What puts the snap in gingersnaps? How do you bake the perfect pinwheel? What's the secret to foolproof friands? Discover these answers and more with Field Guide to Cookies a handy pocket reference to more than 100 cookie recipes complete with helpful baking notes and fascinating historical trivia (the first known brownie recipe was published in the 1897 Sears Roebuck catalog!).

Field Guide to Cookies includes traditional favorites and exotic treats from all over the world--everything from spritzgeback to madelines. Each cookie is photographed in glorious full color with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare bake serve and store your creations. With Field Guide to Cookies in your pantry delicious home-baked confections are just minutes away!