The Great Holiday Baking Book by Beatrice Ojakangas

An expert on traditional holidays and the special baked treats that mark them, veteran chef and cookbook writer Beatrice Ojakangas presents recipes for 21 seasonal occasions and cultural holidays. She takes you from spring to winter with recipes like heart-shaped coffee cake for Valentine's Day, Austrian carnival doughnuts or spicy rabbit cookies for Easter, and cinnamon-walnut kamish bread or challah for Rosh Hashanah. For Christmas, the biggest baking season of the year, Ojakangas offers enticing recipes for 38 classic and fancy cookies, 18 yeast breads, 13 quick breads, 9 cakes, 10 bar cookies and brownies, and many more. With these recipes, every holiday is sure to be memorable.

Beatrice Ojakangas has taught cooking and has written articles for Gourmet, Bon Apetit, Cuisine, Pleasures of Cooking, Cooking Light, Womans Day, and Redbook. Some of her other books include Scandinavian Cooking and The Great Scandinavian Baking Book. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.

Softcover, 357 pp.

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