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# The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies & Bars (Perfect Baking Cookbooks)

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Review: Need a one stop resource for your cookie recipes? Don't miss this cookbook... - NOTE: I purchased this book on Dec 1st and there are no print issues in the front of the book so I'm assuming ATK has fixed the print issue that many refer to in their reviews. I'm a huge ATK fan and have watched the show for years as well as own many of their stand alone cookbooks as well as the annual editions. They are one of the first places I go to check if they've got a recipe. With that said, I've made plenty of their cookie recipes with rave reviews with many of recipes found in different CB or on the web. So... I was very excited to find a CB that contained a lot of tested, well know cookie recipes in one place. At first glance, the book layout is fantastic. It covers, drop, slice & bake, sandwich, brownies & blondies, bar, no-bake, Christmas and gluten free cookies.... and that's just the recipes. It also covers in detail core baking techniques, equipment and tools, staples, chocolate, manipulating texture, storing shipping and sharing and of course cookie troubleshooting. But the absolute most wonderful thing they did for this book was include a picture of EVERY cookie they showcase as well as tell you why the recipe works. I adhered closely to the instructions of the placement of the pans in teh oven, rotation of the pans in the oven and the bake time they recommend. I used silicone baking sheets as well as parchment paper. So as the 2017 Christmas season approached, I scouted four or five recipes to try. Chocolate Chewies (pg 63): These were one of the easiest to bake and turned out perfect. Really rich chocolate taste with a fudgy brownie like consistency. Only eight ingredients in this recipe. Came together quickly using my stand mixer and made exactly 25 cookies. Will definitely bake again. Salted Peanut Butter-Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies (pg 71): I picked these cookies because my family is a huge fan of peanut butter "anything" and I've always loved the "sweet and salty" thing. The taste of these cookies were great. They had a nice play between the chocolate/peanut butter and the pretzel. One thing I did wrong however was double this recipe which made the batter dry because I wasn't able to get all the ingredients incorporated thoroughly. I made a note in the book not to do that next time. These are drop cookies and you form the dough in 2TB balls and then press each ball using a greased dry measuring cup. Some of the balls crumbled and I had to pinch them back together. It worked and they came out fine however, I probably caused more work for myself than needed. Also, I had to add a minute or two to the time. Adhering to their time suggestion, the first batch tasted slightly raw. Once I got the time down for my recipe, all turned out great. Will try again making only one recipe. Swedish Walnut Fingers (pg 109): My note in the book was these are "very hard to make". That's because I'm a novice at rolled and pressed cookies. But... this recipe is AWESOME!!! My husbands absolute favorites. This recipe contains a LOT of butter so you have to work quickly and there is quite a bit of chilling to do. Once the dough is pressed into 1/2 thick 10x8 rectangle, you have to use a floured fork to make this "washboard" design in the dough. If it's not chilled enough (my case) the design become a mess not resembling any kind of lines... I had to add another chill step before I could use the fork. Once the dough is thoroughly chilled, the washboard design works. Secondly, I wasn't sure how much these spread during the baking process. I got them too close and they ended up touching each other during baking. Will definitely bake again! Rugelach with Raisin-Walnut Filling (pg 198) I was on the Kitchn website and they had an article saying, "the best cookie you'll ever bake". It happened to be a rugelach cookie so my last cookie for the baking season was this raisin-walnut filled rugelach from this CB. I got the most complements from friends about this cookie. Friends raved how good it was and I have to admit it was my favorite for the year too. Rugelach is a Jewish party snack that is a cross between a cookie and a pastry. The wonderful thing about this cookie is I had enough dough to use four different filling. The dough has cream cheese in it so it bakes up very tender and flaky. I used raisin and dates/ chocolate and peanut butter/ walnut, pecan and brown sugar and lastly, apple jam and walnuts. Their instruction for the rolling of the dough was not clear so using the instruction from the Kitchn recipe too, I rolled the dough into a 8in to 10in circle about 1/4" thick and filled and then cut like a pizza and rolled the cookies from the outside of the circle in.... creating the crescent shape the cookies are well known for. They were absolutely delicious and I will make again. I'm excited to have this cookbook in my library of cookbooks and I really like that I have a concise, well-tested resource for so many cookie recipes. Looking through I can't think of one cookie that they haven't covered. Highly recommend if you don't have a one stop cookie cookbook on your shelf.
Review: Never had a failure! - I was given this cookbook for my birthday a bit over a year ago now and have made something from it pretty much every week since. There's an excellent mix of recipes from the standard ice box sugar cookie to florentines to brazilian brigadeiros (albeit much more chocolatey than our neighbors used to make) along with advice on things like making your own vanilla extract, the differences between butter and shortening, and tools recommendations. Every cookie in the recipe book is pictured and includes a short write-up on why certain ingredients and proportions were chosen. This was my first set of cookie recipes that weren't from Grandma or Great Auntie May or clipped out of an ancient newspaper, which meant that I had no idea brown sugar came in multiple varieties or vanilla beans could be an actual additive (the caramel turned out delicious). The book is always happy to tell me that they used dark brown sugar instead of light for a darker flavor and using egg whites instead of yolks helped them cram in more chocolate without sacrificing texture. For the most part the ingredients lists are relatively short and when there's an unusual ingredient like pumpkin or dulce de leche the book will tell me how and why its used. Certain recipes will request something I don't have--store bought caramels or orange marmalade or girl scout cookies--but there's still a large number of cookies to make even if you skip those (I ended up making my own orange marmalade from an online recipe). For these recipes even if I do something slightly off--didn't have a thermometer so the fudge was taken off the heat too late and ended up slightly oily--it still tastes delicious and the results do inspire me to keep trying. If I'm feeling like a gingerbread cookie or a peanut butter cookie or a molasses cookie, all I need to do is turn to the proper page and I have faith it will turn out beautifully. I have a few quibbles. While there is a (very useful) gluten free section, there is no vegan section which frustrates my sister and the value in the test authors' trials is completely lost when the egg substitutions start. There also isn't any quick indication of how long a recipe will take (most I can do on a work night, but not all) or how to store the finished cookie and how long they keep (the cream cheese in the frosting for red velvet cookies led to a lot of googling). There also was at least one recipe where preheating the oven was positioned before making the dough and chilling it for a half hour--rearranged those steps, but definitely need to read through the recipe before starting. All in all really thrilled with this book!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #16,721 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #15 in Cookie Baking (Books) #24 in Christmas Cooking #302 in Culinary Arts & Techniques (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,496) |
| Dimensions  | 8.91 x 1.19 x 10.32 inches |
| Edition  | Illustrated |
| ISBN-10  | 1940352959 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1940352954 |
| Item Weight  | 3.5 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | Perfect Baking Cookbooks |
| Print length  | 448 pages |
| Publication date  | August 29, 2017 |
| Publisher  | America's Test Kitchen |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Need a one stop resource for your cookie recipes? Don't miss this cookbook...
*by G***8 on December 26, 2017*

