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Crazy About Cookies: 300 Scrumptious Recipes for Every Occasion & Craving Paperback – November 2, 2010
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- Print length289 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUnion Square & Co.
- Publication dateNovember 2, 2010
- Dimensions7.75 x 1 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-10140276913X
- ISBN-13978-1402769139
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- Publisher : Union Square & Co.; 0 edition (November 2, 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 289 pages
- ISBN-10 : 140276913X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1402769139
- Item Weight : 2.15 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.75 x 1 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,508,682 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,714 in Cookie Baking (Books)
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Krystina Castella is a writer, industrial designer, and professor at Art Center College of Design. She is an avid baker, photographer and expert on play and designing for children. Krystina is the author of the books: Designing for Kids: Creating for Playing, learning and growing (Routledge 2019) and the cookbooks A World of cake (Storey 2010),Crazy about Cupcakes (Sterling 2006), Crazy about Cookies (Sterling 2010), Crazy about Cakes (Sterling 2011), Crazy about Pies (Sterling 2013), Crazy about Chocolate (Sterling 2013), Pops! Icy Treats for Everyone (Quirk Books, 2008) and co-author of Booze Cakes (Quirk Books 2010). She is also co-author/ photographer of the children's book series Discovering Nature's Alphabet (Heyday 2006), Discovering Nature's Hidden Alphabet (Heyday 2017), Discovering Nature's Alphabet Board Book (Heyday 2016). She lives and works near Los Angeles.
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The Cinnamon swirls on page 51 are to die for. They are so delicious and not to difficult to make. My frosting didn't turn on as smooth as in the picture, but the cream cheese frosting on page 275 is really good.
The Mint Chocolate Creams on page 71 were also very good, but not minty enough for me. I also made the Mint Cream into frosting by adding more liquid so I could pipe it on top of the cookies. I can't wait to try out more recipes from this book. I do agree that the type face could have been chosen a bit more wisely. Those fours sure are hard to read.
Dec 2012
Since last year I have made multiple recipes from this book. In general, I have found it easiest to follow the recipe exactly and trust that it will work. There is only one cookie this didn't work for: the Pecan Molasses Spice Cookies on p 223. I needed to add about 2.5 cups more flour, but once I did, they were divine. I have also successfully made Maple Walnut Cookies (p. 220), Sunflower Carrot Cookies (p. 205), Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies (p. 72), Toffee Chip Cookies (p. 75), Brownie Cookies (p. 78), Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies (p. 79), Sugar-Free Carob Oatmeal Clusters (p. 83), and Butterscotch Icebox Cookies (p. 92).
The main typos in this recipe book have to do with the approximation of how many cookies would make one batch. For example, The Peanut Butter cookies claim to make 18 2-inch cookies. I made 1-inch cookies and came out with about 70 cookies instead of the 36 I assumed I would make. It's still an awesome book with great recipes. I changed my star value to five stars because all the recipes I've made have turned out and tasted great. Yum!
There are 6 chapters in this book.
Chapter 1: Cookies in the Know~ basically equipment and tricks for all cookies in the book.
Chapter 2: Everyday cookies~ cookies and bars that are fairly easy to bake.
Chapter 3: Party cookies~ gourmet and tea cookies that look like great eye candies.
Chapter 4: Occasion cookies~ meaning like for specific events like weddings and showers or birthdays. I think that this are was my favorite!
Chapter 5: Holiday cookies~ just what it says. There are roll outs and pinwheels and nicely decorated (not with just icing) cookies.
Chapter 6: Christmas~ includes gingerbread houses and international cookies. great photos!
Then at the end of the book are a couple of pages of basics and templates.
To me this is the best cookie book buy for me of the year and I don't think that I will be buying another one for several years unless I buy it from this author. Great looking cookies and seemly easy directions. This is my kind of book, because it has all the resources in one book. I would definitely recommend this to my friends! By the way if you didn't know in this review after every chapter it was my synopsis of the chapter not the author's. I hope you find this book as good as I did!







