Giveaway!
Friday November 27th 2009, 4:06 pm









The lovely folks at Storey Publishing have given me a copy of this fun cookie book Cookie Craft Christmas to give away—-and 3 sets of cookie craft cards to giveaway as well.

The first thing that struck me about the book, is its small stature. I love it, it is so cute and hardcover. The photos are all so good, and I love that so many of the cookies can be easily made using cookie cutters that most people probably already have on hand. While it is not really so much a recipe book, it is decorating how-to. The book also has all sorts of helpful hints of packing cookies for mailing, shipping, and cookie swap parties. I was very tempted to keep this book for myself :)

Here is how the giveaway works…leave a comment on this entry telling me your favorite kind of cookie by Tues Dec. 1st (at 11 am EST) and I will use the random number generator to pick winners. The first number picked wins the book, and the next 3 each win a cute little folder with 4 cookie cards and matching envelopes.



My favorite kind of cookie is the Snickerdoodle. Always reminds me of being a kid!
~Dawn

Comment by Dawn 11.27.09 @ 4:23 pm

I love sugar cookies decorated with butter cream frosting, yummmm!
Thanks for the chance =)

Comment by Carrie 11.27.09 @ 4:24 pm

My favorite cookies are probably chocolate chip cookies. And my brother-in-law’s banana muffins. :-)

Comment by Irit 11.27.09 @ 4:34 pm

My favorite cookie is a tree shaped sugar cookie!

Comment by Ligia 11.27.09 @ 4:40 pm

I love ginger snaps the best!

Comment by Jenni 11.27.09 @ 4:46 pm

Wow. That looks so cute. My favorite kind of cookies are molasses cookies.

Comment by Karen Backman 11.27.09 @ 4:52 pm

my favorite kind of cookie is snickerdoodle!

Comment by lofigirl 11.27.09 @ 4:53 pm

My favorite kind of cookie is peanut butter. Old Fashioned classic cookies are the best.

Comment by Kannan 11.27.09 @ 4:54 pm

My favs are my MIL’s sugar cookies or my own chocolate chip.

Comment by SandyPie 11.27.09 @ 5:02 pm

Right now my favorite kind of cookie is peanut butter oatmeal. But that may be the pregnancy cravings talking. (:

Comment by melissa 11.27.09 @ 5:03 pm

I love the candy cane cookies that have candy cane chunks baked in!

Comment by maggie 11.27.09 @ 5:05 pm

Chocolate Crinkles are the best!

Comment by Deb 11.27.09 @ 5:06 pm

That book is adorable! I’m sure the recipes are great, too.

It’s hard to pick a favorite type of cookie, especially with my mother’s baking, but I’d have to say Russian teacakes. I can eat a million of them!

Comment by Jess Vig 11.27.09 @ 5:07 pm

Such a cute book! My favorite cookie…do Oreos count? ;)

Comment by Amanda 11.27.09 @ 5:15 pm

I have a weak spot for chocolate chip cookies.

Comment by Lucille 11.27.09 @ 5:15 pm

Oh favorite handsdown the one and only chocolate chip cookies. Don’t blame you for thinking about keeping the book, it looks really cute!

Comment by Julie H. 11.27.09 @ 5:22 pm

Good old fashioned German butter cookies, Grandma’s recipe of course!

Comment by Madeleine 11.27.09 @ 5:32 pm

i haven’t totally mastered a good vegan cookie yet, most recipes are hard to convert. but i do love to make peanut butter chocolate chip cookies for my family. this year, i have a new recipe for sugar cookies, so i hope it turns out well <3

Comment by lauren 11.27.09 @ 5:37 pm

SPRITZ! Thank you for the chance to win!

Comment by Meaghan 11.27.09 @ 5:43 pm

Got to be peanut butter!

Comment by melinda gherow 11.27.09 @ 5:44 pm

Thumb print cookies! The jams used to fill the centers look like jewels.

Comment by gina 11.27.09 @ 5:52 pm

I am a sucker for a good Ginger molasses. I love this giveaway.

Comment by Ellen 11.27.09 @ 6:05 pm

I like Afghan cookies but with lemon icing instead of chocolate.

