400 Sensational Cookies [Paperback]

The only cookie cookbook you will need! From equipment to instructions to excellent recipes to problem solving, this cookbook is complete. Recipes are well written with concise easy-to-follow instructions. Every page has handy tips. Ingredient lists are in both English and metric measurements.

And, .... the cookies are delicious!

At 600 pages (really, ... www.amazon.com shows 472 pages, but my copy of the book actually has 576 pages of text plus 24 pages of full-color photographs), this 10" x 7" cookbook with gorgeous full-color photographs will be an impressive gift to your favorite cook!

Table of Contents:
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Baking Great Cookies:
- Cookie Baking Equipment and Tools
- Ingredients for Flavor-Packed Cookies
- Baking Perfect Cookies
Over 400 Recipes for Cookie-Lovers of All Ages:
- Drop Cookies
- Hand-Shaped Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Heaven
- Oatmeal Cookie Delights
- Dream Cookies
- Rolled Cutout Cookies
- Refrigerator Slice-and-Bake Cookies
- Bars and Squares
- Brownies, Brownies and More Brownies
- Biscotti
- Shortbreads
- Extra-Special Cookies
Appendices:
- Blue Ribbon Cookies
- Packaging Cookies for Mailing
- Cookie Problem Solver
- Cookie Supply Sources

This is a fabulous cookbook for many reasons:
1.) Included are easy to read and follow chapters on baking equipment, tools and ingredients. Helpful tips are also included with each recipe.
2.) The layout for each recipe is clean and offers measurements in English and S1.
3.) The photos are tantalizing and inspiring
4.) The recipe list is diverse and interesting, offering classics and new types

Most of all the author is inspired, and obviously has a passion for the subject. A must for any baker!

This is the BEST cookie book on the market. Linda Amendt is a primo cookbook writer, and I sincerely wish all cookbooks were written as well as hers. She is typically thorough, comprehensive, knowledgeable, but also very easy to understand and read. This book includes a great clear discussion of cookie baking equipment, ingredients (yes, there are lots of different kinds of sugar which have different results), do's and don'ts, problems and how to fix them, which cookies ship well, and even how to win cookie baking contests. All the recipes are easy to follow, clear -- and they all sound delicious. There are whole chapters on brownies, chocolate chip cookies, dream cookies, bar cookies, and more. Some are old favorites, some are interesting variations of old favorites, some are utterly exotic adventures, and some are just -- "OOOOOH, that sounds so GOOD". My favorites so far are German Chocolate Brownies,Orange Marmalade Cookies, White Chocolate Chip Cookies (with macadamia nuts and almond extract!), Banana Rum Oatmeal Cookies, Butterscotch Dreams, and Favorite Sugar Cookies. But there's alot more to go, and my family and friends will be feasting throughout the holiday season, and well into the coming year.
Some of the other cookie books on the market are pretentious coffee-table books(does a cookie really have to be a confection that looks like a sculpture?), slapdash (you wonder if anyone actually baked these cookies), or just plain ordinary. 400 Sensational Cookies escapes all those cookbook traps, and is a solid, practical book -- one everyone will actually USE, not put on the shelf to gather dust. I can foresee where my copy will be dog-earred with use, and I might have to buy another copy in a couple years. I'm buying this book for all my cookie baking friends for Christmas. It's the Best!