500 Cookies: The Only Cookie Compendium You'll Ever Need (Hardcover)

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500 Cookies is a delicious gift book, chock full of recipes and basic techniques, information about equipment, ingredients, and even troubleshooting for the best cookies in the world! Complete with mouthwatering images and ideas for gift packaging and labeling, you’ll be inspired to create the crispest, chewiest, most delectable and yes—healthful—treats to enjoy with your family or to give as gifts. This fascinating book contains a wide variety of recipes, including those for the classics, fun recipes for kids, sophisticated teatime recipes, and even wholesome, healthy options. This collection features 500 sumptuous recipes from around the world and is truly the only cookie book you’ll ever need! 500 Cookies is a perfect gift for anyone who wants to recall the warm, comforting memories of fresh baked cookies. Perfect for birthdays, bridal showers, Mother’s Day, housewarming, holidays or any gift-giving occasion. A sweet gift!

About the Author

Susannah Blake has written this book for all bakers — from the novice to the experienced. She is a food writer and editor who consults, commissions, project-manages, art-directs, and writes for various books and magazines. She has produced over 30 cookbooks — including four award-winning titles — has authored seven books, and has written and produced features for numerous magazines.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Sellers Publishing (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569065926
• ISBN-13: 978-1569065921
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,829 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must-have" for anyone who enjoys diversity in dessert, November 6, 2005

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

A compact compendium of five hundred recipes for cookies drawn from all over the world, Philippa Vanstone's 500 Cookies is organized with separate chapters devoted to classic cookies, teatime cookies, cookies for kids, chocolate cookies, celebration cookies, wholesome healthy cookies, cookies for special diets, cookie bars, dessert cookies, and savory cookies & crackers. An informative introduction and a thoroughly "user friendly" index round out this remarkable collection of delicious cookie treats that range from Scottish Shortbread; Polenta Crescents; Chocolate Spice Cookies; and Cinnamon Stars; to Applesauce Cookies; Chewy Almond Cherry Bars; Cream Cheese Cookie Slices; and Blue Cheese Crumbles. Along with the list of ingredients and "kitchen cook friendly" instructions, each cookie is also illustrated with a color photograph. 500 Cookies will soon prove to be a family favorite on the cookbook shelf as it showcases traditional fare with exotic offerings suitable for any and all dining occasions from after school snacks to elegant dining occasions.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 500 Cookies, Not Recommended, July 2, 2008

By	Charlotte S. Guthrie (Alexandria, Al) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are hunting for 500 different cookie recipes, I do not recommend this book. There are maybe 200 recipes. Each has three variations that could easily be done by any novice or amatur cook. Such as Variation I, For Cinnamon Cookies, Add 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon; Variation 2 - For Ginger Cookies, Add 1/2 teaspoon ground Ginger; Variation 3 - For Orange Cookies, add 1 Tablespoon Orange Zest. Then, the variations for nearly all the recipes are the same. The ingredients are missing for some of the recipes. For example, the first recipe I wanted to try was for the Cinnamon Stars. In the directions, will tell you to add water. Water is not listed as one of the ingredients and no where within the recipe does it tell you how much water to add. I also bought 500 Cupcakes, sure hope I am happier with that book than I am this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cool design and printing, OK recipes., January 24, 2009

By	Aaron Esterling (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I was going to buy this at my local Boarders, but found it here for less. I liked the size, design, and big colorful pictures inside when I saw it in person so I ordered it.

Upon further reader, the recipes themselves might leave something to be desired and seem to be "stretching" variations to come up with the 500.

That being said, its a fun cookie book for the student dorm. (assuming you have some of the exotic ingredients)