The Complete Cookie: Cookies for Every Occasion - Tapa dura

A comprehensive guide to cookies of every kind, including holiday cookies, non-fat and sugarless cookies, and new twists on old favorites, offers recipes, instructions for making homemade fillings, cookie lore, tips on decorating, and more.

love cookies? Milk and cookies evoke memories of childhood treats. The delicate cookies served with coffee in so many restaurants provide a small indulgence without excessive guilt. Chocolate chip cookies are as American as apple pie.

In The Complete Cookie, veteran authors Barry Bluestein and Kevin Morrissey present home cooks with a single-source reference for producing the best-ever cookies of every kind: filled, rolled, drop, bar, shaped, pressed, and molded. There are chapters highlighting decadent holiday cookies, as well as those of the healthful persuasion (sugarless, flourless, nonfat, and low-fat). Sidebars offer hints and tips galore on decorating, frosting, cutting, and storing, as well as instructions for homemade fillings, flavorings, and candied fruit. Special sections provide a wealth of essential information on ingredients, equipment, and techniques.

Illustrated with eight pages of glorious full-color photographs, The Complete Cookie is an up-to-the-minute gu