Comment by Hana 11.27.09 @ 6:11 pm

My favorite cookies would probably be the cookie cutter cookies (they were just a basic sugar cookie) that I recently made for Halloween. I had never done the cookies before & I horribly messed them up b/c the cookbook I used was done in international measurements so anyone can use it. Long story short, they came out flat as a pancake and didn’t hold their shapes because I didn’t have enough of anything in them. They were actually delicious but not as delicious as when I tried again & got the recipe correct.

Comment by Megan 11.27.09 @ 6:40 pm

My favorite type of cookies are peanut butter cookies. :)

Comment by Emma 11.27.09 @ 6:42 pm

My favorite cookies are the green Christmas-tree shaped Spritz! I just ordered a cookie press so I can finally make them this year.

Comment by Sarah 11.27.09 @ 6:45 pm

Snickerdoodles. You can’t eat just one. So maybe this isn’t the best choice but it’s my favorite none the less :)

Comment by Miki V 11.27.09 @ 6:46 pm

I love the classic chocolate chip. But when Christmas and other holidays come around I break out the good ol’ shortbread. It’s just so much fun to decorate. I have to be careful though because I cannot resist eating the dough.

Comment by Rhiannon 11.27.09 @ 7:10 pm

thumbprint cookies are my favorite. or mom’s no bake peanut butter chocolate oatmeal cookies.

Comment by Joey 11.27.09 @ 7:18 pm

snickerdooosslesssss!!!! and gingerbread men (but only if i get to make and decorate them!)

Comment by Christine Kennedy 11.27.09 @ 7:31 pm

My favorite cookies on earth are Pfeffernüsse. Every year I swear I am going to learn how to make them, and then I stock up on boxes from Trader Joe’s instead.

Comment by Annika 11.27.09 @ 7:38 pm

I’m a sucker for oreos- mostly because they are vegan! I love making Christmas cookies more than eating them!

Comment by Tara T 11.27.09 @ 7:38 pm

molasses cookies! Yummy!! That’s my favorite!

Comment by julia 11.27.09 @ 8:02 pm

Saying I have one favorite cookie seems like a disingenuous claim. They are all so good! But if I absolutely had to pick one, I think it would be homemade Samoas, or Carmel DeLites.

Comment by Emily 11.27.09 @ 8:07 pm

My favorite kind of cookies are chocolate chip!! :]

Comment by Jonnie 11.27.09 @ 8:18 pm

I love sugar cookies :)

Comment by Raelena 11.27.09 @ 8:51 pm

My favorite are oatmeal raisin. YUM!

Comment by Melanie @ Whimsical Creations 11.27.09 @ 9:14 pm

I’d have to say Sugar cookies are amazing. :D
But Chocolate Chip cookies are the original and all-time winners.

Comment by Emily 11.27.09 @ 9:19 pm

Snickerdoodles!

Comment by M. Oxley 11.27.09 @ 9:34 pm

I’m not going to lie, I’ve always favored Snickerdoodles.. but icing Gingerbread cookies for Christmas always overcomes all.

Comment by Quynh Huong 11.27.09 @ 9:38 pm

Oh man, the Sandwich Cookies. From my mom’s mom. They are only made at the post-Thanksgiving cookiethon with my mom and aunt and I. Little flakey, buttery cookies with a super rich buttercream filling. The essence of Christmas. Eaten with Toffee Bar cookies (the close second) while reading To Kill a Mockingbird by the tree is the ultimate Christmas luxury.

Comment by Megan 11.27.09 @ 9:38 pm

Chocolate chip cookies will forever be my favorite of all times!!!

Comment by peggy miller 11.27.09 @ 9:50 pm

I have too many favorites, but I love to make big batches of thumbprint cookies and deliver them to my friends and neighbors.

Comment by Nicole 11.27.09 @ 10:18 pm

Chocolate chip cookies, soft ginger cookies, and toffee bars are all my favorite. I love it best when my mom bakes me cookies though- it makes me feel like a kid again.

Comment by Emily 11.27.09 @ 10:26 pm

Pretty boring, but my favorite cookies are chocolate chip.

