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| The Ultimate Cookie Book (Better Homes & Gardens) | 
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| Author: Better Homes And Gardens
Brand: Cookbook
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $7.95
You Save: $12.00 (60%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 19447
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.4 x 1.2
MPN: MO23679
ISBN: 0696236796
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8654
EAN: 9780696236792
ASIN: 0696236796
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New - may have a small remainder mark on the edge.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great recipes but many are repeats... November 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Basically this book is just an updated version of "Biggest Book of Cookies: 475 All-Time Favorites (Better Homes & Gardens) by Better Homes and Gardens (Plastic Comb - Aug 15, 2003)" which I already had. There are a few new recipes and the color pictures are wonderful but I am glad I just borrowed it from the library. Don't get me wrong, the recipes are great and scrumptious, and a great purchase if you don't own the other. Either book is a very nice gift for your baking friends.
 The cookie bible !!! March 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book has become my bible for new cookies. There are so many to choose from and one is better than the next. Great pictures, easy directions.
One small problem March 1, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This looks like a nice cookie cookbook--lots of color photos, lots of recipes. The problem is that many of the recipes call for using hydrogenated shortening (Crisco, e.g.), which we're supposed to be avoiding for health reasons. I realize, of course, that eating lots of cookies isn't exactly healthy, but as long as I'm going to bake them at home, I'd just as soon avoid using partially hydrogenated fat. Most store-bought cookies have at least a small amount of this
stuff. So I'll have to pick and choose carefully.
Cookies for all tastes, plain and fancy February 12, 2008
This book is a treat to look through and a delight to bake from. There are simple-to-make cookies and fancier ones for special occasions in many flavours and shapes, using all kinds of ingredients (chocolate, nuts, fruits, peanut butter, oatmeal, coconut, jams). There are drop cookies, shaped cookies, refrigerator cookies, bars, rolled cookies, etc. If you are in the mood to make cookies, this book will certainly inspire you to start baking. There is a full colour illustration for at least half the recipes showing the finished cookie and lots of helpful hints throughout the book. The print is easy to read and the recipes are clear but not over-wordy. My only complaint, and it's a minor one, is that the book is so heavy!
Almost any cookie recipe you could ever want. October 19, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Better Homes and Gardens cookbooks are always exceptional, and so is the Ultimate Cookie Book. There's a great selection of standards, exotic and fancy cookies, and even some candy recipes like fudge and peanut brittle.
I especially liked the special baking tips and tools guide in the front. They even tell you where to get unusual ingredients like edible cookie glitter.
The instructions were quite detailed, and at least half the recipes had nice color photos so you could see the effects of their cookie decorating.
There were a couple of specific cookie recipes I was looking for that were not in the book, but they're not in any other cookbook I have seen, either. I wanted a recipe for those gourmet brownie cookies that you can buy in the shopping malls, and a recipe for chocolate cookies with creamy crushed peppermint candy filling for Christmas. Although these were missing, there were still recipes in there that were close. So I could probably improvise and figure out a recipe eventually.
Overall, I would say this book is a very good buy.
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