Christmas Cookies

Pass the cookie platter, please! Frosted sugar cookies, twisty pinwheels, soft gingerbread...all the classics (and some new favorites!) are inside.

Christmas Cookie Jar is chock-full of scrumptious recipes with all the flavors of the season...Chocolate Mint Stars, Raspberry Shortbread Thumbprints, Frosted Ginger Creams and Cranberry Crumb Bars. You-ll find old-fashioned favorites like Pecan Icebox Cookies, Grandma-s Butter Fingers and Pastel Cream Wafers...even Oh-So-Easy Cut-Outs and 1-2-3 Cookies that bake up in a jiffy.

Of course we-ve included candies for gift-giving like Grandpa-s Famous Caramels and Sparkling Sugarplums, along with lots of clever ideas for sharing cookies. There-s even an all-chocolate chapter packed with goodies like Double Fudgy Cookie Bars and Buckeye Brownies.

When Christmas Eve arrives, we-ll be setting out a plate of Rudolph-s Carrot Cookies for Santa-how about you? 224 Recipes.