Comment by Donna 11.27.09 @ 10:27 pm

Peanut butter thumbprint cookies with Hershey’s Kisses on top are my all-time favorite. I think I could eat my weight in those — which is why I never make them :-)

Comment by Kellie 11.27.09 @ 10:30 pm

peanut butter & jelly cookies!

Comment by shakewell 11.27.09 @ 10:33 pm

My favorite type of cookie would have to be those lemon girl scout cookies. I don’t think they have them anymore but wow they were good! I love peanut butter cookies too!

Comment by Mariah 11.27.09 @ 10:52 pm

My favorite kind of cookie is chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips. I’m weird.

Comment by Tracy Lee 11.27.09 @ 10:56 pm

My aunt makes these awesome cookies that have peanut butter cups chopped up in it. I LOVE them and she makes them whenever I’m home visiting! mmmmm yummy!

Comment by Becky Ashihara 11.27.09 @ 11:03 pm

Mine are the peanut butter cookies with the Hershey kisses in the middle! Love those.

Comment by Jess 11.27.09 @ 11:23 pm

yum yum yum. i love shortbread cookies! all types, really.

Comment by Petry 11.27.09 @ 11:26 pm

Chocolate Chip! Yum yum!

Comment by Amanda B 11.27.09 @ 11:35 pm

My all time favorite cookies are called No bake Alaskan cookies..they consist of cocoa powder, peanut butter and oats. So very yummy.

Comment by Kristy 11.28.09 @ 12:06 am

This book looks SO cool! Wow!! My three year old would flip out if we got to make cookies that look like these. Favorite cookie is a hard question. I think the peanut butter oatmeal cookie from The Art of Cookie book. Yum!

Comment by Emily Flippin Maruna 11.28.09 @ 12:13 am

choco mac nut…lemon cookies…peanut butter…oatmeal raisin…cornflake crunch…gingersnaps…dark choc covered peppermint jojos…i don’t discriminate, i love cookies!

Comment by pigglet 11.28.09 @ 12:54 am

My favorite holiday cookies are russian tea cookies! Yum!

Comment by Kelly 11.28.09 @ 1:09 am

I LOVE chocolate chip cookies! That is a super cute book! =]

Comment by YuLian 11.28.09 @ 1:57 am

Snickerdoodle would have to be my all tiime favorite – I just love love love cinnamon!! But the pumpkin raisin oatmeal cookies my sister made for Thanksgiving might just overtake snickerdoodles if I try them a few more times!

Comment by Beth 11.28.09 @ 2:13 am

cute book! i like classic chocolate chip or my dad’s oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies.

Comment by shannon w 11.28.09 @ 2:31 am

what a fun book! I love those peanut butter chocolate oatmeal no-bake thingies, and cornflake cookies the best!

Comment by bean 11.28.09 @ 2:50 am

I love sugar cookies with multi-colored sugar crystals on top!

Comment by Stephanie 11.28.09 @ 3:49 am

My favorite cookies may be shortbread cookies, but my favorite to bake are pinwheels, when I can find time to make them :P

Comment by Liana 11.28.09 @ 4:00 am

Scotcheroos!

Comment by Amity 11.28.09 @ 4:08 am

Great giveaway!
I like all flavoured cookies, but my favourite biscuit has to be cutard creams. yum!

Comment by Louise 11.28.09 @ 4:59 am

I will add to the list of cookies favorites some oatmeal, walnut, chocolate chip cookies.

Comment by Debby 11.28.09 @ 9:23 am

mexican wedding cookies! they just melt in your mouth.

Comment by donna 11.28.09 @ 9:40 am

my favorite cookies are shortbreads <3 .. love this book! looks so fun =)

Comment by cait 11.28.09 @ 10:33 am

I’m pretty awful on the decorating end of cookies so I’m sure this book would definitely be helpful. Added bonus that it looks sooooo cute!

Comment by Amanda 11.28.09 @ 11:03 am

My favorite holiday cookies are called Swedish Raisin Rocks. Apparently named because if you leave them in the oven a moment too long, they are as hard as rocks. I’ve never tried making them but this might be the year.

Comment by Jennifer M 11.28.09 @ 11:18 am

That book looks awesome!! I love reading your blog because I’m in such a small Canadian city, my one and only bookstore never carries books like this. This one is going on my wishlist. My favourite cookies are either gingersnap cookies or no bake chocolate oat delights!

