Maida Heatter's Book of Great Cookies
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Recipes listed from this edition: 11
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Wienerstube Cookies reviewed by Cooksbakesbooks
The caption reads: "These are Austrian. They are coal-black, chocolate, black-pepper cookies--buttery, crunchy, and spicy." I liked these a lot. They were unusual but not challenging in their flavor. It turns out that chocolate and black pepper, surprisingly,...
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Viennese Linzer Cookies reviewed by Cooksbakesbooks
The flavor and texture of these are outstanding. The crust is not hard, like a usual Linzer bar, it is tall and cake-like, with a pronounced but not overwhelming cinnamon flavor.
I have made these with raspberry jam as well as homemade rhubarb compote...
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Florida Lemon Squares reviewed by Cooksbakesbooks
These have a subtle lemon presence. There is sweetened condensed milk in the filling, so if you like that with a lemon flavor, you'll like these. These are not elegant cookies, but they are good tasting.
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Date-Nut Rocks reviewed by Cooksbakesbooks
These are calls rocks because of their shape, not their texture. They are very moist and soft.
Dates are so sweet by themselves that I find date cookies to be tricky to pull off successfully. This is one such example of a use of dates that misses the...
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