Bake_from_Scratch_-_September_03_2019

THERE’S NEVER A BETTER TIME TO BAKE COOKIES

THAN THE HOLIDAY

SEASON.

At Bake from Scratch, we get an early

start on holiday baking by celebrating

Christmas in July. We spend our

summer months dreaming of eggnog

and peppermint and testing holiday

cookies. This July, I got inspired to

invent an epic holiday hybrid: creamy

cookie bars that combine cheesecake

and one of my favorite wintry treats,

gingerbread. I couldn’t wait until

the holidays to share my creation,

so I gave these bars their television

debut on Hallmark Channel’s Home

& Family for their Christmas in July

celebration, which aired July 26. I

always love being on the Hallmark

Channel, and I hope you make it a

part of your holiday celebration as

well—Hallmark does Christmas

unlike any other. On the show, I

baked these bars with one of my

good friends and the show’s brilliant

cohost, Debbie Matenopoulos.

Baking her family’s classic Greek

Baklava (page 9) is one of her favorite

ways to ring in the holidays., and I’m so

thrilled she shared her recipe with us in this ode to cookie season.

That’s what I love about our Holiday Cookies issue. Each year, we get to share innovative

recipes and old family favorites from our global baking community. From Michele Song’s

Eggnog Thumbprint Cookies on page 58 to Marcella DiLonardo’s Peppermint Bark Cookies

on page 70, you’ll fi nd all the classic holiday fl avors you crave. You know I love crème

fraîche, too, so Laura Kasavan’s sprinkle-laden Crème Fraîche Sandwich Cookies on page 42

are an obsession for me. And don’t miss the cookie swap-worthy iced Mitten Cookies (page

95) by Tessa Huff, the bona fi de queen of frosted desserts.

Our collaboration with these talented bakers is part of what the holidays are all about: coming

together to share sweet traditions. When you bake these recipes, you’ll be baking up holiday spirit.

Happy baking,

Brian Hart Hoffman

Editor-in-Chief

from the editor

All recipes in each issue pass

through the hands of the Bake

from Scratch test kitchen. Each

is fl avorful and distinctive and

developed with your unique

tastes in mind.

The below products are

partners of Bake from Scratch

magazine and used exclusively

in all of our recipes.

EXPERTLY TESTED

RECIPES FEATURING

PREMIUM

INGREDIENTS

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Bottom photo courtesy of Home & Family/Hallmark Channel