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Cookie Bouquets, Delicious Designs

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Best Bouquets ever! 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you're looking for a way to create easy, adorable bouquets to give as gifts or to decorate your home, this is the book! Highly recommended and a great value!

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Create Your Own Gifts & Centerpieces!
A homemade gift is priceless, but it doesn't have to be expensive. Delight your loved ones with a colorful bouquet of sweet edible treats - it's a delicious way to brighten anyone's day! In addition, cookie bouquets make stunning centerpieces and put the icing on the cake for any event.
This book includes full-color photos and step-by-step instructions to help you create your own sweet cookie bouquets - a gift that is easy-to-make, inexpensive, unique and practical!
Size: 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, full-color pages with Clear plastic coil binding.

Mrs. Fields Best Cookie Book Ever!: 130 Delicious Cookie and Dessert Recipes from the Kitchen of Mrs. Fields

Debbi Fields

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Total reviews: 18 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

first impressions 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

"Cookies" is almost synonymous with "Mrs. Fields" and that's what attracted me to this book. I expected Mrs. Fields' recipe for her famous chocolate chip cookies to be revealed -- unfortunately, it isn't. The recipes are standard cookie recipes, with an emphasis on chocolate chip types. There's even one recipe that calls for the use of all kinds (semisweet, white, bittersweet) in one cookie. What I like are the pictures. The cookies look just like the ones I make at home and that, to me, is reassuring. I also like the straightforward way in which the recipes are presented. They all look simple and easy to do. The book encourages and gives one the confidence to go into the kitchen and bake.

Mrs.Fields Great Cookies!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is the most tastiest book in the world!!!! The recipes in here are decadent. This is my favourite cookie book in the world!!! I try to bake 1 recipe from it a week and it is an enjoyable experience!!!

My favorite cookie book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is my favorite cookie cookbook. Pictures of every recipe, is what makes it special. I'm on my second copy.

The All-American Cookie Book

Nancy Baggett

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Nancy Baggett went on a culinary journey in search of the best American cookies. Amazed by the remarkable repertoire of American bakers, Baggett spent several years researching and baked nearly 30,000 cookies for The All-American Cookie Book. Every American cookie you can think of is here--more than 150 of them--from luscious Black Bottom Mini Brownie Cups and chewy Chocolate Thumbprint Crackles to Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies and crisp, spicy Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Cookies. More-unusual regional favorites include Savannah Chocolate Chewies, Chocolate Whoopie Pies from Pennsylvania, and Floridian Ambrosia Cookies made with coconut and pineapple. Avid bakers will appreciate the bits of cookie lore and history in this brilliant collection. Baggett also gives interesting insight into how American cookies evolved, and how different ingredients and techniques were introduced. Mouthwatering photographs tempt and delectable descriptions convince you to try nutty, fruity, chocolaty concoctions, every one of them made in America. --Leora Y. Bloom

Big Fat Cookies

Elinor Klivans

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For the cookie monster in all of us! 5 out of 5 stars.
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by Judy Bart Kancigor, author of Cooking Jewish: 532 Great Recipes from the Rabinowitz Family

From The Orange County Register
February 10, 2005

Go ahead. See if you can say "big fat cookie" and not smile. I dare you.

I asked Elinor Klivans, noted Maine pastry chef and author of "Big Fat Cookies" (Chronicle Books) how she got the idea for her beautifully photographed, irresistibly cookie-licious cookbook.

"I was working on my last book ("Fearless Baking") and someone asked, "What do you think you want to do for your next book?" and without thinking about it, `big fat cookies' came out of my mouth, and I thought, yes, that's the one I should do."

With Valentine's Day only a kiss away, what could be better than giving some big fat cookies to the one you love, but try to choose just one recipe from this stunning, new book. I double dare you.

