Betty Crocker's Cooky Book

by Betty Crocker, Eric Mulvany (Illustrator)

Here is the complete cooky book-more than 450 recipes, dozens of appetizing full-color photographs, and many how-to-do-it sketches. This treasury of cooky baking embraces all tastes-from the old-fashioned and traditional to the new and sophisticated. Plus a large section devoted entirely to holiday cookies. Fun to use. . .perfect to give.

Here's the classic treasury of cookie baking that so many people grew up with: the beloved 1963 edition of Betty Crocker's Cooky Book, now in a brand-new, authentic facsimile of the original book.

Remember baking cookies with Mom or Grandma when you were a kid? The wonderful smell, the spatulas to lick and, best of all, delicious cookies you'd helped to make yourself? If you grew up baking with Betty Crocker, then you probably had this book, filled with all your favorites-from Chewy Molasses Cookies to Chocolate Crinkles to Toffee Squares and many more!

Now, with this authentic reproduction of the original 1963 edition, you can relive those moments, taste the cookies you grew up with and share them with your loved ones. All the charm of the original and all the great recipes are here. Turn to Betty Crocker's Cooky Book to find:
* An authentic facsimile of the classic 1963 edition packed with all your favorite cookie recipes
* Over 450 recipes, dozens of nostalgic color photographs and charming how-to sketches
* Scrumptious recipes for Holiday Cookies (dozens of Christmas specialties), Family Favorites (for lunchtime, snacktime, anytime), Company Best Cookies (fancy enough for company) and much more


This book is a great gift for new and experienced bakers alike. Only one family copy of this favorite cookbook? Now everyone can have a copy of this classic book!

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Reference, Classics, Health

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1948

Reviews

[Mayda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the cookie book that started it all for me, and taught me the wrong way to spell "cooky." My copy cost $1.95, purchased for me by my mother when it first came out, and I've been making cookies from it ever since. It's still one of my favorite collections and contains some of my favorite - and most requested - recipes.

[Monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember my mom making cookies from this book. This was her book and was published in 1963. I loved reading the recipes and seeing the marks she made next to the cookies she made.
There are recipes in here that I have never even seen before. This book is great for all levels of bakers. The beginning goes over some basic utensils, measuring and even some hints. I highly enjoyed seeing the variations to many of the recipes in the book, just by adding a different spice or adding nuts.
The best part of the book for me was the section called Betty Crocker's Best Cookies. My version has the best cooky of certain 10 year or 5 year periods starting at 1880. I enjoyed reading the blurb about the cookie and the historical highlights of events that happened during those periods.
So if you need a new cookie recipe or just want to find an old favorite then check out Betty Crocker's Cooky Book!!

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a classic for a reason! Loved reading my mom's 1963 spiral-bound edition, and now I have some new baking ideas (or revived baking ideas from my childhood).

[Katt Hansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a wedding gift from my aunt, given to my mother back in 1962. Over the years it's been used time and again, for everything from Christmas cookies, to finding that perfect thing to take to the potluck or to have when guests are over. I've never found a cookie in this book that wasn't delicious and just perfect the way it was.

I wish I could find another copy. Both covers finally fell off this past year and I feel dreadfully guilty at the loss, as this was my mother's book and never should have been treated so roughly. The kids pretty much wore it out with their own experimentations in baking. Of course I'd keep my own copy, because of the history involved. I just hate using that one anymore.

If you can find this book, grab it. It's amazingly wonderful and raises the question - why is it that cookbooks are not all spiral-bound like this one?

[Lynne Macdonald · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mom's original cookbook for Christmas.
Many great recipes and memories for me.

[B · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son asked to make cookies with me. He said very specifically that he wanted to make Christmas cookies. In my cookie world that could mean quite a few different cookies so I told him to go through Cooky Book and decide what he wanted.

He said “Cookies we can decorate!” turned a few pages of the book and pointed to a classic picture of sugar cookies from the 1970’s. I have a special place in my heart for old cookbooks. They remind me of my cherished cookie baking days with my beautiful mother.

My son found the recipe for these cookies, which just so happened to be called “Merry Christmas Cookies”. Being the seasoned cookie baker that I am I said “Come on, lets get started! We are going to need to chill the dough.”

We had the best one on one time I could ever ask for. I gave him all of my tips and tricks when it comes to cookie baking. Including my favorite..”Ok so lets roll the dough out first before refrigerating.” and the utmost important “When you make cookies with mom, you get to lick the icing off the whisk” That was always my favorite and we were more daring back in the early 80’s. It was cookie dough licking. Darn you Salmonella!

Everything stopped. I made cookie dough with my son. Everything else that needed to get done, could wait. It’s these moments that are special. Moments like these that I hope he remembers. Just like my moments with my mother.

My son must have my cookie baking genes, because these just so happened to be the best tasting and prettiest sugar cookies I’ve ever had the pleasure to help bake.


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[Quinnikins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my all time favorite holiday cookie book... It might be my favorite cooking/baking book in general. I love how ridiculous and terribly outdated some of the cookies are... it's so bad sometimes that it's charming. This book is best used for inspiration, and it's almost always a good idea to find an updated recipe elsewhere that'll have a more delicious and authentic outcome than Betty could offer, but the contents are so prolific that it just can't be beat. It's like an encyclopedia of cookies compiled by an insane Grandma who always meant well. This book reminds me of oleo, believing in Santa, and a time when I was too innocent to notice when a cookie was clearly shaped like a penis.

