Get ready for the holiday baking marathon! The Cook's Illustrated 2009 Holiday Baking Special Issue provides you with everything you need to create scrumptious cookies, savory tarts, and perfect pies this holiday season. As only the editors of Cook's Illustrated can do, we test and retest recipes 10, 20, sometimes more than 40 times until they are guaranteed perfect. Every time you bake. And our always-objective ingredient tastings and cookware ratings will save you money, and featured kitchen tips and baking shortcuts will save you time.

The 2009 Holiday Baking Special Issue includes:

• Dozens of foolproof recipes for holiday favorite cookies, cakes, pies, and tarts including Triple-Chocolate Cookies, Plum Pudding, Jelly Roll Cake, Lace Cookies, Lemon Pound Cake, Profiteroles, Simple Drop Doughnuts, and more
• Helpful Test Kitchen baking tips like assembling Napoleons and Trifles, and braiding Challah
• Up-to-date equipment ratings for essential baking gear including Bundt pans, parchment paper, bench scraper, square cake pans, and cookie sheets
• Up-to-date ingredient ratings for supermarket ingredients including molasses, cocoa powder, and applesauce