The Southern Cookie Book by Southern Living Editors

  • Lemon meltaways

    Lemon meltaways (page 23)

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Spring; Summer; American South
    • Ingredients: butter; confectioner's sugar; lemons; all-purpose flour; cornstarch
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  • Chunky cherry-double chip cookies

    • hillsboroks on October 23, 2018

      The dried cherries and two kinds of chocolate take this chocolate chip cookie to the top of my favorite chocolate chip cookie list. My cherries (from Costco) seemed rather large so after soaking them I chopped them up a bit to make sure there would be cherry pieces in each cookie. Next time I will just cut them in half and double the amount of cherries called for.

  • Hummingbird oatmeal cookies

    • hillsboroks on November 14, 2018

      Yes, you can have a Hummingbird cake in a cookie. These cookies are fun and except for all the chopping of ingredients easy to make. Plus they look impressive when you are done, truly a cookie to impress your guests. I thought the frosting looked about the right consistency without the added cream so I left it out. Next time I will not chop the pineapple so fine and leave about the size of raisins so you can really notice it.

  • Easiest peanut butter cookies

    • whitewoods on December 20, 2018

      I haven't made peanut-butter cookies in years, but these were very good and easy to make. Only four ingredients. Also, there's no flour.

  • Blackberry-peach cobbler bars

    • Dionysiaca on September 07, 2021

      I didn't love this; the topping is very lean...

  • Lemon-cheesecake bars

    • ashallen on May 19, 2022

      These are very good, particularly given that they're made with cottage cheese (I used full fat) and have less fat than bars made with cream cheese. Good strong lemon flavor and a firm crust that stored well over a few days. The ground mace in the crust was a nice extra flavor. The cheese filling is thickened with a small amount of flour and therefore isn't as smooth as some other cheese fillings I've had, but it's not super-noticeable when eaten in combination with the crust. I used butter instead of vegetable spray on my aluminum baking pan and the crust stuck a bit so next time I'll use spray or will line the pan with foil.

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  • Cookbook Junkies by Jenny Hartin

    What is better than a book on cookie baking - a book on Southern cookies!

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  • ISBN 10 0848747003
  • ISBN 13 9780848747008
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  • Published Apr 12 2016
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 288
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Oxmoor House

Publishers Text

The world loves cookies. The English have their biscuits, Germans their keks, and Italians love to dunk biscotti or amaretti into whatever they might be sipping. While the affinity for cookies is universal, distinctions abound. The cookies of the South are no exception. Now, the editors of Southern Living magazine and the revered Southern Living Test Kitchen bring you an all-new book filled with our favorite treat. Just like The Southern Cake Book and The Southern Pie Book, the two previous bestselling books in the series, The Southern Cookie Book imbues a distinctly Southern mindset and flavor to creating and enjoying these treats that can be enjoyed with family, created for special events, or shared with friends and neighbors.

There are over 120 tried-and-true recipes that run the gamut of cookies, bars, and confections, with mouthwatering photographs to match each recipe. You'll master classic recipes including Linzer Cookies, Tea Cakes, and Snickerdoodles, as well as venture into new territory with Cherry Pistachio Bark, Peppermint Wedding Cookies, and Bourbon Pecan Gingerbread Cookies. What makes these treats stand out most is their "Southern-ness." Each recipe contains great Southern flavor, ingredients and themes, while many are of Southern origin. The book also includes 10 Tips for "Cookie Rookies," Recipe and Equipment Basics, tips for decorating, and much more.

Whether you're an experienced baker, but were lacking the one book that would bring your cookie game to a master level, or just learning the ins-and-outs of baking, The Southern Cookie Book will have you creating delicious treats to enjoy and share in no time flat!

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