Cookie Craft Christmas: Dozens of Decorating Ideas for a Sweet Holiday [Kindle Edition]
Product Description
Each spread features a full-page, close-up photograph of one cookie cutter shape with detailed decorating instructions on the facing page. Some pages feature one gloriously decorated cookie, while others might feature two or three interpretations of the same shape — ornaments in complementary colors, Christmas trees decorated in varying styles, or gingerbread men wearing a rainbow of colors and patterns.
Decorating instructions are as simple as tinting cookie dough green before baking Christmas trees or as intricate as piping hair on a gingerbread grandma, creating a frilly pattern for her apron, and decorating her dress using a pretty feathering technique. Techniques are described in full in a Decorating Glossary, and cookie and icing recipes are included.
Fresh inspiration and fabulous decorating ideas fill the pages of this handy little sourcebook. It’s the perfect gift for anyone who has ever picked up a pastry bag.
Publisher’s Note:
The chart on page 17 gives ingredient quantities for making royal icing with meringue powder. Please note that you should use only 4 teaspoons of meringue powder for 2 cups of confectioners’ sugar in both the piping and the flooding recipes. (The table incorrectly gives the meringue powder quantity as 4 tablespoons.) This will be corrected in reprints of the book.
Our thanks to an alert reader for finding and pointing out this error and our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.
About the Author
Janice Fryer is a Pastry Arts graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City. A California native and a New Yorker at heart, she lives with a crazy cat and an even crazier dog. Keeping them from eating her creations is always a lively challenge.
2 Responses
I really enjoyed the authors’ first book and received Cookie Craft Christmas as a gift from my daughter. As I was reviewing the recipes on page 16 and 17 for royal icing, I found what appears to be an error. On page 17, at the top, it says to use 4 tablespoons of meringue powder with 2 cups of confectioners sugar for both piping and flooding, but only 3 tablespoons with 4 cups of confectioners sugar. This made no sense to me, so I checked in the original book and it appears that it should have read 4 teaspoons instead of 4 tablespoons. Did anyone else notice this? Are the recipes incorrect?
One thing I didn’t expect when I opened my Amazon box was to find that this book is only about 6 x 8 inches (it’s TINY)! Who put my book in the dryer?
Anyway, I’m a fan of these ladies’ Cookie Craft book and I pre-ordered this one and eagerly awaited it’s arrival, so after I read through the whole thing I came away feeling disappointed. That’s it? I felt there were too many “easy” cookies that weren’t that impressive. Their best work is all represented on the cover so I was hoping for much more of that, but didn’t find it. Oh well, it’s still a cute book that might give you some ideas to work with.
Back to the size – you should take it into consideration because if you want it for a coffee table book, it’s a bit too small for that. Also, if you want to prop it up on your counter to look at while you’re working (like I do), good luck. You’ll need something to keep the book open, but still not block what you’re trying to see.
It’s a good book for straight-forward Christmas cookie icing with lots of style. It’s worth buying!