The Christmas cookies you remember. Written down properly at last.
100 old-fashioned Christmas cookies, bars and treats from the tins of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the old country. Every step written out, in cups and grams, with Grandma’s tip on each one.Old-fashioned cookies, bars and treats from the tins of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the old country.
- The ones you grew up with. Shortbread, gingerbread men, jam thumbprints, rum balls, Nanaimo bars, Anzac biscuits, caramel slice.
- Written for your kitchen. Cups and grams, °F and °C with fan-forced (convection) settings, and a page of fixes for cookies that spread.
- Baked ahead, not in a panic. A four-week calendar tells you what to bake when and what freezes. Every recipe says how long it keeps.
100 Christmas recipes in cups and grams, a tip on every one, a four-week plan.
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100 recipes, one tin
There’s a sound that belongs to December: the lid of the cookie tin coming off.
Under a sheet of waxed paper sat rows of shortbread, ginger snaps, jam thumbprints and powdered snowballs. The same ones, year after year, because nobody would allow it to be any other way.
Then the recipe cards went missing. Or they say “butter the size of an egg” and “bake until done”. And the recipes online hide under pop-ups, use someone else’s measurements, and spread into one flat sheet on the tray.
Those cookies deserve better. So does your December.
Grandma’s Christmas Cookie Tin gathers one hundred of the classics and writes every step out clearly, in cups and grams, with a tip from Grandma on each one.
You’ll know them when you see them
Every recipe in the book has its own full-colour picture. They’re illustrations made for the book, so your own batch may look a little different.
Every recipe follows the same clear pattern
- Where it comes from: a short note on the story of the cookie
- Makes, prep, chill, bake, oven: everything at a glance before you start
- Ingredients in cups and grams, with both names where they differ, like cornstarch (cornflour)
- The method in numbered steps, written out in full
- Grandma’s tip on a scrap of paper taped to the page
- The most common variants, so one dough becomes three cookies
- Keeps and In the tin: how long it lasts, and a tip for the gift tin
Turn the real pages
These are real pages from the book you’ll download. They turn by themselves: pause, use the arrows, or open a page to see it full size.
View largerNine chapters, one hundred recipes
Plus royal icing and a simple glaze, troubleshooting, conversion charts and a recipe index.
Written for your kitchen
Your measurements
Cups and grams on every recipe. Oven temperatures in °F and °C, with the fan-forced setting alongside. Even the Australian tablespoon is explained.
Your favourites
Nanaimo bars, butter tart squares and maple leaf cookies. Anzac biscuits, White Christmas and caramel slice. Treacle or molasses, golden syrup or corn syrup: the swaps are there.
Your weather
Too hot to turn the oven on? There are twelve no-bake treats, plus a Summer Christmas Tin for Australia and New Zealand. Snowed in? Start with the shortbread.
December, without the last-minute panic
The calendar tells you which cookies to bake first, which to freeze, and what to leave for the final week.
For the neighbours, the teacher, the postie. Or your own kitchen table.
Near the end of the book you’ll find Build the Perfect Cookie Tin: seven rules for a tin people remember, and six ready-made tins you can copy.
- The Classic Tin
- The Canadian Christmas Tin
- The Summer Christmas Tin
- The Nonna’s Tin
- The Old-Country Tin
- The Kids Can Help Tin
Every recipe ends with a short “In the tin” note: what it looks good beside, how to pack it or how sturdy it is. Some tell you what belongs at the bottom, and which ones survive the post.
Is it right for you?
It’s for you if…
- You bake at Christmas for family, neighbours or a cookie swap
- You miss the cookies from your mother’s or grandmother’s tin
- You’re tired of scrolling past pop-ups to find a recipe written out properly
- You’d rather plan December than survive it
It’s not for you if…
- You’re looking for low-sugar or “healthy swap” baking. These are the real thing
- You want a printed book posted to you. This is a PDF, and you can print the pages you need
- You’re after fondant showpieces. These are family cookies
Grandma’s Christmas Cookie Tin
- 100 old-fashioned Christmas recipes in nine chapters: cookies, bars and treats
- A full-colour picture with every recipe
- Grandma’s tip, variants, keeping and gifting notes on each recipe
- The four-week bake-ahead calendar
- Build the Perfect Cookie Tin, troubleshooting and conversion charts
- 241-page PDF, yours to keep on every device
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Before you preheat the oven
Is this a printed book?
No. It’s a 241-page full-colour PDF. Your download link arrives by email within minutes of checkout. Read it on a phone, tablet or computer, or print the recipes you need. Printing on A4? The pages are US Letter size, so choose “fit to page”.
Which measurements does it use?
Cups and grams on every recipe, and oven temperatures in °F and °C with the fan-forced (convection) setting. There are conversion charts at the back.
Will I find the ingredients where I live?
Most recipes use everyday supermarket ingredients. Where a name changes from country to country, both are given: icing sugar or powdered sugar, cornflour or cornstarch, plain or all-purpose flour. The opening pages explain the swaps for treacle, molasses and golden syrup.
Are the recipes difficult?
Most are simple, classic recipes. Each one tells you how long it takes and whether the dough needs chilling, and the steps are numbered. A page of troubleshooting covers the usual problems, such as cookies that spread or icing that won’t set.
Do I need special equipment?
Two baking trays, baking paper, a rolling pin and a few cutters cover most of the book. A piping bag and a couple of square tins are useful. A handful of old-country cookies call for a special iron or mould, and the recipe says so.
It’s summer here at Christmas. Is it still for me?
Yes. There’s a chapter of twelve no-bake treats, plenty of slices, and a ready-made Summer Christmas Tin with rum balls, White Christmas, caramel slice and Anzac biscuits.
It’s already December. Is it too late to start?
No. The calendar is set out by weeks before Christmas, so you start at the week you’re in. The last-week list and the twelve no-bake treats are there for late starters, and the shortbread keeps for two weeks.
How do I pay? Is it a subscription?
It’s one payment of US$27 by card on a secure, encrypted checkout. There is no subscription. Prices are in US dollars. Your bank converts the amount and may add its own small conversion fee.
Can I get a refund?
The book is a digital file delivered straight away, so we can’t offer refunds for a change of mind. If your file doesn’t arrive or won’t open, we’ll put it right. This doesn’t affect your rights under consumer law.
How do I get help?
Write to steadypathllc@gmail.com and we’ll reply within two business days. Download links work for 30 days, so save your file when it arrives. If you lose it later, we’ll send a fresh link.
Who is Hearth & Tin?
A small online shop for printable keepsakes and cookbooks, and a brand of Steady Path LLC. Our journal and cookbook are new for Christmas 2026, so there are no customer reviews to show you yet. That’s why this page shows you so many real pages before you buy. If anything is wrong with your file, write to us and we reply within two business days.
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