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Art of the Cookie

Turn simple cookies into delicious masterpieces with this illustrated cookbook featuring more than forty delectable recipes and inspired decorating ideas.

A beautifully crafted cookie is a work of art. The Art of the Cookie is packed with delicious cookie recipes that combine fantastic flavor with visual appeal. Whether it's a cookie exchange, holiday gathering, or Mother's Day tea, these cookies will be a memorable addition to any occasion.

The Art of the Cookie begins with versatile roll-and-cut dough recipes, such as brown sugar cookies and gingerbread. These classic treats are then elevated with clever yet simple decorating ideas: vibrant vanilla-sugar flowers; alphabet shapes flooded with icing and sprinkled with colorful sugars; and petits fours stacked to resemble a miniature wedding cake.

There are also recipes that put a modern twist on more extravagant cookies such as sparkly macaroons; wreath-shaped sugar cookies baked with lemon and thyme. Decoration and filling ideas include icing ornaments and striped cookies that taste and look like peppermint sticks.

Shelly Kaldunski

Shelly Kaldunski is a Northern California-based food stylist, culinary teacher, and expert in all things sweet. As a pastry chef, Shelly worked in restaurants in San Francisco before becoming a food editor at Martha Stewart Living. She was the food stylist for and contributor to Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook and is the author of Sweet Scoops and Ice Pops.

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