Product Description

Need a last-minute batch of cookies for the holidays? Is the cookie jar running low on favorites? From simple, traditional chocolate chips to elegant Apricot Nut Biscotti, you can have classic and original cookies quickly without starting from scratch every time. Each of the fifty cookies in this book originates from one basic butter dough but tastes and looks completely different.

One Dough, Fifty Cookies features an innovative and imaginative array of cookies including Cappuccino Wafers, Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Sticks, Malted Milk Buttons, Cinnamon Chocolate Moons, and Oatmeal Raisin Ginger Coolnes.

These recipes provide a simple way to bake cookies with no hassle, consistent results, and a variety of shapes and flavors for any and every occasion.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1137912 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 112 pages

About the Author

Leslie Glover Pendleton is the author of Simply Shrimp, Salmon, and (Fish) Steaks and One Dough, Fifty Cookies and the recipe developer for six of Gourmet's cookbooks. She was a food editor at Gourmet for eight years, and continues to contribute to numerous food magazines, including Gourmet, Cooking Light, Yankee, Eating Well, and Health. She lives in Hartford, Connecticut.

Customer Reviews

Not a single failure...and all easy!
This little book is worth every penny. Don't judge it by its size (it's tiny), because it really packs a huge number of tasty cookies into one small space! There is one "master" cookie dough recipe to which various things are added to make everything from basic shortbreads to gingerbreads to chocolate chip cookies to thin, espresso-chocolate crisps.

Since each "master dough" recipe makes enough for two full recipes of cookies, making party cookies or cookies for presents is easy. And if you don't want to make so many cookies at once, the dough freezes well so that you can make fresh cookies at the spur of the moment!

I own probably 15 cookbooks for baking desserts, but when I want something fast and delicious, this is the one I go for every time.

A great holiday time-saver
I bought this book to prepare a variety of cookies for an annual holiday gathering. Because all the recipes begin with the same dough, I was able to make and bake all the treats in one afternoon and freeze them for the party the following weekend. None of my guests knew that the cookies had such similar beginnings, and everyone raved about them. I'm not sure I will try every recipe in the book, but a few of them are now my "tried-and-true" favorites for cookie swaps and parties.

A must have for anyone in the bake sale set
This is a great book for anyone who is frequently called on for those PTO bakesales or fellowship hour at church. I also like how easy it is to make a variety of cookies for those Christmas Teacher/Friend gifts. The dough also freezes very well for those last minute desserts or cookies to bring to an event. A must have for anyone with a stand mixer in their kitchen.