If there was one book I would suggest to any cookie fanatic, it would be “Martha Stewart’s Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share”. This book offers 175 cookie recipes from sandwich cookies to basic sugar cookies. This is my ultimate "go to" cookie book. What I really like about this book is the table of contents. The cookies are shown with the page number and are categorized by flavor and texture. Also there are plenty of pictures that show each cookie. In the back of the book there are technique pages that offer step-by-step pictures of how to decorate or roll out the cookies. I am a very visual person, so it helps to know what the outcome of the recipe should look like. I also appreciate how each recipe tells you how to store your cookies and how long before they go stale. Nothings is more disappointing than eating stale cookies.
The only thing I do not care about is how the directions are presented. Once in a while I will find a recipe that forgets to tell you to save a certain amount of an ingredient. I found that that out when I made my peanut butter cookies. It called for 1 and 1/3 cup of sugar, so I dumped it in the bowl. Mixed it together and put it in the oven for 10 minutes. But at the end, the directions said to sprinkle the remaining 1/3 of sugar over the cookies. So, as you can imagine my cookies were super sweet. Other than that, this book is still pretty good. Just make sure you read through the whole recipe.
This book comes in handy for last minute entertaining and offers a wide variety to choose from. The recipes are simple to follow and the cookies are so good!
You can get Martha's cookie book on Amazon.com at the link below: Martha's Cookie Book
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