Comment by Krysta 11.28.09 @ 11:19 am

Peanut Butter Cookies! THE BEST!

Comment by Tiffany Allen 11.28.09 @ 11:20 am

My absolute favorite cookie is my Grandma’s secret recipe…it’s a twist on icebox/gingersnaps and she refuses to give the recipe to anyone!

Comment by Marina 11.28.09 @ 11:42 am

I still always go for chocolate chip!

Comment by justJENN 11.28.09 @ 12:43 pm

my favorite cookies are ones i kind of made up, they are milk chocolate orange chunk ones with loads of oats in them..mmmmmm

Comment by bex 11.28.09 @ 12:49 pm

mrs. fields chocolate chip cookies are my absolute favorite. (: yum

Comment by niki 11.28.09 @ 1:40 pm

My favorite Christmas cookie is the classic decorated sugar cookie. Yum!

Comment by Ashley Ann 11.28.09 @ 2:11 pm

My favourite cookies are my mom’s homemade sugar cookies! she only bakes them at Christmas and I look forward to them every year!!!

Comment by Dianne 11.28.09 @ 2:12 pm

I remember when I was little, my classmate was giving away cookies for the class. When he came to me, which was last, all that was left was oatmeal raisin. I had never tried it, and at the time I favored only chocolate chip, so getting a cookie that’s name almost.. repulsed me made me quite sad.
After that incident, however, I have always loved oatmeal raisin. It was the great taste that made me love them.:)

Comment by Emily 11.28.09 @ 2:34 pm

Snickerdoodles. Or gingersnaps. no, snickerdoodles.

Comment by Anna 11.28.09 @ 3:31 pm

Chocolate chip cookies slightly brown on the bottom and soft on the top will always be my favorite.

Comment by Octavia 11.28.09 @ 3:35 pm

Thanks for the giveaway!
Chocolate peanut butter cookies

Comment by Sara 11.28.09 @ 3:53 pm

I love SUGARCOOKIES for the holidays, simply because they are the BEST to decorate. Of course this is quickly followed by chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, cranberry oatmeal and the list goes on and on. Homemade cookies are my absolute favorite when it comes to holiday memories :) PS My sister’s birthday is on Dec. 1st!

Comment by Michelle K. 11.28.09 @ 4:48 pm

Pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting!

Comment by Laurel 11.28.09 @ 5:48 pm

My favorite kind were the green christmas trees (made with a cookie press) with red sugar sprinkles that my mom has made in the past. I think it was a almond butter sort of cookie. What is your favorite?

Comment by Jennifer 11.28.09 @ 6:05 pm

That book really is too cute! My favourite cookies? Hm. I love fresh, hot chocolate chip cookies that came out of the oven two minutes past, where the chocolate is all melty.

Either that, or sugar cookies. Or butter cookies.

Comment by Piston 11.28.09 @ 6:47 pm

Right now my favorite cookies are s’mores cookies. I came across the recipe on the domestic scientist’s blog a while back and they totally rock and they bring back girl scout memories without me having to burn marshmallows over my gas stovetop.

Comment by Jeanne Wilson 11.28.09 @ 7:40 pm

my fave cookies for the holidays are buckeyes…or anything with peanut butter! thanks for the giveaway!

Comment by kellie 11.28.09 @ 8:00 pm

This is a tough question. I love ALL cookies, but my all time favorite holiday cookie is stained glass cookies. If you’ve never heard of them they are definitely worth a google search!

Comment by Apple Noggin 11.28.09 @ 8:02 pm

My favorites are peanut butter blossoms… peanut butter cookies with kisses in the middle! Yum!

Comment by Caroline 11.28.09 @ 8:36 pm

chocolate chip!

Comment by Kristianne 11.28.09 @ 8:43 pm

Great cookie book! I really love cookies especially chocolate chip ones.

Comment by cherry 11.28.09 @ 9:19 pm

I love warm melted chocolate chip fresh from the oven with a tall glass of milk. XOXOX

Comment by Amber Otten 11.28.09 @ 9:38 pm

Mom’s homemade pumpkin chocolate chip for sure!

