The award-winning author of Chocolate and How to Bake shares recipes and techniques for more than 350 irresistible cookies. Photos. National media campaign, 25-city national radio campaign, and four-city author tour. From the Publisher Few things in life are as comforting as home-baked cookies, and popular cooking teacher and acclaimed author Nick Malgieri teaches how to make them right in this beautifully illustrated cookbook. Praised for his delectable recipes and flawless, easy-to-follow approach to baking, Malgieri has collected his favorite recipes from across the world to provide a range of more than 350 original and time-tested recipes for cookies for every occasion. From classics like peanut-butter drop cookies and gingersnaps to impressive French tuiles, marbled chocolate biscotti, and spectacular gingerbread houses, Cookies Unlimited offers everything homebakers want to know about making cookies. Whether you’ve made one cookie or hundreds, this volume will help you to always keep that cookie jar full! The Library Journal Cooking teacher Malgieri (Chocolate, How To Bake, etc.) offers more than 200 recipes for cookies of all sorts, from homey favorites like Cheesecake Brownies to more unusual sweet treats such as Ricotta Drops and Swiss Hazelnut Bars. Some are as American as Loaded with Chips Chocolate Chip Cookies; others are lesser-known European specialties, with a good number from Italy, reflecting Malgieri’s heritage. Most are easy, as cookies should be, and the recipes are clearly written. A good companion to Holly Garrison’s excellent Cookie Book (Macmillan, 1996), this is recommended for most baking collections.
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Ingredients:
1/2 c Hazelnuts
1 c Unsalted butter
2 c Sugar
4 Eggs; beaten to blend
1/2 c Cocoa powder; unsweetened
1 tb Vanilla
1/3 c All purpose flour
1/2 ts Salt
7 oz Semisweet chocolate; coarsely chopped
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Toast hazelnuts, husk and coarsely chop; set aside. Lightly butter 9×13″ baking pan. Melt 1 cup butter in heavy large saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and whisk in sugar, eggs, cocoa and vanilla. Stir in flour and salt. Add chopped chocolate and nuts. Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted in center comes out barely moist but not wet, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pan on rack. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly.) Cut into 1 1/2-inch squares.
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A great brownie recipe using Hazelnuts
1/2 cup Hazelnuts
1 cup Unsalted butter
2 cup Sugar
4 Eggs; beaten to blend
1/2 cup Cocoa powder; unsweetened
1 tbsp Vanilla
1/3 cup All purpose flour
1/2 tsp Salt
7 oz Semisweet chocolate; coarsely chopped
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Toast hazelnuts, husk and coarsely chop; set aside.
Lightly butter 9×13″ baking pan.
Melt 1 cup butter in heavy large saucepan over low heat.
Remove from heat and whisk in sugar, eggs, cocoa and vanilla.
Stir in flour and salt. Add chopped chocolate and nuts.
Spread batter in prepared pan.
Bake until tester inserted in center comes out barely moist but not wet, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pan on rack.
Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly.
Cut into 1 1/2-inch squares.
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