Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More by Maida Heatter

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  • Positively-the-absolutely-best-chocolate-chip cookies (page 26)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; American
    • Ingredients: butter; eggs; all-purpose flour; walnuts; dark chocolate
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  • Chocolate and peanut butter ripples (page 29)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: unsweetened chocolate; butter; eggs; unbleached all-purpose flour; peanut butter
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  • Brownie cookies (page 31)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Quick / easy; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: unsweetened chocolate; dark chocolate; butter; sugar; eggs; all-purpose flour; walnuts
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  • Candy cookies (page 32)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Quick / easy; Afternoon tea; American
    • Ingredients: Heath candy bars; butter; eggs; all-purpose flour; walnuts
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  • Mrs. L.B.J.’s moonrocks (page 34)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Quick / easy; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; ground cloves; ground cinnamon; ground allspice; nutmeg; butter; sugar; eggs; dark corn syrup; shredded coconut; raisins; dates; walnuts
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  • Praline wafers (page 36)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; Cajun & Creole
    • Ingredients: light brown sugar; vanilla extract; eggs; pecans
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  • Giant ginger cookies (page 37)

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; American
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; ground cinnamon; ground ginger; ground cloves; mustard powder; butter; instant coffee powder; sugar; molasses; eggs; currants
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  • Old-fashioned jumbo lemon wafers (page 39)

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; American
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; mace; butter; lemon extract; eggs; egg yolks; lemons; coarse sugar
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  • The farmer’s wife’s pecan cookies (page 41)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; American South
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; butter; light brown sugar; eggs; pecans
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  • Pumpkin rocks (page 43)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Frostings & fillings; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; ground cinnamon; nutmeg; ground ginger; ground cloves; ground allspice; butter; granulated sugar; eggs; canned pumpkin purée; walnuts; confectioner's sugar; raisins
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  • Coconut Grove cookies (page 44)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; American
    • Ingredients: cake flour; dark chocolate; butter; instant coffee powder; eggs; granulated sugar; almond extract; shredded coconut
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  • Blind date cookies (page 47)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Frostings & fillings; Afternoon tea; American
    • Ingredients: dates; walnuts; all-purpose flour; eggs; sour cream; butter; confectioner's sugar
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  • Norman Rockwell’s oatmeal wafers (page 49)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; American
    • Ingredients: butter; old-fashioned oats; walnuts; eggs; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Oatmeal molasses cookies (page 50)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; ground cinnamon; ground ginger; butter; sugar; molasses; eggs; old-fashioned oats; shredded coconut; walnuts
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  • Vanilla butter wafers (page 51)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Quick / easy; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: butter; vanilla extract; eggs; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Cookie kisses (page 53)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; American
    • Ingredients: Hershey's Chocolate Kisses; all-purpose flour; granulated sugar; eggs; butter; peanut butter
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  • Savannah chocolate chewies (page 56)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; American South
    • Ingredients: pecans; confectioner's sugar; Dutch-process cocoa powder; instant coffee powder; egg whites
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  • 24-karat cookies (page 58)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; butter; eggs; honey; carrots; old-fashioned oats; raisins; walnuts
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  • Oatmeal snickerdoodles (page 60)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; American
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; ground cinnamon; butter; eggs; old-fashioned oats
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  • Pennsylvania squares (page 64)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Quick / easy; Dessert; American
    • Ingredients: butter; dark brown sugar; egg yolks; all-purpose flour; Hershey's milk chocolate bars; walnuts
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  • Florida lemon squares (page 67)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Dessert; American
    • Ingredients: unbleached all-purpose flour; unsweetened condensed milk; lemons; butter; dark brown sugar; old-fashioned oats
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  • Fig bars (page 70)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Dessert; Picnics & outdoors
    • Ingredients: dried figs; eggs; walnuts; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Johnny Appleseed squares (page 72)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Quick / easy; Dessert; Picnics & outdoors; American
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; ground cinnamon; nutmeg; quick-cooking oats; butter; eggs; pecans; cooking apples
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  • Polish wedding cakes (Mazurka) (page 74)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Dessert; Polish
    • Ingredients: dried apricots; all-purpose flour; dark brown sugar; butter; shredded coconut; old-fashioned oats; walnuts
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  • Charleston cheesecake bars (page 76)

    from Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More Cookies Are Magic by Maida Heatter

    • Categories: Brownies, slices & bars; Cheesecakes; Quick / easy; Dessert; Entertaining & parties; American South
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; ground cinnamon; butter; pecans; quick-cooking oats; lemons; cream cheese; eggs; sour cream
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  • Mrs. L.B.J.’s moonrocks

    • jenmacgregor18 on September 20, 2021

      These are delicious spice cookies that somewhat resemble a hermit in flavor. Nice and homey. Mine turned out soft and just a little crisp on the edges. I had reduced cloves to 1/2 tsp and subbed cane syrup for dark corn syrup. I wouldn't hesitate to use the full 1tsp of cloves next time. No one flavor dominated. It's a great combination.

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  • ISBN 10 0316460184
  • ISBN 13 9780316460187
  • Published Apr 07 2020
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 288
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Voracious

Publishers Text

Whether you are a chocolate chip or an old-fashioned gingersnap, this is the only cookie book you'll ever need -- from one of the best bakers of all time.

Maida Heatter is one of the most trusted and beloved cookbook authors of all time. Her recipes, each a modern classic, have inspired extraordinary bakers such as Dorie Greenspan, Christina Tosi, and Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman, whose foreword introduces the joy of Maida's cookies to a new generation.

Maida knew that cookies are the key to happiness, and she always kept them nearby: a fudgy, minty Palm Beach Brownie in her purse, neatly wrapped in cellophane, a batch of Absolutely-the-Positively-Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the freezer, or a box of delicate brandy snaps ready for an elegant gift.

Now, Cookies Are Magic collects nearly 100 of Maida's very best recipes from her "legendary" (New York Times) 50-year career-her crispiest, crunchiest, and most ooey-gooey cookies, bars, and more.

Developed for foolproof baking by anyone, each recipe is written with Maida's warm but no-nonsense instructions and carries her guarantee that it will work perfectly every time. Filled with classic sugar cookies, tart lemon bars, cookie kisses, and chocolate and peanut butter ripples, this is the only cookie book you will ever need.

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