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

My sister gave me this cookbook when I was first married, and it has been used faithfully through the years. Butterscotch brownies, chocolate crinkles, snickerdoodles, candy canes...so many warm memories.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the cookbooks that I remember my mother using a lot. After she died I just had to have her copy. The chocolate crinkle cookies with powdered sugar are the best.

[Talea · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has become our hands down go to book for cookies in this house. My first copy was the first book the kids reached for when it was their turn to pick a recipe. It was getting close to any kind of holiday, especially around Christmas time. I often found them just flipping through the pages just looking at the pictures to pass the time. Needless to say, when that cherished gift from my mother in law finally died I was left without mercy until I purchased another one. We once again have a copy in pride of place amongst my cookbooks.

[Nicola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Per Romi:
The Sugar Cookie was pretty good but I would prefer the book to have more photos. The descriptions were short. I plan to try the Snickerdoodle recipe next.

Nicola:
This was the book my mom used every holiday season dating back to the 70s. It has all the classics, thumbprint, peanut butter, chocolate crinkles and shortbread. The drawings and photos are quite dated as the first edition is 1963. But the recipes are solid and can be simple to follow with children. The back of the cookbook has a best of the decades spanning from 1880 to 1960 with historical highlights.

[Brianne P. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now I officially feel like a mother!
This book is certainly a trip down memory lane. I fondly remember sifting through my mothers Betty Crocker and Better homes and Garden cookbooks when I was a child, the cookie sections always had a light dusting of flour or smear of butter.
On my quest to start a beloved cookbook collection, I decided this needed to be a member. I celebrated by baking a batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies (pg.144).
Such a wonderful book for anyone missing watching their mothers bake with these books. Mine always let me lick the spoon.

[LAMONT D · Rating 3 out of 5]

AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE WITH LOTS OF COLORFUL PICTURES AND PLENTY OF TIME-TESTED RECIPES FOR ALL KINDS OF COOKIES. I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE COMPLETE FULL PAGE INSTRUCTIONS ON CONTRUCTING A COOKIE HOUSE WITH A FULL PAGE PICTURE ON THE CORRESPONDING PAGE. FILLED WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND OPTIONS FOR ICING, FILLING AND VARIATIONS YOU COULD SPEND A DECADE TRYING OUT THE VARIOUS KINDS (INCLUDING INTERNATIONALLY INSPRIED COOKIES). A BONUS FEATURE IN THE BACK IS A NOSTALGIC PEEK AT THE PACE-SETTING COOKIES OF NINE DECADES GOING BACK TO THE 1880'S.

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my absolute favorite cook book. I have the 2002 reprint of the 1968 edition. It took me forever to find it.
The newer cookie books are just different. The recipes are “updated” and just aren’t classic for me. This one however? My go to cookbook when I want to make cookies.
I make cookies from this one usually once a week.
The ingredients and everything remind me of my childhood using the original with my mom.

[LemontreeLime · Rating 4 out of 5]

You have to give this old tymer it’s due. One of my family’s treasured recipes came from it, had no idea either. A fun blast from a past before food allergies. And seriously?? Kids cereal topped brownies?? I shall ponder this....

[Amie · Rating 5 out of 5]

What’s not to love? If you grew up in a home where someone baked, the nostalgia factor will be high on this cookbook.

Could I have found the dozen+ recipes I tagged online? Probably. But if you love food history (or cookies!!!!) like I do, you wouldn’t get the same experience Pinning these.

[Jay · Rating 5 out of 5]

A classic. Your mother or grandmother probably had this book in her kitchen.

[Allison Delestowicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic cookbook I grew up with. So many good cookies and treats to make. Highly recommend to anyone!

[Daelith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best cookie cookbook ever! Had this 1st edition version in my family since I was a kid.

[Reynolpa · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is full of cookie recipes. There is nothing more to be said but Yum!

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite cookie books to look at growing up

[LUKE · Rating 1 out of 5]

man why are the kids wiggly on da floor.

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Man I remember pouring over this every Christmas time when I was little

[Natalia M · Rating 5 out of 5]

maybe i’m biased because i associate this with my grandma, but the recipes are so classic and always a hit 😄😄

[Jennifer]

I inherited this cookbook from my grandmother's cookbook collection.

[Karen Witt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have used these recipes to make Christmas cookies for over 50 years. The best.

[Cynthia Paschen · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mom gave me this and told me not to give it away. Heh.

[Jill McGill · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite "go to" cookbooks for cookie recipes!

[Carmen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my All-Time fave cookie book! I grew up with this book. I don't know how many dozens of cookies were created by my Mom and I over the years, all from this book. In fact, we used it so much, her copy is literally in pieces and it's being held together by rubber bands!! Mom even wanted to GASP! get rid of her copy! NO WAY that's happening. I don't care if there's only the cover and one page left in it, I'll always keep that copy. Really should get Mom a new one so it doesn't become "that" book though. :)

I have other cookie books, but this is the one I always seem to use. It's definitely timeless and trust me, it's the only cookie book you'll ever need! :D

[Susan Howson · Rating 4 out of 5]

My mom has been cooking from the original edition of this book for, like, one billion years, and when I was a kid my friends would come over to my house and go directly to the cookie jar. That sounds like an oversentimentalized memory, but it's completely true. I sort of hate making cookies for some inexplicable reason, but I do own this book and if I had to make cookies because one of you guys wheedled me into it, I would go to it immediately.