Table of Content
INTRODUCTION In Praise of Cookies CHAPTER 1 Rules of the Game A few important baking techniques and tips, plus equipment and ingredient advice, that will ensure cookie success, batch after batch after batch. CHAPTER 2 Know Your Dough A general overview of what you need to know about mixing, baking, and storing all the different types of cookies offered in this book. CHAPTER 3 Chewy Crunchy A scrumptious assortment of cookies with crispy edges and chewy centers, including Noah's Chocolate Chocolately Chocolate Chips, Rosie's Oatmeal Cookies, Chocolate-Coconut Scoops, and Apple 'n' Spice Drops. CHAPTER 4 Crispy Chompy Irresistible shortbreads, florentines, spritzes, and biscotti--choose from Chocolate Chip Strips, Hazelnut Crisps, Glazed Lemon Cookies, Cappuccino Shortbread Sails, and Orange Walnut Mandelbrot. CHAPTER 5 Cakey Cookies Half Moons, Sacher Tortes, Maple Softies, Carrot Cake and Cookies--lovely glazed and frosted mini-cakes, so good and so celebratory. CHAPTER 6 Sandwiched Together The ultimate culinary invention--two cookies held together by a luscious filling. Some favorites to bake are Boston Cream Pies, Little Princesses, Pumpkin Whoopee Pies, and Peanut Butter Sandwiches. CHAPTER 7 The Bar Crowd Twelve different kinds of heavenly brownies, plus Chocolate Linzer Bars, Gooey Butter Bars, Cranberry Walnut Squares, Tropical Macadamia Bars, and more. CHAPTER 8 Tidbits Turnovers, muffins, tartlets, and cupcakes, all in miniature and all in the cookie family. Almond Raspberry Gems, Coconut Fluff Babycakes, M-M-M-Madeleines, and Mini-Eclairs, are just a few of the treats in this chapter. CHAPTER 9 Holiday Cookies Almost any cookie can be a holiday cookie, but these classics include: Gingerbread People, Butter Wreaths, Mini Fruit Cakes, and Poppyseed Hamantaschen. INDEX CONVERSION CHART
