500 Cookies: The Only Cookie Compendium You'll Ever Need

by Philippa Vanstone, Carol Beckerman

500 Cookies truly is “the only cookie compendium you’ll ever need.” With this second edition, home cooks will find 150 scrumptious new recipes that are sure to be crowd pleasers. The newly-added Indulgent Cookie chapter includes tasty ingredient combinations such as Peanut Butter & Praline Chunk Swirl cookies, Chocolate & Lemon Pinwheel cookies, and Coconut & Cherry Macaroons.

The front of the book includes helpful tips on making drop cookies, rolled, piped, and shaped cookies, as well as bars, icebox cookies and no-bakes. Essential tools and equipment are listed plus ingredient information and professional advice on baking, cooling, and storing your baked treats. Since 2005, 500 Cookies has been the go-to cookie

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food, Reference

288 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2005

Reviews

[Mimi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good recipes, some not so good. All in all an okay book to have on your shelf if you like to bake.
After years in use, my copy has so many pencil remarks about substitutions and alterations, it now has pretty much double the amount of recipes, lol.

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[Kimberly Ann · Rating 2 out of 5]

Is ok:

I don't like all the extra ingredients that she adds to her Scotch Shortbread Cookies and she doesn't use Nestles chocolate chips in her "Toll House" cookies. Nestles originated the "Toll House" cookie, so if it isn't made with Nestles, then it isn't "Toll House".

Also, I don't like the fact that she rarely uses brown sugar in her recipes either. By not using brown sugar omits a richness to the cookies that I prefer.

There are many recipes that have adaptations and the end of each chapter.

[BRNTerri · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute book due to its size. The whole book is full color. The recipes are easy and for lots of them there are variations listed on a separate page. Directions for a couple of recipes need to be a bit more detailed. There's a fair amount of photos too. I plan to make more from the book but for now I've only made three.

Detailed review here: http://wp.me/pLm4B-1oV

I received this from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel about this book same as I feel about the cake book. They are really cute and colorful books. But the recipes in them are not as you would say...a complete collection, despite the number of cookies boasted on the book. Not The Cookie Book for your shelf.

[Bookish Enchantment (Katherine Quirke) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant and easy book. Lots of great varieties and alternatives.

The only downside is they sugar content is rather over the top. So I found that I dropped the sugar for each recipe. It had no effect on the recipe just made the cookies more palatable.

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

There will be lots of cookies at my house soon!

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great recipes. I love how it gives you different variations of the cookie recipes. Mouthwatering photographs. Cookie lovers unite!

[Sebah Al-Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

اقتبست الكتاب كله. المقادير سهلة متوفرة بيسر، و الطرق بسيطة. و النتائج تبدو لذيذة و متقنة.