Cookies
 Cookies: More than 200 Recipes
Jill Snider
The author, Jill Snider used to work at Robin Hood Flour as the Test Kitchen Manager. Her vast baking and cookbook writing experience (she has written 4 previous books) translates into a wealth of cookies for every taste and occasion. The recipes for Chocolate Caramel Pecan Rounds and Cinnamon Raspberry Stacks are particularly tempting. Softcover, 256 pp. $27.95.
500 Cookies by Philippa Vanstone Hardcover, 360 pp $17.95.
These chunky, and we mean this in a good way, little books (six inches square, an inch thick) combine great value for your money with a charming package. Each features a photograph with almost every recipe, some sophisticated, some simple, all in an easy-to-read format.
 Cook's
Own Cookies and Squares
Elizabeth Baird
Wonderful goodies from Elizabeth Baird and the dependable team at Canadian
Living. With trusted classics and innovative but easy new creations
you can count on this new book to fill your cookie jar. Other titles in this
series (previously known as Canadian Living's Best)
include Fruit and Muffins
and More. Hardcover, 94 pp. $16.95.
 Brownies
to Die For
Bev Shaffer
Along with the classics, Ohio-based food writer and culinary instructor Bev Shaffer
serves up exotic variations plus topping and garnishing ideas.
Hardcover, 224 pp, $32.95.
  Brownie Points
Lisa Slater
Warning: chocolate overload ahead! The totally decadent recipes —from classic
brownies to chocolate raspberry peanut butter crumble bars–celebrate the
great American treat. Slater recipe introductions and tips are the perfect blend
of the personal and the informative. Colour photos. Softcover, 175 pp, $22.95.
Christmas Cookies from the Whimsical Bakehouse
Kaye Hansen & Liv Hansen
Recipes for melt-in-the-mouth cookies combined with enchanting decorative ideas
make this a great book for holiday entertaining and gift-giving. The authors,
one a self-taught baker, the other her artist daughter, are veterans of the Today
Show and the Food Network. Hardcover, 96 pp, $24.95.
Bars & Squares:
More than 200 recipes
Jill Snider
Just when you thought you didn’t need another brownie or square recipe!
Here’s a new collection of recipes both old favourites (Raspberry-Almond
Holiday Bars) and new twists. Time to get out the 9 by 13 pan again! Softcover,
256 pp. $27.95.
The Good Cookie
Tish Boyle
Gathered from around the world, these recipes range from the simply presented to
the richly decorated. Clear instructions, tips for decorating and storing, and cookie
history make this book a must have for the baker. Tish Boyle is the Food Editor of
Pastry Art and Design and Chocolatier magazines. 389 pp. $52.50. Recipe: Ginger
Bites.
The All-American Cookie
Book
Nancy Baggett
Kitchen wisdom and cookie history accompany a mouthwatering collection of cookies
including black and whites, vanilla shortbread domes, congo bars, and bourbon
balls. From the author of the International Cookie Book (o/p). Colour photos.
$55.00. Recipe: Mrs.
Lee's Rolled Shortbread Cookies.
 The Flour Pot Cookie Book
Margie Greenberg
Absolutely lovely book of decorated cookies for all sorts of occasions. Most
of the designs use fondant and all the instructions start with a detailed
list of everything you need. The wedding and baby shower cookies are too
pretty to even consider eating. 128 pp. $19.95.
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