Author: Steege, Gwen W.

Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC

Color: Brown

Binding: Paperback

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 144

Release Date: 30-09-2000

Details: Product Description Chewy versus pillow-soft. Crispy edges versus golden brown. Gooey oatmeal versus rich molasses. How can anyone choose? Gwen Steege takes you through her impressive backlog of creative, easy-to-follow chocolate chip cookie recipes, from the classic sugar dough to crazy mocha pinto chippers and everything in between. Everyone has a different idea of what makes a chocolate chip cookie truly perfect, but with 101 recipes, you are sure to find a favorite . . . or two, or three! From the Back Cover 101 Delicious Variations on the Classic Favorite! Whether you like your chocolate chip cookies with or without nuts, chewy or crumbly, traditional, exotic, healthy, adventurous, decadent, or completely over-the-top, you'll find the perfect recipe in 101 Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies. These 101 scrumptious cookies were selected from among more than 2,600 entries in a contest sponsored by The Orchards, a charming 4-star inn located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. They range from melt-in-your-mouth versions of the classic chocolate chip cookie to cookies with all kinds of delectable, unusual ingredients, including: Macadamia Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies Brownie Chip Meringues Ice Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies Tiger-Striped Chocolate Chip Cookies Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies Kentucky Derby Chip Delights So bake your favorite cookie, pour yourself a glass of cold milk, and enjoy! "Provides a chunk of Americana that makes it a treasure for all those who read it." -- The Los Angeles Times About the Author Gwen W. Steege is the coauthor of The Weaving Explorer. She has been weaving for nearly 35 years and has exhibited her work in western Massachusetts, where she lives. For many years she acquired and edited a line of craft books at Storey Publishing focused on spinning, dyeing, knitting, crochet, and weaving. She is the author of a number of knitting books, including The Knitter’s Life List.   Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Part One: The Search for the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie If it's not chocolate, it's not dessert!" That's been our family motto for years, no matter how small, or how special, the occasion. And we're surely not alone in our passion. Since its discovery centuries ago, the very word chocolate has always conjured up images and aromas of rich sauces, elegant mousses, steaming hot drinks, delectable fudges, and moist, dark cakes. This superstar ingredient appears in dozens of favorite desserts and drinks, but one of the most universally popular is that particularly American invention, chocolate chip cookies. Warm from the oven, they're the perfect offering to a cranky child, the supreme appeasement for a lover's quarrel, the ideal gift to a special friend, and the ultimate bedtime snack. In 1987, it was the bedtime snack that struck the fancy of Chester Soling, then owner of The Orchards, an inn in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. The Orchards offered their guests fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies and cold milk by their beds every night. And these weren't just any chocolate chip cookies. They were baked from recipes submitted to a nationwide contest sponsored by the inn. The search for the perfect chocolate chip cookie led to this book, which includes the winners and a selection of more than 100 of the 2,600 entries received from almost every state, as well as from Italy, Canada, and Mexico. The contributors to this book - the contestants - describe how their recipes are special or how they came to them. Some share family recipes brought to North America from Europe over a century ago. Others relate how their experiences influence the way they think about food: An anthropologist teaches her children to consider where ingredients are grown and how they became locally available; a wheat farmer's daughter from Saskatchewan, Canada, remembers the magic that unrefined flour put into any recipe; a parent describes the enjoyment a batch of cookies

EAN: 0037038173123

Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inches

Languages: English