Classic Cookies

2016 | Food & Drink

This is a tempting collection of delicious tea-time treats for all occasions. It offers irresistible ideas for more than 30 home-made baked creations to suit all tastes. It features recipes from around the globe including Amaretti, Pepeshki, Brittany Butter Biscuits, Mocha Viennese Swirls, and Scottish Oatcakes. It contains a useful guide to cookie ingredients and techniques for creating unusual shapes and decorations. The recipes make full use of a range of ingredients including dried fruit, liqueurs, nuts, chococolate, cheese, herbs and aromatic spices. It provides inspirations for every taste, from classic Butter Shrtbreads to Chocolate Marzipan Cookies. There is something very comforting about home-made cookies and the way they fill a gap as nothing else does. They are easy to make and take very little time, so you can always have a good supply in the cookie jar for when unexpected guests drop in. This book is packed with recipes sure to please everyone - Gingerbread Biscuits for traditionalists, Chocolate Chip Cookies for children, rich fudgy bars for chocoholics and spicy crackers for the less sweet-toothed. There is even a selection of delicious low-fat recipes.Suitable for so many times of the day, home-made cookies are really a treat not to be missed.

Valerie Ferguson (Author)