Cookies to Die For! (Cookbooks to Die For) [Hardcover]

Bev Shaffer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cookbooks to Die For | Publication Date: January 14, 2009

Award-winning author of "Brownies to Die For!", Bev Shaffer dishes up another delicious cookbook, this time perfecting the art of the cookie. From cookie basics and troubleshooting to adventures into the flavorful world of Almond Toffee Crunch Cookies, Chocolate Chocolate Cookies with Chocolate, and Cranberry White Chocolate Blondies, Shaffer assembles a treasure trove of recipes that celebrate her lifelong love of baking. Her detailed instructions and fun-loving style are guaranteed to make every cinnamon-sugar-topped anise crisp and honey gold macaroon a cooking experience to die for!

Editorial Reviews

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Starred Review. Cookie monsters, sweet-tooths and venturesome bakers take note: the litany of treats in this inventive collection may make it the last cookbook you need (at least until you have to buy a replacement volume for your dog-eared, butter-stained original). In nearly 200 recipes organized by method (rolled, refrigerated, filled) and theme ("cookies with a heritage," "celebration cookies"), Ohio chef and cookbook author Shaffer makes time for classics like gingerbread, black and whites and amaretti (as well as riffs on biscotti, shortbread and oatmeal cookies), but devotes the majority of her tour to tasty new classics like tender Tart-Topped Lemon Cookies, Chocolate-Topped Marshmallow Bars and a rich, walnut-studded banana bar covered with a rich browned-butter frosting. Though names like Cinnamon Sugar-Topped Anise Crisps and Lacy Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies with Orange Glaze may intimidate, bakers will find Shaffer's instructions to-the-point and her ingredient lists mercifully short. Readers who overlook Shaffer's text in their rush to break out the stand mixer will be missing salient (but brief) tips on various cookie styles and avoiding doughy, crumbly or burned cookies, proving this comprehensive volume's subtitle is no lie.
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Starred Review-"Cookie monsters, sweet-tooths and venturesome bakers take note: the litany of treats in this inventive collection may make it the last cookbook you need (at least until you have to buy a replacement volume for your dog-eared, butter-stained original). In nearly 200 recipes organized by method (rolled, refrigerated, filled) and theme ("cookies with a heritage," "celebration cookies"), Ohio chef and cookbook author Shaffer makes time for classics like gingerbread, black and whites and amaretti (as well as riffs on biscotti, shortbread and oatmeal cookies), but devotes the majority of her tour to tasty new classics like tender Tart-Topped Lemon Cookies, Chocolate-Topped Marshmallow Bars and a rich, walnut-studded banana bar covered with a rich browned-butter frosting. Though names like Cinnamon Sugar-Topped Anise Crisps and Lacy Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies with Orange Glaze may intimidate, bakers will find Shaffer's instructions to-the-point and her ingredient lists mercifully short. Readers who overlook Shaffer's text in their rush to break out the stand mixer will be missing salient (but brief) tips on various cookie styles and avoiding doughy, crumbly or burned cookies, proving this comprehensive volume's subtitle is no lie. (Feb.)" --Publishers Weekly Web Exclusive Reviews,01/12/2009

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing (January 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589806107
• ISBN-13: 978-1589806108
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,125,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Chef/cooking school director/bakery director/columnist and author

Developed more than 8,000 recipes and work in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic

Over 70 appearances on network tv, public television and have been a producer and host of an award winning cooking show

Weekly "cooking segments" on am and fm radio; member of IACP, LDEI, WCR and Chefs Collaborative

Double Chocolate Raspberry Tart recipe was featured in Chocolatier Magazine; was selected as one of the top 60 chefs by the National Turkey Federation; recipient of international culinary writing fellowships

I love to teach and enjoy what I do!

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Completely lives up to its title, February 7, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cookies to Die For! (Cookbooks to Die For) (Hardcover)

Cookies come in an enormous variety of shapes, textures, and flavors. But they all have certain universal qualities in common from filling the kitchen and the home with a delicious aroma as they bake in the oven to rapidly disappearing from the table as they please palates and satisfy appetites. Cookbook author, food writer and culinary instructor Bev Shaffer has compiled a colorfully illustrated compendium of thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes for cookies of all kinds in "Cookies To Die For!: The Complete Guide For Cookie Lovers". Here are assembled step-by-step instructions for making such exotic cookies as biscotti, wafers, kilfli, rugelach, shortbreads, Florentines, as well as traditional recipes for butter, sugar, chocolate, peanut butter cookies and more! From Hearty Gingerbread Cookies; Cranberry-Orange Oatmeal Cookies; Mexican Wedding Cookies with a Twist; and Sour Cream Lemon Drops; to Zucchini Lemon Bars; Swedish Filbert Cookies; Orange Madeleines with White Chocolate Glaze and Bev's Raspberry Dust; and Crumb-Topped Pineapple Bars, "Cookies To Die For!" clearly and completely lives up to its title and would enhance any family or community library cookbook collection.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Collection, March 4, 2009

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Betty Junior "bettyjunior" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cookies to Die For! (Cookbooks to Die For) (Hardcover)

Good collection of cookie recipes...you'll be satisfied with this book. However, there aren't many pictures of the cookies...for those of you who like a picture of every recipe.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pictures to die for!, January 28, 2009

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Ginny "Baking fool" (Monroe Twp, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cookies to Die For! (Cookbooks to Die For) (Hardcover)

Love the pictures in this cook book. Could not wait to get this book after enjoying the Brownies to Die For! I have always been interested in trying the hungarian kiflis. Now I can venture into an ethnic treat. This is not your ordinary cookbook. I enjoy the author's sense of humor and even if you don't bake this is still a treat for the eyes.