Cookie Molds Around the Year
An Almanac of Molds, Cookies, and Other Treats for Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Other Holidays, and Every Season
by Anne L. Watson
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Pub Date Nov 05 2016 | Archive Date Mar 04 2017
Description
In this companion to "Baking with Cookie Molds," Anne L. Watson presents cookies and molds for many holidays and all seasons, as well as for special interests and occasions -- weddings, kids, storytelling around the fireplace, and much more. With nearly 150 photos of molds, cookies, and processes, "Cookie Molds Around the Year" features new techniques and new recipes, along with a month-by-month diary of the seasons on San Juan Island, Watson's home.
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Anne L. Watson is the author of "Baking with Cookie Molds," as well as a number of other popular books on home crafts and lifestyle, plus many novels. In a previous career, she was a historic preservation architecture consultant. Anne lives in Friday Harbor, Washington.
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CONTENTS
Basic Directions for Molded Cookies
How to Tell When Cookies Are Done
Shaping Cookie Tartlets
JANUARY
New Year's, Twelfth Night, and Storytelling Around the Fire
Recipe: Lemon Shortbread Cookie Tartlets
First Story: Journey to the Twelfth-Night Market
Recipe: Spiced Lemon Pecan "King" Cookies
Second Story: The Ropedancer
Tip: Matching Cookies and Molds
Tip: Layer Cookies
Recipe: Raisin Layer Cookies
Recipe: Spice Cookies
Tip: Removing Extra Flour
Third Story: The White Cat
Recipe: Chocolate Coconut Tea Cookies
Tip: Chocolate Backing
Recipe: Lime Cookies
Tip: Odd-Shaped Sandwich Cookies
FEBRUARY
Valentine Hearts, Flowers, and Chocolates
Recipe: Milk Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Recipe: Dark Chocolate Cookies with Marzipan Topping
Tip: Working with Marzipan
Recipe: Cinnamon Cocoa Cookies
Tip: Trimming Cookies
Recipe: I-Love-You Cookies
Tip: Texture in Molded Cookies
Recipe: Chocolate Orange Layer Cookies
Tip: Preparing Cookie Molds
Recipe: "Sweets for the Sweet" Sugar Cookies
Cookie Molds from Found Objects
MARCH
Saint Patrick's Day and Shortbread
Creating Your Own Shortbread Recipe
Tip: Molding Shortbread
Tip: Shortbread Pans
Recipe: Tropical Shortbread
Recipe: Chocolate Almond Shortbread
Recipe: Butterscotch Shortbread
Tip: The Perfect Traditional Shortbread
APRIL
Easter Baskets
Tip: Recognizing Kinds of Cookie Molds
Recipe: Coconut Sugar Cookies
Recipe: Cherry and Chocolate Layer Cookies
Honey and Sugar -- The Pros and Cons
Tip: Honey and Sugar -- Getting the Right Proportions
Strawberry Shortcake for Easter Dinner
Recipe: Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Tip: Another Idea for Cookie Tartlets
Tip: Creatively Combining Cookie Molds and Cutters
Recipe: Pecan Cookies with Chocolate Backing
MAY
Gardens, Flowers, Birds, and a Few Bugs
Tip: Where to Look for Old Cookie Molds
Tip: Using Antique Cookie Molds
Recipe: Soft Brandy Orange Cookies
Twentieth-Century Pottery Cookie Molds
Recipe: Cinnamon Almond Cookies
Kashigata and Moon Cake Molds
Metal Molds and Pans
JUNE
June on the Island
Cake Topper Molds
Tip: Molding Marzipan and Fondant
Recipe: Dark Chocolate Cookies with Marzipan
Recipe: Easy Wedding Cookies
Tip: Flavoring Extracts and Waters
The Wedding Coach
The Bridal Arch
More Wedding Cookie Molds
JULY
Picnics in July
Recipe: Creamy Coconut Cookies
Modern Makers and Their Molds
Wood Molds
Composition Molds
Pottery Molds
Silicone Molds
Recipe: Maple Orange Cookies
AUGUST
The Island in August
Cookies and Molds for Kids
Tip: Kid-Friendly Cookie Molds
Tip: Kids and Flavors
Recipe: Your Own Animal Cookies
Plastic Animal Molds
Gingerbread Kids Mold
Recipe: Gingerbread for Kids
Rearing Horse Mold
Tip: Favorite Cartoon Characters
Hornbook Molds
Tea Party Cookie Stamp
Elves Dancing Mold
Triceratops Mold
Dog Molds
SEPTEMBER
September on the Island
Fall Quilting
Quilted Hearts Mold
Recipe: Cookies for Quilters' Tea
Heart in Hand Mold
Schoolhouse Quilt Mold
Tulip Basket Mold
Baltimore Album Wreath Mold
Homespun Heart Mold
Tip: Choosing a Recipe for Quilt Cookies
Vase of Flowers Mold
Pine Tree Mold
A Cookie Quilt
OCTOBER
Halloween
Halloween Cookie Molds
Witch Mold
Recipe: Chocolate Chip Layer Cookies
Haunted House Mold
Cat Mold
Recipe: Orange Cookies
Pumpkin Cookie Mold
Three Zanda Panda Cookie Molds
NOVEMBER
Late Fall -- An Appreciation
Recipe: Apple or Pumpkin Cookie Tartlets
Recipe: Cinnamon Chestnut Cookies
Recipe: Cranberry Pecan Layer Cookies
Tip: Butter Molds for Cookies
DECEMBER
December Holidays
Recipe: Cinnamon Almond Treats
Recipe: Honey Cream Cookies
Tip: Good Prints from Extra-Large Molds
Tip: Handling Oversize Cookies
Recipe: Maple Gingerbread Cookies
Recipe: Chocolate Raspberry Cookies
Recipe: Pecan Cookies
Tip: More on Trimming Cookies
Tip: Christmas Ornaments from Molded Cookies
RESOURCES
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SAMPLE
DECEMBER HOLIDAYS
It's cold now, here on San Juan Island. Snow is a possibility every morning, and frost is a certainty. The trees are bare, but we bundle up in layer upon layer of coats and sweaters.
