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\"Christmas<\/a>

Christmas cookies, including Maple Walnut Cookies, Triple Ginger Cookies and Espresso Cinnamon Cookies.<\/p><\/div>I own a lot of cookbooks. I’m not going to count them, but I will say that they have their own bookshelf.<\/p>\n

So how do you define a cookbook’s usefulness? There are many ways I suppose, from whether it contains your absolute favourite recipe to one that inspires you to try a new ingredient, technique or cuisine.<\/p>\n

But I think another important way is how many times you go back to the same book for a new recipe or just for inspiration.<\/p>\n

One of those books for me is the Betty Crocker Cookie Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Every holiday season, and sometimes just when my sweet tooth will not settle down, I’ll pull the book off the shelf and leaf through the pages until I find something that suits my mood.<\/p>\n

The recipes for cookies and bars vary in their difficulty, time required, etc. so I invariably find something that suits both the time available and the ingredients languishing in my pantry.<\/p>\n

This year I went back for two old standbys, Maple Walnut Cookies and Triple Ginger Cookies, and a new recipe, Espresso Cinnamon Cookies (to use all that instant espresso sitting in the pantry).<\/p>\n

As usual they were all hits, (something I can’t say for all the online recipes I’ve tried), and I’ll be going back the next time I get an urge to make something sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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