Comment by Sadie from allnaturalme.com 11.28.09 @ 10:15 pm

mmm, yum! frosted oatmeal raisin cookies are pretty tasty. thanks a bunch for the chance at this sweet little book/cute cards!

Comment by little t jane 11.28.09 @ 10:21 pm

You gotta love the classic chocolate chip. I love dipping mine in milk until it gets all soft and small parts fall to the bottom of the cup. I love scooping those up at the end, like buried treasure!

Comment by Sarah 11.28.09 @ 10:57 pm

My favorite cookies are my mom’s rum print cookies. She makes a huge batch for Christmas every year. My older brother and I one year fought over who had more so since then she makes us our own batches..She is awesome

Comment by OreoFairy 11.28.09 @ 11:48 pm

Peanut Butter!

Comment by Loryna 11.29.09 @ 3:22 am

I have a deep deep love for oatmeal cookies they are so good!BUT, today my bf’s mom made some cranberry, macademia, oatmeal, white chocolate, cookies and they were AWESOME!

Comment by Fio 11.29.09 @ 4:27 am

great giveaway! i love decorated sugar cookie :)

Comment by zarpandit 11.29.09 @ 6:36 am

Greek sugar cookies- my mom used to make them and rolled them in colored sugar.

Comment by shellei 11.29.09 @ 8:33 am

we don’t really do cookies so much here in the UK but I have a very nice chocolate chip one that I sometimes make

Comment by Helen 11.29.09 @ 8:52 am

My favorite cookie is my Mom’s oatmeal raisin… mmm.

Comment by CarrieS 11.29.09 @ 9:11 am

My favorite holiday cookies are my mom’s jewel cookies. She uses her own homemade jam and they are just lovely!

Comment by Laurel 11.29.09 @ 10:55 am

Chocolate chip, every time! That book looks delightful!

Comment by Liane 11.29.09 @ 1:20 pm

Snickerdoodles! Also those kind with a hersey’s kiss in the center that i only ever see in christmas cookie spreads.

Comment by danielle 11.29.09 @ 1:23 pm

white chocolate chip cookies all chewy and sweet!

Comment by Carla White 11.29.09 @ 1:30 pm

almond are my favorite and drop cookies too! but it allways tastes the best made by yourself

Comment by daisy 11.29.09 @ 4:11 pm

Ooh, fun!! My favorite is classic chocolate chip cookies. They have to be soft and gooey though.

Comment by Amanda 11.29.09 @ 4:38 pm

The required Christmas cookies here are Dooley’s (so named for a neighbor of a great-grandparent). They’re actually thumb print cookies. We have to make ones with stawberry jam rolled in walnuts for the latest generation, and ones with raspberry jam and pecans for the grands. Oh, and ones without nuts for the youngest. Yummy!

Comment by Jo James 11.29.09 @ 4:40 pm

My huband’s mom makes cream wafers. Soooo yummy!!

Comment by Jenne 11.29.09 @ 5:13 pm

This book looks so fun! Snickerdoodles are my all time favorite cookie, and have been since I was a toddler. I’m also a really big fan of thumbprint cookies.

ps. I was shopping at a neat thrift store last week, and came upon an entire booth filled with salt and pepper shakers. There was an entire section dedicated to mushroom shakers (big, small, some with faces). I thought of you! hahah

Comment by Megan 11.29.09 @ 6:01 pm

white chocolate & cranberry are my current favorites!

Comment by christina 11.29.09 @ 6:49 pm

i love snickerdoodles and chocolate chip cookies with no chips!

Comment by natalie 11.29.09 @ 8:49 pm

I love pecan tassies!

Comment by Stacy 11.29.09 @ 8:54 pm

My mom’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are my favorite!

Comment by Sarah 11.29.09 @ 9:34 pm

my fave is white chocolate macadamia!
yummy :D
and loving the book + cards :)

Comment by Lyn 11.29.09 @ 9:43 pm

My husbands Grandmother makes the best molasses cookies. yum!

Comment by Meghan Bertke 11.29.09 @ 10:25 pm

My grandma (who raised 13 kids)used to make “cabinet cookies” which were a big mixture of the left over sweets she could find. sometimes it was oatmeal, m&m’s and peanut butter. other times chocolate chips and raisins. But they were always delicious.