And the days are so short. The sun comes up, far in the south, long after breakfast, and it sets long before dinner. This is the time of year when many cultures have celebrations to drive away the dark -- Christmas, with all its lights and its star; Hanukkah, the festival of lights; Kwanzaa; Santa Lucia; midwinter festivals in several cultures; and many others throughout history.
Many homeowners on the island put up Christmas lights, of course, doubly welcome outside the town limits, where there are no streetlights.
There are decorations, too. I have a tiny model village I put on the mantel for Christmas, and it usually stays for most of the winter. The merchants of Friday Harbor help drive away the dark with a competition to decorate their shop fronts.
On December 5, we celebrate St. Nicholas Eve with molded cookies in the shape of the saint with his horse or donkey -- some cookie molds show one, some the other. The story of St. Nicholas is not well-known, but he was a real person who performed great acts of generosity and kindness.
It was St. Nicholas cookies that originally sparked my own interest in molded cookies. My husband, Aaron Shepard, is a children's author, and his children's storybook "The Baker's Dozen" is about a baker who learns a lesson of generosity from St. Nicholas himself.
Near the end of December is the winter solstice, that turning point that tells us that the sun is coming back, even as we see only cold and darkness.
The month ends, of course, with its cornucopia of Christmas cookies! These include almost every secular and religious motif you could think of, from jolly snowmen to medieval manger scenes. Baking cookies for family and friends is a special holiday joy, and in the spirit of St. Nicholas, let's bake some to give away as well.
For this month, I feature both traditional and new recipes to bake and share.
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| ISBN | 9781508047414 |
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Featured Reviews
Holly Z, Reviewer
Very informative, useful book!! This author does it again! Be sure to see her first title: Baking with Cookie molds. Both books are a must have for cookie lovers that like to bake in cookie molds. The information contained in these books are worth their weight in gold and give you fantastic results for molded cookies!
Anna Maria P, Reviewer
I have always felt a lot of attractions for cookies because maybe in my corner of the world they're not so common as they're in the USA.
I mean: no one bake them here in my little rural corner of Italy. We are specialized in sweet cakes of various genres, tarts, apple cakes, but not cookies.
But cookies are precious. No sure if you feel the same but maybe because they are little, some of them with butter, they remind me of good moments. They have special positive vibes.
Thanks to my American friends I started to bake some good American cookie recipes and I don't lose any occasion for reading and appreciate cook books where cookies are the main protagonists, maybe the best manifestation of our childhood memories.
So it won't be a surprise dear reader for you if I tell you I found: Cookie Molds Around the Year - An Almanac of Molds, Cookies, and Other Treats for Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Other Holidays, and Every Season
by Anne L. Watson to me is a true jewel! You can find the book online now at a good price.
It is first of all not the classic cookie recipe book that you buy. There are many sparkle of magic. It's a treasure to discover and to keep close to you. Not just when you will bake and an inspiration for your memories as well. Why?
Well, first of all there are not just recipes, but the main protagonists of this book will be the humanity of the author, the fairy-tales she will share with us dedicated to the kids of all ages :-) during the long winter-days while we eat with her some delicious cookies. Because of her personal stories shared with us, her readers.
These cookies Anne writes of are molds cookies!
Of course it's not said that you will re-produce the same cookie with the same mold but the book is plenty and plenty of great inspiring recipes and suggestions and I can tell you that you will find the mold you will love for obtaining the best cookies with the recipe you have chosen for that special occasion.
It can be Christmas, Saint Valentine, but also Saint Patrick's Day, passing through Easter, Spring, Summer with the picnics that the good season brings with it, Fall with the magical atmosphere of Thanksgiving Day and the idea of being more cuddled because days are shortest and again another Christmas all together with a cup of warm hot cocoa or milk and some cookies to eat with it.
You will find the best cookies recipe for your children but also for you and your friends and your family.
At the end of the eBook you will discover a lot of websites where you can learn more about the cookie molds world!
Because remember: a plain world doesn't have the same taste of a molding cookie sweet world plenty of fantasy and art!
I thank NetGalley for this book!
