Levinson Nan S. - Rosies Bakery chocolate-packed, jam-filled, butter-rich, no-holds-barred cookie book

Rosies BAKERY
CHOCOLATE-PACKED JAM-FILLED BUTTER-RICH NO-HOLDS-BARRED COOKIE BOOK

JUDY ROSENBERG

Written with Nan LevinsonIllustrations by Sara Love

WORKMAN PUBLISHING NEW YORK

Copyright 1996 by Judy Rosenberg
Illustrations 1996 by Sara Love
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproducedmechanically, electronically, or by any other means, including photocopyingwithout written permission of the publisher. Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited.

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eISBN 9780761170976

Cover and book design by Janet Vicario
Cover photographs by Richard Feldman

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To my mother, and to my father who is now loving me from above

To Nan Levinson, whose humor, wit, and mastery of words will never cease to amaze me.

To Mimi Santini-Ritt, my dedicated recipe tester, who is a joy to work with, and who will hopefully be testing recipes for my next book in her brand new kitchen (that is, if she isnt touring the country playing bridge)!

To Beverly Jones, whose creativity and mastery of baking is an inspiration.

To Eliot Winograd, my business partner, for taking care of all the things that would drive me crazy if he wasnt there to do them.

To my wonderful staff, without whom Rosies would be merely a concept.

To my agent, Doe Coover, my editor, Suzanne Rafer, and the books designer, Janet Vicario, as well as the other members of the editorial and art staffs at Workman, who made this book a reality.

To my children, Jake, Noah, and Maya, for eating all the leftover cookies in the freezer.

Lastly and most importantly, to my husband, Richard, whose inner strength and enlightened perspective on life carry me through the most stressful of times.

INTRODUCTION
In Praise of Cookies

CHAPTER 1
Rules of the Game

A few important baking techniques and tips, plus equipment and ingredient advice, that will ensure cookie success, batch after batch after batch.

CHAPTER 2
Know Your Dough

A general overview of what you need to know about mixing, baking, and storing all the different types of cookies offered in this book.

CHAPTER 3
Chewy Crunchy

A scrumptious assortment of cookies with crispy edges and chewy centers, including Noahs Chocolate Chocolately Chocolate Chips, Rosies Oatmeal Cookies, Chocolate-Coconut Scoops, and Apple n Spice Drops.

CHAPTER 4
Crispy Chompy

Irresistible shortbreads, florentines, spritzes, and biscottichoose from Chocolate Chip Strips, Hazelnut Crisps, Glazed Lemon Cookies, Cappuccino Shortbread Sails, and Orange Walnut Mandelbrot.

CHAPTER 5
Cakey Cookies

Half Moons, Sacher Tortes, Maple Softies, Carrot Cake Cookieslovely glazed and frosted mini-cakes, so good and so celebratory.

CHAPTER 6
Sandwiched Together

The ultimate culinary inventiontwo cookies held together by a luscious filling. Some favorites to bake are Boston Cream Pies, Little Princesses, Pumpkin Whoopee Pies, and Peanut Butter Sandwiches.

CHAPTER 7
The Bar Crowd

Twelve different kinds of heavenly brownies, plus Chocolate Linzer Bars, Gooey Butter Bars, Cranberry Walnut Squares, Tropical Macadamia Bars, and more.

CHAPTER 8
Tidbits

Turnovers, muffins, tartlets, and cupcakes, all in miniature and all in the cookie family. Almond Raspberry Gems, Coconut Fluff Babycakes, M-M-M-Madeleines, and Mini-Eclairs, are just a few of the treats in this chapter.

CHAPTER 9
Holiday Cookies

Almost any cookie can be a holiday cookie, but these classics include: Gingerbread People, Butter Wreaths, Mini Fruit Cakes, and Poppyseed Hamantaschen.

Theres no getting around it: I love cookies. We go back a long way, after all, since I first made their acquaintance by way of a zweiback that my mother stuck in my eager hands around the time I got my first tooth. I like to think it was more than mere instinct that led me to insert it directly into my mouth and gum away to my hearts content, knowing with baby certainty that here was a thing of glory.

Call it a knowledge bred in the bone, or maybe an omen that one day I would switch from living for cookies to making my living from cookies. Its a big burden to put on a little cookie, I know, but the memory of zweibacks combination of crunch and light sweetness came flooding back when I became a professional baker years later, and it stayed with me as I opened each Rosies Bakery, reminding me that there are few things in this world more deeply satisfying than a really good cookie.