Comment by Stephanie 11.29.09 @ 10:44 pm

Mexican hot chocolate snickerdoodle.

Comment by Cait 11.29.09 @ 10:52 pm

sugar cookies, because they are so fun to decorate with the little ones in your life :)

Comment by emma 11.29.09 @ 11:25 pm

White chocolate macadamia nut. Always has been and always will be =]

Comment by Brittney 11.29.09 @ 11:58 pm

I would love a copy of the book! My favorite cookie is a snickerdoodle…

Comment by Angela 11.30.09 @ 12:13 am

My favorite cookies are the Jello cookies – they are like shortbread cookies, but colored and flavored with gelatin. My mom would make them right before picking us up at school, so we had warm cookies waiting for us in the car after school. YUM!

Comment by Hilary S 11.30.09 @ 2:05 am

Since I´m from Sweden my favorites cookies are swedish pepparkakor. It´s a super yummy cookie wiht ginger, clove, cardamom and cinnamon. They are the best!!

Comment by Maria 11.30.09 @ 2:49 am

homemade chocolate chip cookies are always delicious, but my favorite holiday cookie is a simple, whimsical sugar cookie P: mmmm

Comment by Liz 11.30.09 @ 3:46 am

‘Vanillekipferl’ are my favorites!

Comment by Frau Haselmayer 11.30.09 @ 3:47 am

it’s a hard one, but i would have to go with the decorated sugar cookie since i only whip out my cookie cutters around christmas so it’s a special treat.

Comment by brooke 11.30.09 @ 8:01 am

The old fashioned butter cookies. My Mom would roll them so thin sometimes they were hard to get off the pan. Then an entire day of decorating and putting my brother’s name on the back of the ones that didn’t turn out. A tradion my kids still continue.

Comment by Jane 11.30.09 @ 9:04 am

I love love love it when my mom makes her homemade hermits at Christmas :)

Comment by Beth 11.30.09 @ 9:10 am

Gingersnaps! they are the best

Comment by Cassie 11.30.09 @ 9:56 am

I love a good gingerbread, but you can’t go wrong with good ole’ chocolate chip

Comment by Amanda 11.30.09 @ 10:27 am

snickerdoodles! or a really really good chocolate chip cookie and some milk!

Comment by linsey 11.30.09 @ 11:20 am

Sugar cookies, hands down. You can mix anything into them, and my little girl loves them so I can’t pass. That book is adorable.

Comment by Diamond 11.30.09 @ 11:44 am

A woman I know makes TO DIE FOR chocolate thumbprint cookies – I could eat them for days!

Comment by Tanya 11.30.09 @ 12:38 pm

I love the peanut butter cookies with a Hershey kiss in the middle…and molasses cookies…oh and…cookies are great! Thank you for the fun Christmas giveaway and a chance to win! :)

Comment by Jaime 11.30.09 @ 1:04 pm

chewy gingersnaps are my absolute favorite.

Comment by andrea 11.30.09 @ 1:15 pm

Ginger snaps…chewy ones YUM!

Comment by Jennie 11.30.09 @ 1:43 pm

My favorite cookies are a toss between cut out sugar cookies, spritz and snow balls(also known as Russian tea cakes). These are our traditional Christmas cookie must haves. The book looks fun!

Comment by lisa c 11.30.09 @ 2:04 pm

For Christmas, I have to say I love a simple cookie-cutter-cut-out butter cookie with sprinkles. YUM!

Comment by Kristi 11.30.09 @ 2:57 pm

Peanut butter and nothing else. :)

Comment by Jaymi 11.30.09 @ 3:15 pm

LOVE LOVE the Snickerdoodle!!!
Karlee

Comment by Karlee Fuchs 11.30.09 @ 3:32 pm

chocolate shortbread cookies!

Comment by Caoimhe 11.30.09 @ 4:41 pm

I know they are the new cupcake and all, but I love me some french macarons!

Comment by meg 11.30.09 @ 5:30 pm

My favorite cookie is a no bake cookie. I remeber making them as a kid. So easy to make and oooh so good. I make them now for my own kids who in turn love them!

Comment by Tela 11.30.09 @ 9:21 pm