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Product Description SPECIAL NOTE! -- ANNE WILL PERSONALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTION OF YOURS AFTER READING THIS BOOK. ASK ON HER WEB SITE, AND YOU'LL NORMALLY HEAR BACK WITHIN HOURS! In this companion to "Baking with Cookie Molds," Anne L. Watson presents cookies and molds for many holidays and all seasons, as well as for special interests and occasions -- weddings, kids, storytelling around the fireplace, and much more. With nearly 150 photos of molds, cookies, and processes, "Cookie Molds Around the Year" features new techniques and new recipes, along with a month-by-month diary of the seasons on San Juan Island, Anne's home. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Anne L. Watson is the author of "Baking with Cookie Molds" and a number of other popular books on home crafts and lifestyle, as well as children's books and many novels. In a previous career, she was a historic preservation architecture consultant. Anne and her husband, Aaron Shepard, now live in Bellingham, Washington. From the Author CONTENTS BEFORE WE BEGIN Basic Directions for Molded Cookies How to Tell When Cookies Are Done Shaping Cookie Tartlets JANUARY New Year's, Twelfth Night, and Storytelling around the Fireplace Recipe: Lemon Shortbread Cookie Tartlets First Story: Journey to the Twelfth-Night Market Recipe: Spiced Lemon Pecan "King" Cookies Second Story: The Ropedancer Tip: Matching Cookies and Molds Tip: Layer Cookies Recipe: Raisin Layer Cookies Recipe: Spice Cookies Tip: Removing Extra Flour Third Story: The White Cat Recipe: Chocolate Coconut Tea Cookies Tip: Chocolate Backing Recipe: Lime Cookies Tip: Odd-Shaped Sandwich Cookies FEBRUARY Valentine Hearts, Flowers, and Chocolates Recipe: Milk Chocolate Cherry Cookie Tartlets Recipe: Dark Chocolate Cookies with Marzipan Topping Tip: Working with Marzipan Recipe: Cinnamon Cocoa Cookies Tip: Trimming Cookies Recipe: I-Love-You Cookies Tip: Texture in Molded Cookies Recipe: Chocolate Orange Layer Cookies Tip: Preparing Cookie Molds Recipe: Sweets-for-the-Sweet Sugar Cookies Tip: Cookie Molds from Found Objects MARCH Saint Patrick's Day and Shortbread Tip: Creating Your Own Shortbread Recipes Tip: Molding Shortbread Shortbread Pans Recipe: Tropical Shortbread Recipe: Chocolate Almond Shortbread Recipe: Butterscotch Shortbread Tip: The Perfect Traditional Shortbread APRIL Easter Baskets Tip: Recognizing Kinds of Cookie Molds Recipe: Coconut Sugar Cookies Recipe: Cherry and Chocolate Layer Cookies Tip: Honey and Sugar--The Pros and Cons Tip: Honey and Sugar--Getting the Right Proportions Tip: Strawberry Shortcake for Easter Dinner Recipe: Chocolate Sugar Cookies Tip: Another Idea for Cookie Tartlets Tip: Creatively Combining Cookie Molds and Cutters Recipe: Pecan Cookies with Chocolate Backing MAY Gardens, Flowers, Birds, and a Few Bugs Tip: Where to Look for Old Cookie Molds Tip: Using Antique Cookie Molds Recipe: Soft Brandy Orange Cookies Twentieth-Century Pottery Cookie Molds Recipe: Cinnamon Almond Cookies Kashigata and Moon Cake Molds Metal Molds and Pans JUNE June on the Island Cake Topper Molds Tip: More on Marzipan Recipe: Easy Wedding Cookies Tip: Flavoring Extracts and Waters Wedding Cookie Molds JULY Picnics in July Recipe: Creamy Coconut Cookies Modern Makers and Their Molds Modern Wood Molds Composition Molds Pottery Molds Silicone Molds Recipe: Maple Orange Cookies AUGUST The Island in August Tip: Kid-Friendly Cookie Molds Tip: Kids and Flavors Recipe: Your Own Animal Cookies Plastic Animal Molds Gingerbread Kids Molds Recipe: Gingerbread for Kids Horse Molds Tip: Favorite Cartoon Characters Hornbook Molds More Molds for Kids SEPTEMBER September on the Island Quilt Cookie Molds Recipe: Quilters' Tea Cookies More Quilt Cookie Molds A Cookie Quilt OCTOBER Halloween Halloween Cookie Molds Recipe: Chocolate Chip Layer Cookies Recipe: Orange Cookies NOVEMBER Late Fall--An Appreciation Recipe: Apple or Pumpkin Cookie Tartlets Recipe: Cinnamon Chestnut Cookies Recipe: Cra