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| 1001 Cookie Recipes: The Ultimate A-To-Z Collection of Bars, Drops, Crescents, Snaps, Squares, Biscuits, and Everything That Crumbles | 
 enlarge | Author: Gregg R. Gillespie
Creator: Peter Barry
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 242058
Media: Hardcover
Edition: English
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 7.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 1884822355
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8654
EAN: 9781884822353
ASIN: 1884822355
Publication Date: January 11, 1995
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Condition: Standard used condition.
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 Delicious September 22, 2008
Honestly, I am shocked at all these bad reviews. I received this book a few years ago as a gift and have tried several of the recipes. I have tried baking the cookies with vegetable shortening, butter, vegan butter, regular eggs, and vegan egg replacer and the cookies turn out delicious and beautiful every single time. Every time I have ever made cookies from this book I get tons of rave reviews from everyone that tries them, even when they had no idea I baked them.
I am by no means an experienced baker or cook. So, I don't understand what on earth these people are doing that make them think this book is horrible. Not to mention, if you don't like the cookies with vegetable shortening and prefer it with butter, here's a solution: don't use it--use butter instead. It's not that difficult of a concept to understand.
Yes, there are a lot of different recipes for the same cookie, for example there might be five different chocolate chip cookie recipes, but I think that's the whole point of the book. There are TONS of different varieties of cookies even when there are five different recipes of the same type of cookie. Not to mention, I'm pretty sure you'll never ever get around to baking every type of cookie in this book. So, I don't see what the big deal is if there are a variety of different recipes for the same cookie.
Actually, I recently went through all my baking books and got rid of every single one except this book because it's the only one I ever use. I think it's a wonderful book, so I hope the bad reviews don't sway you if you're looking for a good cookie book.
 Very poor recipes April 4, 2008
The book has great photos of the finished products, but the recipes--at least, the ones I tried--really are terrible. And most of the recipes in the book call for vegetable shortening instead of butter. Shortening gives the cookies a very odd squishy texture and does nothing for the flavor. It's an awful substitute for the nice crumb, richness and flavor that butter provides.
I'd stay away from this book--there are so many beautiful collections of great cookie recipes available, there's no need to spend your money on this one.
 Well, what did you expect? July 17, 2007
Personally, I was really surprised by the reviews that this book received. I have had largely positive experiences with it.
It always lists many varieties of cookies and gives a basic recipe (or four) for each type of cookie imaginable. I love cooking and am pleased to have this book in my collection. It offers so many options.
Only a few of the recipes that I have tried have been anything less than wonderful. I would definitely recommend this book!
A Great Cookie Book! October 10, 2005
I was surprised at some of the reviews on this book, I have had good result with it so I can't say anything bad about it. :)
This book has so many recipes it is insane (in a good way though). It is a great reference and a wonderful book to pull out when you just want to try something new. I am always looking for something new and interesting to try and boy does this book have it. On many occasions this book has saved me when I needed a last min cookie idea for office parties or my daughters classroom parties. Over all I give it 4 Stars, the book covers everything under the sun and all the recipes I have tried out have come out good.
 Quantity, But Not Much Quality June 29, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It is very useful to have so many cookie recipes in one book at the same time. Even a very good baking book will have, at most a couple of dozen cookies. On the other hand, the results were rather variable and not totally reliable (one person, one oven, one typewriter, what did you expect?). The experienced baker will have a treasure trove of recipes that require a little fine tuning, while the neophyte will probably be met with more than a few disappointments.
The best part of this book is that each recipe has a picture of the cookie.
The bad part is everything else. The biggest problem is the flour measurement: it only lists cups, but does not list an equivalent weight, nor the method of flour measurement (spoon and sweep, scoop and sweep, etc.). The way flour is measured can mean the difference between a perfect cookie and a hockey puck.
The results were variable: cookies that spread too much, cookies that were dry and crumbly, bar cookies that were either over or under baked, instructions where it is not always clear when something is properly baked, etc.
The biggest problem is also its strongest point: all cookies are arranged alphabetically on the first word of the cookie name. This can be a big problem for, say shortbread. If you look under shortbread, you will find nothing. However it can be found under butterscotch, ginger, peanut butter, almond, Brazil nut, cashew, hazelnut, nut, American, and scotch. Buried at the back of the book where you will never find it, is a cross reference list of all recipes organized by cookie type (bar, drop, formed, nonedible, refrigerator, and rolled). It is here that you will have to do research to find the cookie that you want.
Important note for experienced cookie bakers: this a very handy reference book to keep on your bookshelf. Regardless of what type cookie you want, you will probably find it here. Just keep in mind that the recipes have not been vetted, and you should do a couple of trial runs in order to correct the recipes. If you are a professional doing a catering job that requires you to put out a platter of at least 2 dozen types of cookies, I can think of no better resource than this one.
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