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Maida Heatter's Cookies
Drawing on her previous, award-winning cookie book, the author presents more than two hundred recipes for bar cookies, drop cookies, rolling-pin cookies, icebox cookies, crackers, brownies, biscotti, and more, including her famous Palm Beach Brownies.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published August 12, 1985
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Maida Heatter
27 books63 followersMaida Heatter was an American pastry chef and cookbook author who specialized in baking and desserts. Heatter's cookbooks have been the recipient of three James Beard Foundation Awards, and she herself was inducted into the Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America in 1988. She was also inducted into the Chocolatier Magazine Hall of Fame.
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December 9, 2019
The category should be "currently baking"! I've already made 4 recipes from this book, and they are all fantastic.
March 5, 2020
Called the queen of cake, I think she is a queen of cookies also. worth reading.
June 3, 2015
The recipes in this book are great---not much to be said here other than MAKE EVERYTHING. I guess I should say that I especially enjoy the rugelach. It's a great dough, and easy to make.
The best thing, though, is the notes. Not only are there little anecdotes about the recipes and where she found them, but there's a lot of good notes and directions on making the recipes---this is a very thoughtful and well-planned book, and it's obvious that these are well-tested recipes. Foibles and quirks of each recipe are discussed---if a dough is thin, or fragile, or has some odd property, she tells you about it. I LOVE this. What a happy thing.
The best thing, though, is the notes. Not only are there little anecdotes about the recipes and where she found them, but there's a lot of good notes and directions on making the recipes---this is a very thoughtful and well-planned book, and it's obvious that these are well-tested recipes. Foibles and quirks of each recipe are discussed---if a dough is thin, or fragile, or has some odd property, she tells you about it. I LOVE this. What a happy thing.
February 14, 2009
I have made EVERY cookie of this books-- you wanted to be in my cookie exchange in those days.... or my neighbours... Many of them I made for a certain technique not because we wanted the cookies... I was adored in my neighborhood....
April 8, 2011
This came out at the same time as Maida Heatter's Cakes. They are definitive works by the master of desserts. A great variety of delicious cookie recipes and techniques - the only thing I would add would be some photos.
December 29, 2014
If Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar was the perfect cookie cookbook for all those weird, quirky cookie recipes then Maida Heatter's Cookies is the perfect cookie cookbook for all those classic cookie recipes.
July 15, 2014
Another fantastic Maida Heatter book. I can't wait to try the Down East Chocolate Cookies, Oatmeal Snickerdoodles (I have a weakness for oatmeal, which makes me sound old; sigh) and Charleston Cheesecake Squares.
July 5, 2008
always on the "currently reading" list
October 11, 2008
This is the cookie cook book to get!
April 2, 2011
complete review here: http://www.girlichef.com/2011/04/cook...
September 15, 2011
Excellent. One of my favorite cookbooks. Makes a great holiday gift.
April 30, 2012
One star off because of the complete lack of photos. I wanted to see what these delicious-sounding things are supposed to look like so I know if I did it correctly!
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