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Featured in the New York Times book Review, Real Simple, Huffington Post, Forbes, Parade, and Southern Living. Portable, fun to make, easy to gift, and open to countless flavor variations, cookies are everyone’s favorite sweet treat. America’s Test Kitchen has years of experience making the very best cookies; in The Perfect Cookie, the test kitchen has collected all of that knowledge in one place for the definitive guide to cookie baking. This comprehensive anthology includes kitchen-tested, never-fail recipes for cookie jar classics, in addition to recipes for rich and chewy brownies, fruit-and-crumble-topped bars, quick no-bake confections, holiday favorites, and even candies like fudge and truffles; they’re all included in this gorgeous package, with a full-page photo showing off every recipe. And, as only the test kitchen can, there are tips and tricks throughout the chapters, as well as an introductory section to get you started with insight on everything from what makes a cookie chewy versus crispy to what baking sheet you should buy so that your cookies bake evenly every time. The result? The perfect cookie.
Publisher : America’s Test Kitchen
Publication date : August 29, 2017
Edition : Illustrated
Language : English
Print length : 448 pages
ISBN-10 : 1940352959
ISBN-13 : 978-1940352954
Item Weight : 3.5 pounds
Dimensions : 8.91 x 1.19 x 10.32 inches
Part of series : Perfect Baking Cookbooks
Best Sellers Rank: #4,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #7 in Cookie Baking (Books) #22 in Christmas Cooking #103 in Culinary Arts & Techniques (Books)
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Customers say
Customers find this baking cookbook comprehensive, with detailed explanations of baking techniques and helpful hints throughout. The recipes are easy to follow with explicit instructions and illustrations, resulting in delicious treats, with one customer noting how the recipes were tweaked for better taste. Moreover, the cookbook features beautiful photos of every cookie, making it particularly appealing, and customers consider it a great resource for beginner bakers, with one mentioning it’s especially useful for holiday baking.