Best Holiday Cookies

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Marcy Goldman of famed website, Betterbaking.com launches the first of The Baker's Dozen Cookbook series with Best Holiday Cookies. Thirteen delectable, unique, original cookies, including World's Best Shortbread, Dulce de Leche Cookies, Chocolate Souffle Cookies and more! Includes thirteen secret, amazing baker's tip from the Master Baker herself. Marcy Goldman’s Betterbaking.com Welcome to The Baker’s Dozen Cookbook Series Dear Fellow Bakers, How The Baker’s Dozen Series was Born Where does the phrase ‘a baker’s dozen’ come from? A Baker’s Dozen Recipe Collection and A Baker’s Dozen Secret Baking Tips Holiday Cookie Style – Butter, Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice! My Three Best Baker’s Tips to start you off: #1 Butter: Remember: it’s not just butter, it’s pure gold! #2 Vanilla – Only Pure Vanilla Extract – Accept no substitutes #3 Double Sheeting Pans or “Stack two baking sheets together’ Photo of Cookie Cutters #1 and #2 Cookie Cutters Gift Wrapping Holiday Cookies Baker’s Tip #1 Trimming shortbread for picture perfect edges! Best Ever Scottish Shortbread Baker’s Tip #2 Fresh Spices Pumpkin Pie Biscotti Baker’s Tip #3 Rolling Cold Dough When it Seems to Resist You! Italian Nutella Pastry Cookies Baker Tip #4 Better for cookies: Unbleached All-Purpose Flour Twixie Cookies Baker’s Tip # 5 Double Sheeting White Chocolate Cherry Cookies Baker’s Tip #6 For Curdled Batters – a Touch of Flour Does the Trick! Chocolate Velvet Cookies Baker’s Tip #7 Keeping Brown Sugar Soft Brown Sugar Maple Shortbread Baker’s Tip #8 Coarse Sugar for Pretty Cookies Ginger Crisp Cookies Baker’s Tip #9 Quality Preserves and Jam Add to the Baking Baker’s Tip #10 How to Make Homemade Dulce De Leche Argentinian Dulce de Leche Cookies Baker’s Tip #11 Extracts and Flavor Oils from http://www.boyajianinc.com/ French Mint Cookies Baker’s Tip #12 Toasting the Nuts, Upping the Flavor Ice Cream Dough Rugulah Baker’s Tip #13 Nutmeg Grinders Linzertorte Cookies Acknowledgements