If chocolate be the food of love, bake on. For the Chocolate Chip-Stuffed Cookies, two mammoth chocolate chip cookies are stuffed with even more chips for a "now, why didn't I think of that?" chocoholic's dream. And how does Klivans produce a cookie firm enough to stand up to this chocolate overload? "I use all brown sugar rather than the usual granulated and brown sugar combination, plus cold eggs and only slightly softened butter, rather than the usual room temperature," she revealed.

Not enough chocolate for you? Try the Chocolate Chip Whoppers, Chocolate Chunk Mountains or my personal favorites, Big City (read New Yawk, of cawse) Black and Whites.

Were you the kid that loved to make mud pies? Then the Chocolate-Covered Chocolate Chip Cookies" (aka "Mud Balls") are for you. "You bake these wonderful chocolate chip cookies, and when they're just cool enough to handle but still quite warm, you squish them into balls and refrigerate them," Klivans explained. "Then for the shiny chocolate coating, instead of tempering the chocolate, which is really tricky to do, you just melt chocolate with a little oil and dip the cookie balls in that mixture and refrigerate until firm. They look like giant truffles. For parties I even cut them into quarters."

Oh, did I mention - these are really big cookies! "Most of the cookies call for 1/4 cup of batter each," she noted. "I like to use an ice cream scoop. Then the cookies are all uniform and you just go down the line."

Because of their size, these cookies need to be baked longer, so most call for a lower temperature than you may be used to. "Cookies are a quick-baking item, and there's only a short interval between a perfectly baked cookie and an overbaked one," she cautioned. "And because of their high sugar content, they burn easily, so check the bottoms with a spatula to be sure they're not getting too dark Better to risk breaking one up than to ruin the whole batch. You can always eat that broken cookie!"

Why not bake some Heart-Shaped Butter Shortbread cookies for your Valentine. "These are sturdy cookies that hold their shape," said Klivans. "Cornstarch, unlike flour, contains no gluten and makes for a more tender cookie. As an option, add a teeny drop of red food coloring to a little of the glaze to turn it pink. Then drizzle the pink glaze over the white for a marbleized effect. I don't like to fuss with decorations for hours. These are so easy and really pretty too."

Editorial Review:

Nobody's ever made baking history with a scrawny cookie. No matter what the occasion, nothing beats the big, fat, homemade kind. With this deliciously fun cookbook and a few simple ingredients, anyone can whip up a quick batch of one of 50 different gigantic crispy, chewy, or fancy-pants sandwich cookies. From classic Super Chocolate Chip to colossal Mocha Mud Mountains, Jumbo Coconut Macaroons to Lemon Whoopie Pies, this is total cookie satisfaction. Introductory material includes tips on buying the best ingredients, techniques such as mixing and forming the perfect round, baking ahead and storing, and for those who actually like to share their cookies how to pack them up safely so they won't break on the way to the party. So, get that sweet tooth ready and bite into a Big Fat Cookie.

The Williams-Sonoma Collection: Cookies (Williams-Sonoma Collection)

Marie Simmons

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Editorial Review:

Whether it's a classic chocolate chip cookie for an afternoon snack at the kitchen table, a tangy lemon bar as a treat after lunch, or a delicate jam-filled cutout cookie shared at a special gathering of friends, we all have a favorite cookie or two that we just cannot resist.

Williams-Sonoma Collection Cookies offers over 40 delicious recipes, including time-honored favorites as well as fresh new ideas. Brighten up a rainy day with chocolate cookie sandwiches, tempt guests with light hazelnut meringues after a dinner party, or celebrate the holidays with sweet and sparkly cutout stars. Here, you will find all the classics as well as cookies for making with and enjoying with kids or for sending to faraway friends. If you are planning a party or searching for a cookie to establish new holiday tradition, you'll find plenty of recipes with style inside these pages. In addition, a chapter devoted entirely to decorating provides you with simple ideas for transforming cookies into little works of art.

