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| The Flour Pot Cookie Book | 
 enlarge | Authors: Margie Greenberg, Abbey Greenberg
Publisher: Running Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 46527
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 8.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0762425954
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8654
EAN: 9780762425952
ASIN: 0762425954
Publication Date: April 24, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Professional Results Fast June 18, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What I love about this book: The cookies are covered in fondant. This method allows me to decorate in half the time. Cookies decorated the traditional way, with a sugar glaze, are often too sweet ar simply don't taste good. NOt to mention time consuming to decorate. If you have a favorite, great tasting fondant recipe this technique will give you cookies that taste as good as they look. I would not use commercial fondant on these cookies as this type of fondant usually don't taste good.
Some things I don't like: inedible decorations like fabric bows, no templates.
Overall I still am very pleased with this book. I use it as an inspiration for my own cookie designs. The pleasure alone that I get from browsing it makes it money well spent
A useful book, with a couple of caveats May 31, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I like that I now understand the basic method for decorating cookies using fondant. I do feel the book is at times slightly short on details, for beginners anyway. For some examples:
*Necessary tools are not always explained, such as what a border cutter is.
*There is no indication of how to attach the stick to a cookie on designs that require that.
*Complicated designs, such as squiggly pattern of accent fondant on top of a shoe cookie (displayed in a photo), sometimes do not include instructions for how to achieve that affect.
Also, a note about how fondant compares in taste and texture to cookies frosted with royal icing would be nice.
One final note: Although there are a few supplier web sites provided at the end of the book, I haven't been able to find all of the sugar flowers like the ones the authors used in the book, or where one could order many flowers of just one color. Since readers may want to try the designs in the book, it would be good if more specific info were given about where to locate the items needed.
But all in all, a good book.
 Beautiful cookie designs April 6, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The only thing I didn't like in this entire book were the non-edible bows that were used. I love to have everything edible except for the wrapper. The designs and the detail were amazing, and this is a book I will use over and over again. I even checked out their website and am a true fan now.
The Fluor Pot Cookie Book: Creating Edible Woks of Art November 10, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love this book. I got it as a gift for my daughter but I may have to get one for myself.
THE FLOUR POT COOKIE BOOK is a gorgeous, unique creation. October 15, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Flour Pot Cookie Book: Creating Edible Works of Art goes beyond most cookie cookbooks in advocating taking a standard sugar cookie and making up new shapes, colors, and more. All skills levels will find these impressive, eye-catching cookie designs which feature the authors' own cookie dough and icing recipes - so you're unlikely to find anything similar elsewhere. From handling fondant to using themes, THE FLOUR POT COOKIE BOOK is a gorgeous, unique creation.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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