400 Sensational Cookies [Paperback]

Linda J. Amendt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2009

Award-winning author Linda J. Amendt shares her exceptional recipes and inspiration for baking great cookies for all those special occasions and as everyday treats.

Nothing beats the enticing aroma of freshly baked cookies still warm from the oven. Cookies are the ultimate comfort food and they are a welcome treat any time of the year.

These tasty little morsels are terrific any day of the year and perfect for thoughtful gifts, holidays, bake sales and cookie swaps. Clear, concise instructions make these recipes easy to follow and yield excellent results. The 400 tantalizing recipes include:

• White Chocolate Coconut Cookies
• Lemon Crinkles
• Blue Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Cranberry Oat Cookies
• Chocolate Decadence Dreams
• Cinnamon Crisps
• Apple Pie Crumb Squares
• Raspberry Brownies
• Cherry Almond Biscotti
• Glazed Lemon Shortbread
• Apricot Pineapple Tassies
• Walnut Horns

Sharing her expert knowledge and advice in detailed chapters on Cookie Baking Equipment and Tools, Ingredients for Flavor-Packed Cookies, and Baking Perfect Cookies, the author takes the mystery and intimidation out of making outstanding cookies.

With the excellent baking tips and special techniques featured throughout 400 Sensational Cookies, anyone can become a great cookie baker.


Book Awards

Cordon d' Or - Gold Ribbon Academy of the Culinary Arts
International Culinary Academy Awards - Cookbooks: Best Baking Book - Winner
The Cordon d' Or - Gold Ribbon Culinary Academy Awards are awarded for superlative standards at the international level

Mom's Choice Awards - Cooking, Food & Wine - Gold Medal Award Winner
The Mom's Choice Awards® is known for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services

National Best Books Awards - Baking/Bread - Winner
The National Best Books Awards recognizes the best books in the country

London Book Festival - Cookbooks - Winner
The London Book Festival honors the best of international publishing

Los Angeles Book Festival - Cookbooks - Winner
The Los Angeles Book Festival recognizes the best books of the world publishing community

San Francisco Book Festival - Cookbooks - Winner
The San Francisco Book Festival honors the best books of the Spring season

Editorial Reviews

Review

400 Sensational Cookies by Linda J. Amendt is one of those rare books whose title is totally accurate. The recipes are sensational as are the cookies created by the recipes.
--1800blogger.com

"400 Sensational Cookies belongs in any home where good cookies are treasured. If you can't find at least two or three dozen cookies you'll come to love then you don't like cookies." --A Thin Red Line

This marvelous cookbook has proved to be a guarded addition to my kitchen...magically delicious, and totally wonderful, all rolled into one. The more I make from this book, the more I trust it impeccably. --Amanda Formaro, Amanda's Cookin'

400 Sensational Cookies provides clear instructions and tried and true expertise. Besides sharing her baking abilities, the author provides a variety of insider tips on how to win those coveted blue ribbons. --Linda Bassett, Kitchen Call

400 Sensational Cookies offers a panorama of picture-perfect treats. With 400 different choices, involving a veritable spectrum of flavors, it's hard to imagine not finding just the cookie to charm visitors. --Beverly Meyer, The Free Lance-Star

Linda J. Amendt has given home-cooks the instructions they need to bake the perfect batch of cookies. (NewsBlaze.com 20091106)

So very many recipes. One warning though, they disappear very quickly, almost as if by magic. (Tami Brady TCM Reviews tcm-ca.com )

From the Back Cover

400 Sensational Cookies

Discover the secrets of baking great cookies with outstanding flavor. Filled with delicious, delightful cookies for every occasion, this book has recipes sure to please cookie fans everywhere. Imagine the tantalizing aroma of fresh-baked, homemade cookies wafting through your kitchen and the wonderful sensation of biting into a sumptuous, chewy, flavor-packed morsel, still warm from the oven. Cookie heaven!

• Features foolproof recipes, clear instructions and essential baking information so both novice and experienced bakers can become great cookie bakers

• Recipes range from special versions of traditional favorites and modern classics to hundreds of new and tempting original creations

• Detailed chapters on equipment, ingredients and baking great cookies provide a solid foundation for success

Includes Recipes for Cookie-Lovers of All Ages

• Drop Cookies
• Hand-Shaped Cookies
• Chocolate Chip Heaven
• Oatmeal Cookie Delights
• Dream Cookies
• Rolled Cutout Cookies
• Refrigerator Slice-and-Bake Cookies
• Bars and Squares
• Brownies, Brownies and More Brownies
• Biscotti
• Shortbreads
• Extra-Special Cookies

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Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Robert Rose (September 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0778802299
• ISBN-13: 978-0778802297
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,053,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Award-winning cookbook author Linda J. Amendt, an accomplished and experienced baker and home canner, has won over 900 awards in food competitions across the United States, including over 600 first place blue ribbons and special awards for excellence. She has earned national recognition for her exquisite food creations.

