We all know that the holidays are fast approaching & one of the big things that we normally do this time of the year is get together with our family & friends.  Since we all enjoy eating, it seems that everyone likes to eat homemade baked goodies.  We usually have cookies, cakes, pies, bars, fresh bread and anything else that comes to mind.  Since I enjoy baking myself, I have already started my baking for the holidays – variety of cookies, bars and pies.

I have a huge collection of cook books to select from even though I have my favorites.  Every so often I will try a new recipe for a change.

As you know by now, I love to bake in our household.  Over the last 22 years of my married life, I have accumulated tons of recipe books.  I have purchased them from friends, the store, through the mail – you name it.  I have a large variety of books – baking, quick meals, casseroles, cookies, cakes, Southern Living Annual Recipes Cookbooks, Betty Crocker cookbooks, Better Homes & Gardens Cookbooks and others as well.

Even though I don’t utilize every recipe book, I do have my favorites which I use frequently when I baked some of my cookies, cinnamon rolls, pies and cakes.  Lot of these recipes are individual recipes I’ve compiled into a recipe book myself.