A Few More Outstanding Cookie Baking Cookbooks

 

Cookie recipes are so much fun to read. They are even better when they end up making great tasting cookies! Finding good cookie recipes isn't all that difficult, but with some cookbooks you have to search through a lot of unrelated food items to find one or two recipes. Not so with a cookie cookbook. These handy reference tools concentrate on just cookies, all sorts of cookies, and give you a huge variety of options to choose from. Here is Part Two of our Best Cookie Cookbooks review. Like Part One, we are concentrating on cookbooks that not only specialize in cookies, but are designed and written for bakers who aren't looking to use exotic ingredients or follow complicated instructions.

Baking Cookies Means Having The Right Kitchen Tools

You may have the best cookie recipes to follow, but to really bake great cookies you need the right kitchen tools. A good, working oven is obviously needed, if your oven can't maintain the proper temperature you will never bake good cookies. You also want to make sure that you have a few kitchen basics. Our grandmothers may have done everything by hand the old fashioned way, but that doesn't mean that the results were any better. It just means that they worked harder to get the same results we can achieve today. Here are three important kitchen tools that you should invest in: A Good Stand Mixer A hand mixer will work, and you can always mix with a spoon. Both aren't nearly as efficient as a stand mixer, and neither will guarantee that every ingredient is blended well. The Right Measuring Cups Dry ingredients need a different measuring cup than liquid ingredients. Don't try to mix the two, the results can be pretty nasty. Good Quality Baking Sheets A good baking sheet will evenly disperse heat, meaning that all of the cookies will bake at the same temperature for the same length of time.

100 Cookies

Not only does this cookbook have some excellent cookie (and bar) recipes, it is also loaded with some excellent baking tips. Even experienced bakers will find some new ideas to help them improve in the kitchen. There are sections with classic cookie recipes, like sugar cookies and snickerdoodles. The fun starts when you start looking at some of the unique recipes. Olive Oil Sugar Cookies with Blood Orange Glaze, Red Wine Cherry Cheesecake Swirl Bars, and Pan-Banging Ginger Molasses cookies are a few of the off beat, yet really delicious cookies that you can find in this book.

Betty Crocker's Cooky Book

Ignoring the unusual spelling of the word "cooky", it's hard not to get excited about a cookbook from Betty Crocker. Yes, she is a fictional character, but this made up woman sure can cook and bake. This is a treasure of riches with an amazing 450 recipes. They have been collected over the years by the people behind Betty Crocker, many are staples of church bake sales. You will find classics and new ideas, all presented with appealing photos and some helpful illustrations to show you how to bake cookies the right way.

Martha Stewart's Cookie Perfection

Love her or hate her, Martha Stewart has been a leader in home cooking and baking for years. Some people may complain that her cooking style is unrealistic (who grows all of their own herbs and spices?), but she does turn out some amazing dishes and has some excellent recipes. This cookie cookbook has over 100 recipes, including both traditional favorites and some recipes from around the world. All are beautifully photographed and the instructions are well written. Nothing is too complicated and there are no exotic ingredients needed. This is a very good cookie cookbook and has won many awards for Ms. Stewart.