Cookie Dough Delights: More Than 150 Foolproof Recipes for Cookies, Bars, and Other Treats Made with Refrigerated Cookie Dough

By Camilla V. Saulsbury

Chocolate chippers, lemon bars, madeleines, brownies, short-bread, thumbprints, rugelach, biscotti, mandelbrot, and fortune cookies - we all love them. We love them even better when they are home-baked. The ultimate comfort food, fresh-baked cookies offer instant reassurance, consolation, and community. One of the reasons we hesitate to bake cookies is that all too frequently we discover that we don't have all the ingredients we need (or we don't have enough time to bake them from scratch). "Cookie Dough Delights" conveniently solves both problems. Its easy recipes will tempt everyone back to the oven with an assortment of delectable home-baked cookies (and a smattering of other mouth-watering desserts), all of which begin with an 18-ounce roll of refrigerated cookie dough from the supermarket dairy case. With little more than a few easy, simple steps, the ordinary can be transformed into the extraordinary. Using refrigerated cookie dough is not about abandoning traditional cookie and dessert recipes; it is a celebration of the options available to bakers today. The ease of working with refrigerated cookie dough also helps bakers of all abilities to focus on the aesthetics of cookies and desserts - including fancy decorations and icings - if they so choose. Recipes included in Cookie Dough Delights: Drop cookies Formed and fancy-shaped cookies Bar cookies Filled cookies Special treats Icings Frostings Fillings.. and other extras Praise for Cookie Dough Delights: .".".a nearly foolproof way to end up with a great dessert for a picnic, barbecue or alfresco dinner party."" New York Daily News .".".as we paged through...we found ourselves first intrigued, then hooked. Many of the recipes are unexpectedly sophisticated..."" Boston Herald """Cookie Dough Delights "will change your outlook...ideal to turn to when you need quick cookies..."" St. Petersburg Times .".".seems like homemade - although it's much less trouble...adults will probably like...these cookies as much as the kids."" St. Louis Post-Dispatch

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581823932
• ISBN13: 9781581823936
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

All around fabulous

Kudos! Great book, especially for the occasional baker. I love love love the lemon ginger gems (soft, you add crystallized ginger 1 package 3-ounce cream cheese, lemon zest to sugar dough). I like more innovative cookeis like that and the coffee toffee bars and pretty much all of the cheesecake creations throughout the book. The rest of the gang in my house can't get enough of some of the simpler ideas (my husband can vouch for the fluffer nutter choc chip cookie sandwiches: peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwiched between chocolate chip cookies--so easy and so YUMMY!) and the big cookies you can make and decorate like a pizza--big kid favorite. Hope there's a follow-up book, becasue I'll get it.

Great idea--a treasure for cookie lovers pressed for time

This cookbook is a real treasure. The recipes are delicious, the writing is friendly and reassuring, and the directions are easy to follow. I strongly urge new bakers, in particular, to give this one a try-you can make some wonderful recipes without being intimidated. One of my new favorite cookies has only three ingredients (chocolate chip raisin cookies laced with cinnamon). I bought one tube of dough (on sale for $1.89) since I already have raisins and cinnamon-in short time I had about 2 and 1/2 dozen cookies that tasted better than what I could buy at my local coffeehouse. And the house smelled wonderful, too.I agree with a previous reviewer that this could be a fun one for kids-just finished ordering copies for my godchildren who are getting curious about baking.Another thing that I am excited about with this book, and is something that the other reviewers have not mentioned, is that it is good for people who live solo (or perhaps empty nesters or other couples) who do not want to be tempted by having dozens and dozens of cookies around the house. I gave the book to a dear friend shortly after receiving mine (she still likes to do some occasional baking) because I know that she buys the tubes of cookie dough on occasion to satisfy her sweet tooth. She is thrilled with the book and has already made HALF batches of two of the recipes (don't have to worry about halving the leavening as you might if making from scratch). I have quite a few tried and true cookie recipes that I will certainly continue to bake, but I am tickled with this cookbook and the thought that I can still get my cookie fix when I'm feeling a bit lazy. What fun!

Lovely book, excellent writing and wide range of recipes

I picked this up in a local Borders out of curiosity (and a bit of "are you kidding me? A whole book on cookie dough?"). But was very pleasantly surprised. This is an excellent cookbook, I would describe it as a thoughtful cookbook (far more than an assemblage of recipes). The writing is quite charming (the notes at the top of recipes range from insightful to amusing) and the introduction is a great explanation of cookie how-to without being too pedantic--a nice combination to reach both experienced bakers and newbies (I fall somewhere in the middle). I have prepared two things so far: the mandarin orange & marmalade tart (heavenly--very easy, made for supper party) and the coffee & cream white chocolate chunkers (ate 5 in one sitting--very dangerous). This is one that will not get dusty on my shelf. Delightful!

Love it--Like Cake MIx Doctor but for Cookies!

I am so thrilled by this book. I love the Cake mix doctor books and 101 things to do with cake mix book, too, but honestly I am more of a cookie baker/eater. I always have at least 1 or 2 tubes of the refrigerated cookie dough in my freezer. Never thought about "doctoring" them before I found this book online. Made the toffee chippers and blackberry cheescake bars for the weekend after receiving the book--absolutley perfect and so easy. I agree with the previous reviewer that this is a great one for kids, too. My son had a great time helping to make the toffee chippers

Great for kids (of all ages)

I ordered this a month back when I found it here. Got it last week. Wonderful. Like the CAKE MIX DOCTOR but for cookies.Have already made three recipes including the Red White and Blue Tart and Buttered Rum Raisin Cookies. The Key Lime Cookies are out of control delicious. I like that it is limited to chocolate chip and sugar dough (not the ones that are harder to find like gingerbread and white chocolate)--so you can buy the store brand dough, too. Lots of kid-friendly sounding things, too--my 8 year daughter has already made a "to-do" list of the cookies she wants to bake.