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Book ReviewsThe Good Cookie: Over 250 Delicious Recipes from Simple to Sublime |
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Book: The Good Cookie: Over 250 Delicious Recipes from Simple to Sublime
Written by: Tish Boyle |
Publisher: Wiley
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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The Only Cookie Book You'll Ever Need!
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5 / 5
This book is a comprehensive ode to the cookie, complete with amusing anecdotes and very helpful, practical tips. The recipes are straightforward, well-tested and delicious ... which has, naturally, justified The Good Cookie's repeated use in my kitchen. It's the only cookie book you'll need.
An AMAZING BOOK!!
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5 / 5
What an amazing book! I found it to be extremely well written and clear. I have tried 7 recipes and each one has been amazingly delicious! I find that the extra tips are extremely helpful and clear. This book has even inspired me to buy a KitchenAid mixer to go with my book!
I think that this book is a 'MUST HAVE' if you enjoy baking!
Good Roadmap to Great Cookies with a Little Tweaking
Rating:
4 / 5
There's a reason this cookbook is called "The Good Cookie" and not "The GREAT Cookie". This is a well researched & well written compendium covering many types of cookies and full of recipes that will give you tasty, satisfactory results. Hoever, it's especially good if you are looking for basic recipes to use as a springboard to truly fantastic cookies or for someone relatively new to baking. I have made about fifteen of the recipes as written and the cookies were tasty but not fantastic or out of the ordinary. However, when I then went back and tweaked the ingredients, I ended up with wonderful results without having to create a recipe on my own. For instance, the ginger cookie recipe is basically a sugar cookie with the addition of a small amount of ginger, which is perfectly fine for people who don't want a spicy, crunchy cookie -- however I wanted a more traditional product. The linzer cookies as-written are too delicate to truly be called a "linzer" cookie and the nuttiness is overwhelmed by the butter. Yet by increasing the nuts, I was able to make a terrific cookie that was sturdier and nuttier, more like a real linzer torte. Having said all this, nevertheless, I salute anyone who takes the time to bake homemade cookies in this day and age so don't be put off: the recipes as-is will make everyone around you very happy. Overall I am glad to have this book on my shelf and I applaud the author for its clarity, the ease of the recipes and the depth of the content, however I now know that I must be prepared to play around after trying the recipes if I want to achieve outstanding results.
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