Cookie Swap: Creative Treats to Share Throughout the Year - Softcover

Julia Usher's lovely cookies will inspire you to become a dedicated cookie decorating hobbyist.--Nick Malgieri"Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited" (05/12/2009)

This creative book has become my new gold-standard guide to cookie decorating. Talented baker Julia Usher provides foolproof recipes and teaches us decorating techniques, from the simplest bar cookie to elaborate showpieces. Her whimsical designs and ideas make this book as fun as it is informative. Open it to any page-you're bound to be inspired.(formerly Chocolatier) and author of The Good Cookie and The Cake Book
--Trish Boyle"Dessert Professional" (05/12/2009)

"No wonder Usher - who grew up to get a degree in mechanical engineering from Yale University, earned an MBA from Stanford University and at 47 is an accomplished pastry chef and cookbook writer - is intent on drawing folks back to the kitchen. She knows, firsthand, the heart-filled connection that's sparked there. And she has just the ticket to get us all baking the honest-to-goodness way." --Barbara Mahany"Chicago Tribune" (12/03/2009)

"Julia Usher's lovely cookies will inspire you to become a dedicated cookie decorating hobbyist." Nick Malgieri, Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited--Nick Malgieri"Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited" (05/12/2009)

This creative book has become my new gold-standard guide to cookie decorating. Talented baker Julia Usher provides foolproof recipes and teaches us decorating techniques, from the simplest bar cookie to elaborate showpieces. Her whimsical designs and ideas make this book as fun as it is informative. Open it to any page-you're bound to be inspired. -- Tish Boyle, Editor, Dessert Professional (formerly Chocolatier) and author of The Good Cookie and The Cake Book--Trish Boyle"Dessert Professional" (05/12/2009)

Julia Usher is one smart cookie . . . and luckily, we can now all be invited to her Cookie Swap! Her new book has it all: complete basics for beginners, everything a home baker needs to perfect the simple art of "something out of nearly nothing," and imaginative creativity for pros. Well-tested recipes are reliable, fun, and scrumptious; photos are enticing; and party ideas are both practical and budget conscious. Essential for all bakers, this excellent guide to year-round cookie swap parties is a winner.>--Susan G Purdy"author of Pie in the Sky" (05/12/2009)

Julia Usher's over-the-top cookies and detailed, theme-inspired swaps promise joyful sharing and sweet memories for year-round entertaining.>--Flo Braker"author of Baking for All Occasions, The Simple Art of Perfect Baking, and Sweet Miniatures" (05/12/2009)

A cookie is one of life's most precious, delicious gifts. Swapping them with friends is all the better. Julia Usher's gorgeous and doable ideas inspire us not only to trade cookies at holiday time but the whole year through. Filled to the brim with mouthwatering recipes and delectable photographs, Cookie Swap is a sweet treat to savor and celebrate.>--Nancy Wall Hopkins"Better Homes & Gardens" (05/12/2009)

This creative book has become my new gold-standard guide to cookie decorating. Talented baker Julia Usher provides foolproof recipes and teaches us decorating techniques, from the simplest bar cookie to elaborate showpieces. Her whimsical designs and ideas make this book as fun as it is informative. Open it to any page-you're bound to be inspired. -- Tish Boyle, Editor, Dessert Professional (formerly Chocolatier) and author of The Good Cookie and The Cake Book

--Trish Boyle"Dessert Professional" (05/12/2009)

"Julia Usher's lovely cookies will inspire you to become a dedicated cookie decorating hobbyist."
Nick Malgieri, Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited

--Nick Malgieri"Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited" (05/12/2009)

Provides tips and techniques for organizing cookie swaps for every occaison with specialized cookie recipes for each event.