NOTE: I purchased this book on Dec 1st and there are no print issues in the front of the book so I'm assuming ATK has fixed the print issue that many refer to in their reviews. I'm a huge ATK fan and have watched the show for years as well as own many of their stand alone cookbooks as well as the annual editions. They are one of the first places I go to check if they've got a recipe. With that said, I've made plenty of their cookie recipes with rave reviews with many of recipes found in different CB or on the web. So... I was very excited to find a CB that contained a lot of tested, well know cookie recipes in one place. At first glance, the book layout is fantastic. It covers, drop, slice & bake, sandwich, brownies & blondies, bar, no-bake, Christmas and gluten free cookies.... and that's just the recipes. It also covers in detail core baking techniques, equipment and tools, staples, chocolate, manipulating texture, storing shipping and sharing and of course cookie troubleshooting. But the absolute most wonderful thing they did for this book was include a picture of EVERY cookie they showcase as well as tell you why the recipe works. I adhered closely to the instructions of the placement of the pans in teh oven, rotation of the pans in the oven and the bake time they recommend. I used silicone baking sheets as well as parchment paper. So as the 2017 Christmas season approached, I scouted four or five recipes to try. Chocolate Chewies (pg 63): These were one of the easiest to bake and turned out perfect. Really rich chocolate taste with a fudgy brownie like consistency. Only eight ingredients in this recipe. Came together quickly using my stand mixer and made exactly 25 cookies. Will definitely bake again. Salted Peanut Butter-Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies (pg 71): I picked these cookies because my family is a huge fan of peanut butter "anything" and I've always loved the "sweet and salty" thing. The taste of these cookies were great. They had a nice play between the chocolate/peanut butter and the pretzel. One thing I did wrong however was double this recipe which made the batter dry because I wasn't able to get all the ingredients incorporated thoroughly. I made a note in the book not to do that next time. These are drop cookies and you form the dough in 2TB balls and then press each ball using a greased dry measuring cup. Some of the balls crumbled and I had to pinch them back together. It worked and they came out fine however, I probably caused more work for myself than needed. Also, I had to add a minute or two to the time. Adhering to their time suggestion, the first batch tasted slightly raw. Once I got the time down for my recipe, all turned out great. Will try again making only one recipe. Swedish Walnut Fingers (pg 109): My note in the book was these are "very hard to make". That's because I'm a novice at rolled and pressed cookies. But... this recipe is AWESOME!!! My husbands absolute favorites. This recipe contains a LOT of butter so you have to work quickly and there is quite a bit of chilling to do. Once the dough is pressed into 1/2 thick 10x8 rectangle, you have to use a floured fork to make this "washboard" design in the dough. If it's not chilled enough (my case) the design become a mess not resembling any kind of lines... I had to add another chill step before I could use the fork. Once the dough is thoroughly chilled, the washboard design works. Secondly, I wasn't sure how much these spread during the baking process. I got them too close and they ended up touching each other during baking. Will definitely bake again! Rugelach with Raisin-Walnut Filling (pg 198) I was on the Kitchn website and they had an article saying, "the best cookie you'll ever bake". It happened to be a rugelach cookie so my last cookie for the baking season was this raisin-walnut filled rugelach from this CB. I got the most complements from friends about this cookie. Friends raved how good it was and I have to admit it was my favorite for the year too. Rugelach is a Jewish party snack that is a cross between a cookie and a pastry. The wonderful thing about this cookie is I had enough dough to use four different filling. The dough has cream cheese in it so it bakes up very tender and flaky. I used raisin and dates/ chocolate and peanut butter/ walnut, pecan and brown sugar and lastly, apple jam and walnuts. Their instruction for the rolling of the dough was not clear so using the instruction from the Kitchn recipe too, I rolled the dough into a 8in to 10in circle about 1/4" thick and filled and then cut like a pizza and rolled the cookies from the outside of the circle in.... creating the crescent shape the cookies are well known for. They were absolutely delicious and I will make again. I'm excited to have this cookbook in my library of cookbooks and I really like that I have a concise, well-tested resource for so many cookie recipes. Looking through I can't think of one cookie that they haven't covered. Highly recommend if you don't have a one stop cookie cookbook on your shelf.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Never had a failure!
*by M***H on December 15, 2019*

