{"id":907,"date":"2012-04-01T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/latest-read-fine-cooking-cookies\/"},"modified":"2018-05-22T16:20:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T16:20:33","slug":"latest-read-fine-cooking-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/latest-read-fine-cooking-cookies.html","title":{"rendered":"Latest Read: Fine Cooking Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Making cookies is a holiday pastime for me and the family, and I have a few tried and true cookbooks I reference back to just about every season. Fine Cooking Cookies: 200 Favorite Recipes for Cookies, Brownies, Bars & More<\/i><\/a> $\"\"$ <\/i> contains great recipes to try for the holidays or any time of year. What makes it stand out for me is the pictures: I’m a visual girl and I love seeing all the studio photos. Tips are sprinkled throughout the book to make cookie making easier.<\/p>\n

Some of the cookies are unusual, but resemble ones I’ve made from another favorite book of mine: Plaisir de Petit Fours<\/i>, like the Cracao and Pain Turc from Plaisir<\/i> and the Chocolate-Nut Wafers and Toasted Almond Thins from Cookies<\/i>. I’ve made each both about a million times and I’d knew I’d seen them before, and was pleasantly surprised to see them included. The list of ingredients are similar, too. Having said that, this is a great collection of a broad range of cookies. The cookie recipes are presented by different people, so the recipes collected from the different contributors ensure that there is a wide range of styles and types.<\/p>\n

Cookies<\/i> by Fine Cooking<\/i> magazine and Taunton Press has 200 recipes for just about every cookie variety. Chapters are broken down by type: Classic Cookies & Confections; Bars, Brownies & Bites; Fruit & Nut Cookies; Biscotti & Shortbread; Spirited & Spiced Cookies; and Sweet & Savory Sandwiches, which is all about about sandwich-style cookies and confections, including recipes for the fillings. If you have a hankering for shortbread, there are more than a dozen to choose from.<\/p>\n

Overall, a great cookie recipe collection that presents both European and American favorites and new ideas in a way that makes it easy for home cooks to recreate in their kitchens. Like all Fine Cooking<\/i> recipes, the ones I’ve tried have all turned out. The list of contributors is a who’s-who of notable pastry professionals, too.<\/p>\n

Book Information:<\/i><\/p>\n

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Fine Cooking Cookies: 200 Favorite Recipes for Cookies, Brownies, Bars & More<\/i>; by the Editors and Contributors of Fine Cooking<\/li>\n

The Taunton Press; 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Disclosure: This digital galley copy was provided to the author by the publisher. Any opinions are the author’s own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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