"400 Sensational Cookies" is Linda Amendt's third cookbook. Her second cookbook, "175 Best Jams, Jellies, Marmalades & Other Soft Spreads", earned a prestigious Cordon d' Or - Gold Ribbon 2008 International Cookbook Academy Award. "Blue Ribbon Preserves: Secrets to Award-Winning Jams, Jellies, Marmalades & More", Linda's first cookbook, was selected by the International Association of Culinary Professionals as a finalist for the IACP Cookbook Awards in the category First Book: The Julia Child Award.

Linda Amendt's tropical "Pineapple Coconut Crumb Muffin" was chosen as the Grand Prize Winner in the nationwide 2009 Mimi's Meaningful Muffin Search contest sponsored by Mimi's Cafe to celebrate the restaurant's 30th birthday. Her winning muffin is being featured on the menu in all 144 restaurants across the United States for a limited time with $1.00 from the sale of each muffin being donated to Share Our Strength to help end childhood hunger in America.

Linda Amendt currently serves as a highly respected judge, advisor, and sponsor for preserved foods and baked foods competitions at state and county fairs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 400 Sensational Cookies is an excellent cookbook!!!, October 2, 2009

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Texas Cook (Garland, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 400 Sensational Cookies (Paperback)

The only cookie cookbook you will need! From equipment to instructions to excellent recipes to problem solving, this cookbook is complete. Recipes are well written with concise easy-to-follow instructions. Every page has handy tips. Ingredient lists are in both English and metric measurements.

And, .... the cookies are delicious!

At 600 pages (really, ... www.amazon.com shows 472 pages, but my copy of the book actually has 576 pages of text plus 24 pages of full-color photographs), this 10" x 7" cookbook with gorgeous full-color photographs will be an impressive gift to your favorite cook!

Table of Contents:

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Baking Great Cookies:

- Cookie Baking Equipment and Tools

- Ingredients for Flavor-Packed Cookies

- Baking Perfect Cookies

Over 400 Recipes for Cookie-Lovers of All Ages:

- Drop Cookies

- Hand-Shaped Cookies

- Chocolate Chip Heaven

- Oatmeal Cookie Delights

- Dream Cookies

- Rolled Cutout Cookies

- Refrigerator Slice-and-Bake Cookies

- Bars and Squares

- Brownies, Brownies and More Brownies

- Biscotti

- Shortbreads

- Extra-Special Cookies

Appendices:

- Blue Ribbon Cookies

- Packaging Cookies for Mailing

- Cookie Problem Solver

- Cookie Supply Sources

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete, educational, diverse, fun!, August 30, 2009

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Molly K. Frisbie (Sam Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 400 Sensational Cookies (Paperback)

This is a fabulous cookbook for many reasons:

1.) Included are easy to read and follow chapters on baking equipment, tools and ingredients. Helpful tips are also included with each recipe.

2.) The layout for each recipe is clean and offers measurements in English and S1.

3.) The photos are tantalizing and inspiring

4.) The recipe list is diverse and interesting, offering classics and new types

Most of all the author is inspired, and obviously has a passion for the subject. A must for any baker!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IF YOU BUY ONE COOKIE BOOK, GET THIS ONE!, November 3, 2009

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A. Oberg "experienced cook and food author" (Dickinson, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 400 Sensational Cookies (Paperback)

This is the BEST cookie book on the market. Linda Amendt is a primo cookbook writer, and I sincerely wish all cookbooks were written as well as hers. She is typically thorough, comprehensive, knowledgeable, but also very easy to understand and read. This book includes a great clear discussion of cookie baking equipment, ingredients (yes, there are lots of different kinds of sugar which have different results), do's and don'ts, problems and how to fix them, which cookies ship well, and even how to win cookie baking contests. All the recipes are easy to follow, clear -- and they all sound delicious. There are whole chapters on brownies, chocolate chip cookies, dream cookies, bar cookies, and more. Some are old favorites, some are interesting variations of old favorites, some are utterly exotic adventures, and some are just -- "OOOOOH, that sounds so GOOD". My favorites so far are German Chocolate Brownies,Orange Marmalade Cookies, White Chocolate Chip Cookies (with macadamia nuts and almond extract!), Banana Rum Oatmeal Cookies, Butterscotch Dreams, and Favorite Sugar Cookies. But there's alot more to go, and my family and friends will be feasting throughout the holiday season, and well into the coming year.

Some of the other cookie books on the market are pretentious coffee-table books(does a cookie really have to be a confection that looks like a sculpture?), slapdash (you wonder if anyone actually baked these cookies), or just plain ordinary. 400 Sensational Cookies escapes all those cookbook traps, and is a solid, practical book -- one everyone will actually USE, not put on the shelf to gather dust. I can foresee where my copy will be dog-earred with use, and I might have to buy another copy in a couple years. I'm buying this book for all my cookie baking friends for Christmas. It's the Best!