This cookbook is well organized and straight to the point which I love. There are also various recipes from all over the world which makes for a fun time baking different items. There are even tips and tricks included to help with baking which is very much needed.


Thank you to the Editors of Cider Mill Press and NetGalley for allowing me to read this book!

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The Christmas Baking Cook Book is a collection of 100 festive, deliciously simple recipes with step by step instructions.
This recipe book includes a good selection of treats and desserts from cookies, cakes, breads, pastries, pies, tarts and custards and I loved the mouthwatering pictures of the desserts the most.

I highly recommend to all home bakers and for anyone looking for inspiration to make festive desserts over the Christmas holiday season. This book will also make a perfect, wonderful gift for home bakers or anyone inspiring to bake over the festive holidays.

There are some beautiful recipes in this book. Perfect to get for yourself before Christmas or to gift to others who love baking. Ideal for a beginner too, which is really lovely.

Disappointed at the lack of personality in this cookbook. It did not feel cohesive. It's just recipes and even recipe magazine offer you a few personal phrases before they go into the recipe - there was room at least for a few notes on the traditional cakes and cookies and traditions or the more wintery ingredients.

No recipe caught my eye because I felt like I was browsing Pinterest in search for a cookie recipe, rather than a Christmasy cookbook.

I love a good cookbook. I love curling up with a coffee and a pretty cookbook, flipping through the pictures and imagining my kids would actually eat anything I made out of them. We all have dreams.

Christmas cookbooks are my favorite.

This one has a great variety of recipes that covers a real cross section of traditions and regions. Everyone’s holiday favorites are likely on these pages. Danish and Jewish recipes, German favorites like the ones I grew up with, Italian ones that look like art and traditional American favorites are all included to name a few.

While I see the Value to the minimalist approach I would have loved to see at least a one line description of the treat and where it originates. As it was, it was essentially a collection of recipe cards but, given that so many beautiful traditions were included, it would have been neat to see some of the background. I love that stuff.

The photos are beautiful. I eat that up. Make them bright and beautiful but not too busy and my photographer heart is happy.

The Recipes are well written and made accessible. Even trickier items felt like they would be easy to make given the good instruction. I’ve already made the harvest sourdough and it was delish! My only complaint is that measurement units changed within the recipe. They used cups, grams, and ounces in same recipe. It’s a bit of a personal pet peeve. I just find it confusing.

Overall I really enjoyed it and am thankful to @netgalley and @cidermillpress for my e arc. I wouldn’t be sad if Santa is reading this and a hard copy came my way!

I love flipping through new cookbooks to see if it would be one that I would need for my kitchen and unfortunately this one didn’t make the cut.

While the pictures are very enticing, the recipes and some of the flavor combinations are definitely not for the everyday baker. Now, I am the family member that does ALL of the Christmas baking for our get togethers, so I’m very familiar with baking and trying a range of recipes. This cookbook just didn’t match my kind of baking.

Also worth noting that you need a kitchen scale as they do not give cup measurements for flour etc.

I appreciate that this cookbook’s recipes are measured by weight and not by cups, it makes it easier to get the best consistent results each time. The other thing I really like is that there are pictures for every recipe, we eat with our eyes first and if something doesn’t look appealing, I don’t want to waste my time or ingredients making it. While they do have their specialty Christmas recipes, there are still classics like Chocolate chip cookies, coconut macaroons, brownies, macarons, snickerdoodles, etc. I am looking forward to trying the Lebkuchen cookie, it is a German cookie that is often eaten around the holidays. Beautiful cookbook, looking forward to making plenty of recipes in the future.

I really enjoyed this cookbook. My library will likely not purchase it because of its holiday theming, but I would recommend it to people who are looking for holiday recipes.

Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this delightful cookbook! It’s packed with an array of holiday baking recipes—cookies, muffins, cakes, gluten-free treats, bread, breakfast options, pastries, pies, and tarts from various cuisines. Plus, there are glazes, fillings, and handy metric conversions. The inclusion of end-result photos is fantastic. I can’t wait to dive into all the recipes! This book is bound to be a favorite in my kitchen. It also made my 8 year old very excited to bake. Happy Holiday Baking!"

This was a fun baking cookbook full of Christmas themed recipes. I enjoyed flipping through it. Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for this advanced copy in exchange for review.

Overall, the recipes felt generic but it was helpful to have them all in the same place. I would recommend this to someone who is looking for beginner Christmas baking recipes.

If you already have your own baking recipes, this book probably won't provide you with anything new.

This baking book was fantastic. The pictures were fantastically deliciously wonderful! What yummy recipes!

When it comes to cookbooks, I usually only like one or two recipes from the whole book, but I want to make almost everything in this book. If you want one book with all the classic older style cookies, this is the book for you. I honestly think that this should be a basic cookbook that everyone should have if you are wanting to bake. I will definitely be making a lot of these throughout the whole year, not just the winter.

Great Christmas gift! Lots of delicious looking recipes to bake and be merry this Christmas. I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review

Thank you for letting me review this cookbook! There are so many classic recipes to choose from, with a few unique options as well. Such a great selection! I wish there were a few more photos to accompany the recipes but that’s a small critique.

I loved the cover - so festive and inviting. Everything was easy to find as well. If you’re after a Christmassy cookbook with lots of classic recipes, this is the book for you!

A great little cookbook that would make for a nice housewarming or Christmas gift for anyone that loves to bake. The pages are packed with easy to follow recipes that use simple ingredients and each recipe has a mouthwatering photo (a must for me with cookbooks). I will definitely be adding the cookbook to my collection.

Thank you to NetGalley and Cider Mill Press for the opportunity to preview an advance digital copy of this cookbook in exchange for my honest review. The opinions expressed are my own.

"The Christmas Baking Cookbook" by the Editors of Cider Mill Press is a festive treasure trove of holiday baking inspiration. With over 100 recipes, from classic cookies to innovative treats, this book offers something for every baker. The instructions are clear and easy to follow, and the beautiful photography will get you in the holiday spirit. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting out, this book is going to be a staple on your holiday shelf! Each holiday season we make cookies in the classroom and this year we chose a couple of these recipes!

This is a gorgeous baking cookbook. I love the color photos making me want to try every recipe. It was hard to choose which to make first! So perfect for the holidays.

Thank you to NetGalley and Cider Mill Press for an ARC of this book. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This is a solidly good Holiday Baking cookbook if you want a ton of recipes all in one place.

There are a huge variety of tasty goodies to bake, and the photos for each one are beautiful. The recipes are all simple, and mostly use simple and easy to find ingredients.

This would be a great books for beginners, but I feel that a more experienced baker would find this a little too simple. I do think this would be a great one to use for experimenting, with it having so many good base recipes.

I skimmed through this book to check out the recipes and see if I would find any I would like to make and I didn’t find any at all. Beautiful photos, interesting recipes.