Debbie Macomber's Christmas Cookbook: Favorite Recipes and Holiday Traditions from My Home to Yours

This is a wonderful Christmas Cookbook. Beautiful layout. There are pictures of many recipes. I would have prefered to have a picture for every recipe, but there are just enough pictures for me to not make this a dealbreaker. (I am very particular when it comes to cookbooks, need lots of visuals). I have made the biscuits (from the breakfast section) and they turned out wonderfully! This is the first time ever that I've made my own biscuits and I will make them again and again, they were so delicious. I also tried the sugar-cinnamon cutout cookies which were also very good. The descriptions are very clear.I am a vegetarian, and while I expected a Christmas Cookbook to be kind of meat-heavy, I was pleasantly surprised that it is really not! There are lots of recipes for sides and vegetarian dishes, or ones that are easily modified, as well as desserts, cookies and cakes. Overall it is just very well balanced and this has quickly become one of my favorite cookbooks/baking books.I had never read any of Debbie Macomber's novels before; I bought her cookbook because it came up when doing a search for "Christmas Cookbooks" on Amazon, and the preview that's available on Amazon really appealed to me. I have since ordered and started reading her novel "Trading Christmas" because I liked the cookbook so much :-).Update 12/27/11: I have now also made the apple cheddar scones, the cranberry bars with cream cheese frosting and white chocolate, as well as the chocolate hazelnut cheesecake. All three turned out absolutely amazing!!! I had never made a cheesecake before in my life, and was kind of scared of the outcome, but it was delicious (tasted like it was from the Cheesecake Factory), looked beautiful and had no cracks at all, thanks to Debbie's clear instructions. The cake got great reviews when I served it to my in-laws on Christmas Day.I love this cookbook even more now.

I bought this product for myself. I've become a big fan of Debbie Macomber's. It is a beautifully illustrated book and I love the way she included traditions as well as the recipes. However, the four stars, Amazon, is on you. I bought the book "new" and when it came, the pages were warped like it had been wet and the book cover edges were slightly bent. More than that, there were even smears of something on the front and back cover of the book. I felt I was getting the well-looked-at copy from a book store rather than a new copy. Amazon, I have always been a big believer in your company but my last two hard copy purchases have been second rate. Please check the condition of your "new" book copies and the packaging. Both the buyers and the authors deserve that.

I Love everything about Debbie Macomber she is amazing , I hope she does more Holiday Cookbooks

Debbie Macomber was the draw for me in this cookbook, and I truly enjoyed the pages she wrote where she shared her family stories. The photos and the layout were lovely as well.However, I made the 3 cheese scalloped potatoes and will admit to being pretty disappointed. It seemed short on cheese and flavor and heavy on whole milk. The recipe was very time consuming as well. All of the recipes in this book call for unsalted butter. But then you add salt in the recipe. Seems silly to buy unsalted butter and then add salt in the recipe. In the case of the potatoes, the amount of salt and pepper added is not specified either. If you are watching your sodium, I imagine unsalted butter would be a plus, but otherwise I'm not sure I understand the rationale for this.I get most of my recipes online these days, since I can almost always count on the ratings and reviews to tell me if it's going to turn out well and be worth my time. This book convinced me that I need to go back to online recipes and enjoy Debbie Macomber's fiction all by itself.

I own every cookbook she has written and they are all awesome! This one has some great recipes for the holidays. They're not extremely complicated but provide special occasion meals that will become family favorites. I highly recommend this cookbook!

this is my favorite author and I was very happy i purchased this threw amazon

Awesome recipes with great photos. Organized in a reader friendly manner.

The book was in very good condition. Product arrived fairly soon after order was placed. Good quality for the price.

My wife is from the USA and she is always wanting to bring a taste of the US to our family Christmas. I bought this book to give her some inspiring recipes. It is a nice book and full of easy to do cake and food creations. Recommended.

I bought this as Debbie decribes all the recipes in her books and just had to buy it and try them. Can't wait to try them out on my family.

Love this.shall certainly try recipes

I have tried several of the recipes. My friends have borrowed this cook book and have made several also. It is a very simple and nice cook book.

Very impressing! Makes you feel right into the Christmas mood... Too bad my husband has to watch his sugar level...might just do a few and watch him on his portions! Thank you ! Merry Christmas! CJ