Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book

Shortcut baking can be easy and sophisticated - for novices, experts, and everyone in between!More than 800 quick and delicious recipes from the winner of The Food Network's Ultimate Recipe Showdown-including the $25,000 winning recipe!Beginning with a box of cake mix, brownie mix, refrigerated cookie dough-or opting for an equally easy no-bake cookie-is not only easier than pie, but also leads to sweet success time and time again.Home bakers have always taken advantage of newly available shortcuts, whether in the form of pre-shelled and chopped nuts, shredded coconut, measured sticks of butter, or the uniform bits of chocolate we know so well as 'chips.' Making quick, easy, and delicious desserts using store-bought mixes and other shortcuts is not about abandoning traditional cookie and dessert recipes, but about celebrating a host of new options.Each recipe in this collection has been streamlined for easy, everyday baking-if you can wield a wooden spoon, you have all the skills necessary to start turning out any of these mouth-watering treats.Go from Humble Beginnings to Scrumptious Endings With These Clever Shortcuts:A roll of refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough becomes Decadent Chocolate-Dipped Toffee ChippersStart with applesauce and a package of devil's food cake mix to make Devil's Food Whoopies with Cocoa Fluff FillingWith quick-cooking oats, a few minutes, and no oven, you can make German Chocolate CookiesStart with fresh pears and a package of vanilla cake mix to make Fresh Pear Cookies with Browned Butter IcingA package of spice cake mix becomes Chai Spice CookiesWith miniature candy bars and a roll of refrigerated sugar cookie dough, you can make Candy Bar Cookie PopsUsing a package of brownie mix you can wow your guests with Bananas Foster Chocolate Upside Down CakeAnd over 800 others...including the Food Network's Ultimate Recipe Showdown $25,000-winning cookie recipe!