I was given this cookbook for my birthday a bit over a year ago now and have made something from it pretty much every week since. There's an excellent mix of recipes from the standard ice box sugar cookie to florentines to brazilian brigadeiros (albeit much more chocolatey than our neighbors used to make) along with advice on things like making your own vanilla extract, the differences between butter and shortening, and tools recommendations. Every cookie in the recipe book is pictured and includes a short write-up on why certain ingredients and proportions were chosen. This was my first set of cookie recipes that weren't from Grandma or Great Auntie May or clipped out of an ancient newspaper, which meant that I had no idea brown sugar came in multiple varieties or vanilla beans could be an actual additive (the caramel turned out delicious). The book is always happy to tell me that they used dark brown sugar instead of light for a darker flavor and using egg whites instead of yolks helped them cram in more chocolate without sacrificing texture. For the most part the ingredients lists are relatively short and when there's an unusual ingredient like pumpkin or dulce de leche the book will tell me how and why its used. Certain recipes will request something I don't have--store bought caramels or orange marmalade or girl scout cookies--but there's still a large number of cookies to make even if you skip those (I ended up making my own orange marmalade from an online recipe). For these recipes even if I do something slightly off--didn't have a thermometer so the fudge was taken off the heat too late and ended up slightly oily--it still tastes delicious and the results do inspire me to keep trying. If I'm feeling like a gingerbread cookie or a peanut butter cookie or a molasses cookie, all I need to do is turn to the proper page and I have faith it will turn out beautifully. I have a few quibbles. While there is a (very useful) gluten free section, there is no vegan section which frustrates my sister and the value in the test authors' trials is completely lost when the egg substitutions start. There also isn't any quick indication of how long a recipe will take (most I can do on a work night, but not all) or how to store the finished cookie and how long they keep (the cream cheese in the frosting for red velvet cookies led to a lot of googling). There also was at least one recipe where preheating the oven was positioned before making the dough and chilling it for a half hour--rearranged those steps, but definitely need to read through the recipe before starting. All in all really thrilled with this book!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by X***X on January 24, 2018*

tried out some recipes and followed exactly - great results!

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