Full-color photographs of each cookie recipe help make it easy to decide which one to bake, and photographic side notes throughout highlight key techniques or essential ingredients, making this book the ideal source to have on hand for making cookies. An informative basics section and glossary fill in all you need to know to create a wide array of irresistible cookies.

500 Cookies: The Only Cookie Compendium You'll Ever Need

Philippa Vanstone, Susannah Blake

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A "must-have" for anyone who enjoys diversity in dessert 5 out of 5 stars.
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A compact compendium of five hundred recipes for cookies drawn from all over the world, Philippa Vanstone's 500 Cookies is organized with separate chapters devoted to classic cookies, teatime cookies, cookies for kids, chocolate cookies, celebration cookies, wholesome healthy cookies, cookies for special diets, cookie bars, dessert cookies, and savory cookies & crackers. An informative introduction and a thoroughly "user friendly" index round out this remarkable collection of delicious cookie treats that range from Scottish Shortbread; Polenta Crescents; Chocolate Spice Cookies; and Cinnamon Stars; to Applesauce Cookies; Chewy Almond Cherry Bars; Cream Cheese Cookie Slices; and Blue Cheese Crumbles. Along with the list of ingredients and "kitchen cook friendly" instructions, each cookie is also illustrated with a color photograph. 500 Cookies will soon prove to be a family favorite on the cookbook shelf as it showcases traditional fare with exotic offerings suitable for any and all dining occasions from after school snacks to elegant dining occasions.

Editorial Review:

500 Cookies is a delicious gift book, chock full of recipes and basic techniques, information about equipment, ingredients, and even troubleshooting for the best cookies in the world! Complete with mouthwatering images and ideas for gift packaging and labeling, you’ll be inspired to create the crispest, chewiest, most delectable and yes—healthful—treats to enjoy with your family or to give as gifts. This fascinating book contains a wide variety of recipes, including those for the classics, fun recipes for kids, sophisticated teatime recipes, and even wholesome, healthy options. This collection features 500 sumptuous recipes from around the world and is truly the only cookie book you’ll ever need! 500 Cookies is a perfect gift for anyone who wants to recall the warm, comforting memories of fresh baked cookies. Perfect for birthdays, bridal showers, Mother’s Day, housewarming, holidays or any gift-giving occasion. A sweet gift!

The Good Cookie: Over 250 Delicious Recipes from Simple to Sublime

Tish Boyle

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There are thousands of cookie recipes out there already, and probably hundreds of cookie recipe books. What makes The Good Cookie different, and worth making room for, is Tish Boyle. Food editor of the magazines Chocolatier and Pastry Art & Design, Boyle uses her experience as a pastry chef to update, improve, and choose between all those thousands of recipes for classic and best-loved cookies. She also includes recipes contributed by other excellent pastry chefs she's met, and for the remainder she relies on her own creative genius.

With over 250 recipes to choose from, Boyle makes the task much easier with mouth-watering introductions that describe in detail the appearance, texture, and taste of every cookie. The chapters are organized by technique, but the recipes are reorganized in an ingenious index by occasion or use: Ship Well, For Grown-Ups, Over-the-Top Chocolate, Bake Sale Bonanza, and the like. You'll find favorites such as Russian Tea Cakes, Lattice-Topped Linzer Bars, and Hermits, and crowd pleasers like Citrus Sandwiches and Blueberry Crumble Bars. Contributions from others include Chocolate Cranberry Spice Cookies, Ginger Fortune Cookies, and Midnight Brownies (made with Midnight Milky Way bars!). But what makes The Good Cookie priceless are the gems such as the crispy, chewy Tangerine Kumquat Rounds, explosive with citrus flavor, and Boyle's clear, detailed instructions that ensure their success. --Leora Y. Bloom

Biggest Book of Cookies: 475 All-Time Favorites (Better Homes & Gardens)

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Good Cookies 4 out of 5 stars.
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I like this book very much, and recommend it highly. It is a rare combination of 2 things that I enjoy every much: rich and fattening cookies, and recipes that work.

