Product Description

There's nothing better than walking into a kitchen and being greeted with the smell of fresh baked cookies - except maybe eating those cookies. The Ultimate Cookie Book offers bakers the chance to explore 450 best kitchen-tested cookie recipes, from tried-and-true classics to unbeatable brownies to favorites that span the globe. Your baking success is ensured with a full-color baking and decorating guide-filled with ingredient information, tips, and techniques straight from the Better Homes and Gardens^(r) Test Kitchen.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #221162 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-02
• Released on: 2007-10-02
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Customer Reviews

The cookie bible !!!
This book has become my bible for new cookies. There are so many to choose from and one is better than the next. Great pictures, easy directions.

One small problem
This looks like a nice cookie cookbook--lots of color photos, lots of recipes. The problem is that many of the recipes call for using hydrogenated shortening (Crisco, e.g.), which we're supposed to be avoiding for health reasons. I realize, of course, that eating lots of cookies isn't exactly healthy, but as long as I'm going to bake them at home, I'd just as soon avoid using partially hydrogenated fat. Most store-bought cookies have at least a small amount of this
stuff. So I'll have to pick and choose carefully.

Cookies for all tastes, plain and fancy
This book is a treat to look through and a delight to bake from. There are simple-to-make cookies and fancier ones for special occasions in many flavours and shapes, using all kinds of ingredients (chocolate, nuts, fruits, peanut butter, oatmeal, coconut, jams). There are drop cookies, shaped cookies, refrigerator cookies, bars, rolled cookies, etc. If you are in the mood to make cookies, this book will certainly inspire you to start baking. There is a full colour illustration for at least half the recipes showing the finished cookie and lots of helpful hints throughout the book. The print is easy to read and the recipes are clear but not over-wordy. My only complaint, and it's a minor one, is that the book is so heavy!