Packed with more than 200 delectable recipes and more than 150 tantalizing
photographs, Great Cookies skillfully and joyfully answers the call for a
colorful, all-inclusive cookie book. From traditional favorites like
Snickerdoodles, Oatmeal Raisin, and Favorite Lemon Squares to future stars of
the cookie jar like the trail mix–inspired Teton Trailers and chewy, chocolaty
Midnight Macaroons, Great Cookies provides something to satisfy every taste and
every occasion.
There’s even a section devoted to the quintessential
American cookie—chocolate chip. With nuts or without? White chocolate or milk?
Chocolate dough? Oatmeal in the dough? Carole provides a dozen chocolate chip
recipes in all, plus definitive research on a crucial issue: “Not All Chocolate
Chips Are Created Equal.” Drop cookies. Bar cookies. Piped, pressed, and
rolled. Great Cookies covers every conceivable method for baking these tasty
confections. In the more than thirty years that she has studied and taught
baking, Carole has cataloged a wealth of helpful tips and troubleshooting hints
that for the first time are gathered in one collection.
With guidelines
for measuring and substituting ingredients, storing and freezing, recapturing
that fresh-from-the-oven flavor, decorating, even gift-wrapping and shipping,
Great Cookies addresses all the basics and then some. And this ultimate
guide is rounded out with authoritative information on ingredients, equipment,
and the foolproof techniques for which Carole is known, including the essential
“Secrets To” hints for every type of cookie.