This book has 475 cookie recipes that have all been thoroughly tested by the test kitchens at Better Homes and Gardens. As such, every recipe I have ever done from this book has worked the first time through. With this many cookies, you are sure to find a recipe that fills the bill, and you will find rarities such as rosettes, cookie gun recipes, and pizzelle. There were some that I did not like, but that is not because the recipe was faulty, but because I just didn't like the cookie (this is especially true of the some of the bar cookies). This is also a handy book if you have youngsters who want to help you make cookies: the recipes won't fail you, and there are several "smiley face" sort of cookies that will appeal to children, and also many bars that are easy to do, even for children.

Also commendable is the format. The book is plastic spiral bound, which means that the book lies flat on the table when you are trying to do a recipe from it. Each recipe has a full page devoted to it, meaning that the text is nice and large and easy to read, and the recipe is nicely spread out over the printed page and not just jammed into a corner of it.

There are a few problems:
1) the most aggravating of which is side-bar mania, that is the placing of important information about techniques, ingredients, and equipment in random places throughout the book where you will never find them when you need them.
2) The actual introductory material on how to bake cookies in general in the first chapter is rather scanty. If all the above mentioned side-bars where collected and put into the first chapter, it might make for a decent primer on cookie making.
3) at one point, the authors suggest that you boil dried fruits in brandy on the stove. This sounds like a good recipe for a kitchen fire.
4) the chapter on bar cookies, in a side bar, admonishes you to always use the correct size pan. By my count, however, the chapter uses 5 different pan sizes, and you are unlikely to have all of them. Would it have been that much trouble to standardize all the bar recipes to one or two pan sizes?
5) this book had its share of marginal recipes: those that used mixes or store-bought cookie doughs, plus all those that have oats and/or dried fruit in them.
6) The flour measurement is spoon-and-sweep, but this important information is buried in a section titled "What makes cookies too dry?"

It has the following chapters (the chapter titles were too cute by half): Cookie Basics, Sweet Spoonfuls, Heavenly Hand-Shaped Cookies, Mold and Pressed Shapes, Slices of Delight, Rolling Pin Favorites, Fabulous Filled Cookies, Simple Shortcuts, Best Bars and Brownies.

Editorial Review:

Better Homes and Gardens kitchen-tested cookie recipes please every cookie lover.

A wide variety of cookie recipes, including traditional standbys and new cookie ideas, ensures bakers always have the right recipe for any cookie occasion.

Cookie basics and expert tips give cooks confidence their cookie creations will never fail.

The Best 50 Shortbreads (Best 50)

Barbara Karoff

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Yummy Shortbread 5 out of 5 stars.
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This little book is packed full of basic and yummy receipes. I'm on the journey to create the yummiest shortbread cookies and this book is a great start.

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Create rich, buttery treats easily and in a variety of flavors and shapes. This collection includes baking tips, topping ideas and work-ahead hints.

The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook: Recipes from the Classic Cookie to Mocha Chip Meringue Cake

Elinor Klivans

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another hit 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

This is another great book from elinor klivans. All of her recipes have clear instructions and give excellent results. I have made the cookie dough cheesecake and hot brownie sundae - both easy and very delicious!!! One drawback is that the print of the ingredients list is very light and small - somewhat difficult to read and requires double checking.

Editorial Review:

One of the greatest pleasures of life is biting into a warm chocolate chip cookie straight from the oven. Now imagine it's Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding or Chocolate Chip Angel Cake with Chocolate Marshmallow Frosting. The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook offers 45 recipes that cover all the dessert bases cookies, cakes, candies, brownies, tarts, frozen treats, and more. Chocolate chips saturate these recipes inside and out, so there's also a guide to the differences between these tiny indulgences. Using milk, semisweet, bittersweet, and white chocolate, Klivans encourages readers to discover their favorite chocolate chip recipes by, of course, tasting them all!