Baking with Cookie Molds: Secrets and Recipes for Making Amazing Handcrafted Cookies for Your Christmas, Holiday, Wedding, Tea, Party, Swap, Exchange, or Everyday Treat

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**********#1 AMAZON.COM BESTSELLER IN BAKING (JULY 2014)********** ******#1 AMAZON.COM BESTSELLER IN PARTY COOKING (JULY 2014)****** ****#1 AMAZON.COM BESTSELLER IN CHRISTMAS COOKING (JULY 2014)**** ***#1 KINDLE (U.S.) BESTSELLER IN ANTIQUE KITCHENWARE (OCT. 2021)*** SPECIAL NOTE! -- ANNE WILL PERSONALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTION OF YOURS AFTER READING THIS BOOK. ASK ON HER WEB SITE, AND YOU'LL NORMALLY HEAR BACK WITHIN HOURS! Beautiful to look at but hard to use. That's the reputation of cookie molds. But should it be? In this groundbreaking book, Anne L. Watson restores cookie molds to an honored place in the baker's kitchen by revealing long-lost secrets of their use. With Anne's techniques and recipes, tasty cookies with lovely, detailed designs will literally fall from the mold into your hand. Learn how to make traditional molded cookies like speculaas, springerle, and shortbread, as well as modern ones like White Chocolate Lime Cookies and Orange Blossom Wedding Cookies. Learn the tricks of sandwich cookies, layer cookies, chocolate backing, and exhibition cookies. And learn about the molds themselves -- the many kinds, their history, the best places to find them, how to treat them, what makes a good one, and which to avoid entirely. With nearly two dozen recipes and almost a hundred photos, "Baking with Cookie Molds" will quickly have you making cookies that both amaze and delight. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Anne L. Watson is the author of a number of popular books on home crafts and lifestyle, as well as children's books and many novels. In a previous career, she was a historic preservation architecture consultant. Anne lives with her husband and photographer, Aaron Shepard, in Bellingham, Washington. CONTENTS A FEW FIRST THOUGHTS Introducing Cookie Molds How I Started About This Book OF TIME AND THE COOKIE MOLD THE LOST SECRET OF MOLDED COOKIES YOUR FIRST COOKIE MOLD Types of Cookie Molds Choosing Your Mold Preparation and Care YOUR FIRST MOLDED COOKIE General Tips Tools and Supplies Recipe: Anne's Lemon Cookies MORE ABOUT MOLDS Cookie Stamps Springerle Molds Springerle Rolling Pins MORE ABOUT BAKING Other Tools and Supplies Notes on Ingredients Color and Texture Baking Your Cookies MORE COOKIE RECIPES Recipe: Apricot Jam Cookies Recipe: Creamy Coconut Cookies Recipe: Honey Speculaas Recipe: Gingerbread Cookies Recipe: Danish Butter Cookies Recipe: Butterscotch Cookies Recipe: Double Ginger Cookies Recipe: Honey Almond Cookies Recipe: Cinnamon Cocoa Speculaas Recipe: Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe: Maple Nut Cookies Recipe: Walnut Lebkuchen Recipe: Banana Walnut Cookies Recipe: White Chocolate Lime Cookies Recipe: Orange Blossom Wedding Cookies Recipe: Perfection Springerle Recipe: Gene's Scottish Shortbread Recipe: Bella's Scottish Shortbread SPECIAL EFFECTS Sandwich Cookies Layer Cookies Chocolate Backing Recipe: Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake Cookies Recipe: Chocolate Chip Layer Cookies Recipe: Peppermint Chocolate Cookies CREATING YOUR OWN RECIPES Your Basic Ingredients Your Basic Directions A Short, Sweet Story Recipe: Strawberry Yogurt Cookies SHOWING OFF YOUR COOKIES FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WHERE TO LEARN MORE Organizations Web Sites Email Discussion Lists WHERE TO BUY MOLDS United States Canada Germany