follow and so delicious! Many recipes can be made ahead, and the dough can be frozen and baked as needed, or the cookies can be baked and store in cookie tins. That way when the 3 p.m. cookie cravings hit—you are ready with a sweet treat to share with family and friends!

Pre-COVID, cookie exchange parties were a huge trend, where each person would bring a pre-determined number of cookies, and then exchange those cookies with others, with the end result being each person going home with an impressive variety of cookies for the holidays.

Let’s face it…a virtual cookie exchange just doesn’t cut it! With so many different types of cookies to bake, you can forego the cookie exchange this year and bake your own favourites. From fancy Checkerboard Squares to Original Scottish Shortbread, Date-filled Cookies and mouth-watering Original Tollhouse Cookies, this book is a must-have for any baker’s cookbook nook. Certainly the pages will soon be marked with your new family cookie recipes that you will make again and again all year long.

Click on links below for recipe samples from 250 Best Cookie Recipes by Esther Brody.

by Laurie Wallace-Lynch

Photography Copyright © 2001, 2013 Robert Rose Inc. Arranged by special permission of the Publisher Robert Rose Inc. robertrose.ca.

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