Holiday Cookbook Gift: King Authur Flour Cookie Companion

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December 16, 2004

This book is just in from the award-winning team that put together the "King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion: The All-Purpose Baking Cookbook." "King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion" is a thorough, comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about cookies. The first few chapters are devoted to cookies developed from one or two "essential" recipes. These are ingredient-based cookies such as Sugar Cookies, Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Molasses Cookies. Later pages cover an incredible range of cookie varieties, separated into chapters such as Bars and Squares, Drop Cookies, Roll-Out, Shaped, Batter, and No-Bake. Each recipe is as tempting as the next, but what makes this cookbook so special is that you get tons of tips, techniques, and explanations that lead to a complete understanding of what goes into making a great cookie. The King Arthur team includes hints on measuring molasses without making a mess, intricate illustrations that outline steps for essential techniques, and sidebars with informative tidbits on certain ingredients. Unlike many cookie books, which only give one recipe for each type of cookie, you can make every cookie-lover happy here with chewy and crispy versions of many of your favorite cookies.

Whether you want to build a gingerbread house for the holiday season, or simply have a hankering for a big whoopie pie, the "King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion" is a cookie resource you will return to again and again for years to come.