Betty Crocker's Cooky Book
by Betty Crocker Editors, Eric Mulvany
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Book Reviews of Betty Crocker's Cooky Book
Book Review: Tins filled with cookies'.
Summary: 5 Stars
Each year at Christmas my grandmother would take out about 20 (it seemed) cookie tins and bake until each and every one of those tins were filled with cookies during the winter months and especially near Christmas.
This is also the "cooky" book we had as children. I fondly remember spending hours just looking through this book and wishing the cookies I wanted to make would magically appear on a plate. Soon, I was old enough to cook the Peanut butter Cookies, Russian Teacakes and Candy Cane Cookies. My favorite page as a child was page 56. A page filled with storybook cookies. Painted and iced sugar cookies.
The contents include:
Drop, Bar, Refrigerator, Rolled, Pressed and Molded Cookies.
Holiday Cookies for Valentine's Day, St. Patricks's Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas.
Cookies for Children, Lunchbox treats, Cookies that will travel, Heritage cookies, Cookies for Special Diets.
Brownies, Date Bars, Ginger Cookies, Cookies made from mixes
Teatime Cookies, Cookies for a Crowd, Confections
Best Cookies
In this cookbook, they say you can use either the traditional or the sifting method. We always used the traditional dip and sweep method for measuring the flour. Then, on the next page they explain why your cookie dough might be too soft. I've always found this rather amusing, since you see...if you use the sifting method, you will possibly not have enough flour, at least in my mind. Most cookbooks say to use one OR the
other method.
Some of the cookies you might enjoy:
Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies
Butterscotch Brownies
Holiday Spritz
Snickerdoodles
Christmas Bells
Cream Wafers
Nougat Bars
Definitely a collectable Betty Crocker Cookbook.
~The Rebecca Review
Book Review: Wonderful nostalgia trip, but recipes could be better!
Summary: 3 Stars
I grew up in the era that used this cookbook, so it is a real treat just to sit down and browse through this book. I love the way old cookbooks are worded and illustrated; it was definitely a simpler time.
Despite my enjoyment of this book I have yet to make any of these cookies, and I probably won't make them as written because of one very fatal flaw: the vast majority of them call for shortening (Crisco) instead of butter. Being a fat, shortening carries the flavor of other ingredients but does not bring any flavor to the recipe (See for yourself: taste Crisco, then taste butter. Which do you think will make the better-tasting cookie?). I have no doubt that the recipes in this book will bake up pretty much they way they should since it's far easier to get good results with shortening than with butter, but they will be on the bland side. However, in a lot of recipes you can't merely substitute butter for Crisco, since they have different percentages of fat.
Don't get me wrong--I enjoy reading this book, and I realize that nobody wants his or her nostalgia tampered with. Of course these recipes will give you exactly what you remember, but if you want your cookies to be more than just a trip down memory lane there are better books out there. Allow me to recommend one book that delivers the goods: The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion. You will get great-tasting cookies and will be given loads of invaluable tips on the science of cookie baking so you won't get anymore failed or bland cookies.
Book Review: Pure Cookie Nostalgia
Summary: 5 Stars
Betty Crocker's classic "Cooky Book," originally published in 1963, is back and I for one am glad. If you are a child of the 60s or 70s and your mom made cookies, there's a good chance she used Betty's "Cooky Book" as her cookie baking resource.
Just opening this red covered spiral bound book is a delightful trip down memory lane. It's full of all kinds of old-fashioned cookie recipes, photographs, and illustrations, just as they originally appeared back in 1963. If you are interested in recreating the cookies you grew up eating or creating new cookie baking memories for yourself, this is the book you want.
If you are new to cookie baking, you may need an experienced cookie baker to walk you through some of the common abbreviations and terms used in the book.
Topics covered include drop cookies, bar cookies, refrigerator cookies, rolled cookies, pressed, cookies, molded cookies, holiday cookies for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Christmas, Cookies for Children, Lunchbox Cookies, Cookies that Travel, Heritage Cookies, Cookies for Special Diets, Quick and Easy Cookies that use Mixes, Teatime Cookies, Cookies for a Crowd, and Confections.
The book concludes with several pages devoted to the most popular cookies of various eras from the past hundred plus years - my kind of history lesson!
This is a fun nostalgic book for all cookie bakers and cookbook collectors.
Book Review: a little update!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just received my book after ordering it shortly below my last review and I have to say I am not dissappointed. This is the best book out there with so many of the cherished recipes from the past. Lot's of the old German cookie favorites too that I had forgetton and aren't as popular anymore, at least not with their original names. I am impressed with the fact that it appears to be a reprint also and not a repackaged and changed newer book. I love the recipes in their original form, the pictures as I remember them with the old dated wallpaper in them(I did not have this books, but there were similar pics in my mom's '69 red and white BC book):-) The cookies aren't perfect like today's magazines, but they are as they come out which makes you feel better when yours come out the same as the books. Why even the historical recollections in the book were as they would have been in 1963(the history section and favorite cookie only goes up until 1962). It truly is as if time stood still. I like the reprint so much because I know the recipes are untouched and original. Well, I am off to make a list now of what we will be baking just for Christmas so I can get some supplies. I can't tell you all how giddy I am--Anyone who wishes to relive their past and remembers this book, or the recipes in it, it is money well spent, even if you only plan to flip through it and stroll down memory lane.
Book Review: A Must-Have for every kitchen-history, instruction and great recipies!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a MUST-HAVE cookbook for every kitchen. I have an original copy that is falling apart. When I got married, my mom bought me the newer Cookie Book by Betty Crocker and I was so disappointed. The book was updated with healthier recipies, they removed the history section, and for me, removed all the fun. I found a copy at a flea market for $2.50 and was overjoyed! It's now tattered, torn and stained... I couldn't be happier to see this reprinted in it's original spiral-bound form! When I first saw the reprint, I bought all the copies they had on the shelf as gifts. Not enough for me to keep one, sadly. SO, I'm now treating myself to a new copy and will retire my original treasure.
My favorites include Mary's Sugar Cookies - made with powdered sugar rather than granulated sugar. DELISH! Make the Egg Yolk paint and make it an art project for your kids - or make some beautiful, personalized cookies for a bake sale (sold out at our school fundraiser and we were able to charge an outrageous amount for them). Much better than frosting cookies in my opinion.
Toffee Squares, Russian Teacakes, Snickerdoodles, Chocolate Crinkles, Merry Maker Cookies, Lemon Bars, Lemon Cheese Pressed Cookies, Rosettes - the list goes on and on.
Treat yourself (and those who can sneak cookies out of your kitchen) - you won't be disappointed.