Saturday, December 27, 2008

Pillsbury Holiday Baking or Best 50 Shortbreads

Pillsbury Holiday Baking: Fun & Festive Recipes to Celebrate from Halloween to New Year's

Author: Pillsbury Editors

Perk Up Your Holidays with These Great Recipes!

October through December is the time to break out the mixing bowls, baking sheets and oven mitts and start whipping up festive treats and desserts. From playful Halloween "critters" and themed cookies for the Kwanzaa party to special Christmas breads and luscious New Year's treats, Pillsbury makes it easier than ever to create delicious baked goods and liven up celebrations with your family and friends.

Organized by holiday, Pillsbury Holiday Baking features 150 tasty recipes for both sweet and savory baked goods, including lots of "Extra Easy" recipes that take 30 minutes or less. Illustrated with 50 inspiring color photos and sprinkled with helpful kitchen tips and gift ideas, it delivers all you need to bake up a season's worth of crowd-pleasing holiday treats.

Open the book and find:

16 Halloween recipes, including a Frankenstein Cake and Bugs in a Blanket

29 Thanksgiving recipes, including Mystery Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Cheesecake and Cornmeal Sage Scones

43 Christmas recipes, including Christmas Ornament Cookies,a Tree-Shaped Brownie Torte and a Spinach Dip Crescent Wreath

22 Hanukkah recipes, including Hanukkah Rugelach andCherry-Almond Torte

20 Kwanzaa recipes, including Black Forest Tart andFresh Pear-Date Bread

20 New Year's recipes, including Rich and Easy Tiramisu Dessertand Crescent-Crab Purses



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Best 50 Shortbreads

Author: Barbara Karoff

This favorite cookie is offered in a nearly endless variety of flavors and shapes. Making shortbread is easy, and this book shows you how to create rich, buttery shortbread treats.

It includes shortbread history, baking tips, topping ideas and dozens of fabulous recipes with an international touch that you can make any time of year. Special "quick prep" instructions if you have a food processor!



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