Holiday Baking Made Easy – Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book

Posted by Danelle Ice at 1:22 pm

Dec 282009

I just went through the book The Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book by Camilla Saulsbury and can’t wait to share about this great time-saving treasury. A fan of baking (and especially holiday baking), you can imagine how thrilled I was to receive a new cookbook in the mail dedicated completely to quick and easy dessert baking!

The idea of The Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book cookbook: easy recipes great for any homemaker or aspiring baker who wants to turn out quality baked goods but is short on time. All 700+ recipes in the cookbook start with ingredients that are ready made to speed up the process.

There are really creative recipes in this collection, as well as tried and true recipes which you may have baked before. However, all the recipes are the quicker version which starts with a ready-made ingredient, such as refrigerated cookie dough, brownie mix, boxed cereal, or cake mix. Not having to mix up all the ingredients can help you to make up cookie batches quicker than ever!

What Could Be Improved

Everyone loves cookbooks with full-color pictures, because it’s nice to see a photo of the food you’ll be cooking from the recipe. The Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book only has 2 full color sections of photos, 1 in the middle and 1 at the end of the book.

About the Author

Camilla V. Saulsbury is an award winning food writer who has been published in both Better Homes and Gardens magazine and Southern Living magazine. Her recipes have also populated 9 of her other books, listed below.

Other books by this author include:

Enlightened Soups: More Than 135 Light, Healthy, Delicious and Beautiful Soups in 60 Minutes or Less
Puff Pastry Perfection: More Than 175 Recipes for Appetizers, Entrees and Sweets Made with Refrigerated Puff Pastry Dough
Enlightened Cakes: More Than 100 Decadently Light Layer Cakes, Bundt Cakes, Cupcakes, Cheesecakes, and More, All with Less Fat and Fewer Calories
Enlightened Chocolate: More Than 200 Decadently Light, Lowfat, and Inspired Recipes Using Dark Chocolate and Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Cookie Dough Delights: More Than 150 Foolproof Recipes for Cookies, Bars and Other Treats Made with Refrigerated Cookie Dough
No-bake Cookies: More Than 150 Fun, Easy & Delicious Recipes for Cookies, Bars, And Other Cool Treats Made Without Baking
Brownie Mix Bliss: More Than 175 Very Chocolate Recipes for Brownies, Bars, Cookies and Other Decadent Desserts Made with Boxed Brownie Mix
Cake Mix Cookies: More Than 175 Delectable Cookie Recipes That Begin With a Box of Cake Mix
Panna Cotta: Italy’s Elegant Custard Made Easy

The Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book:
745 Scrumptious Recipes That Start with Refrigerated Cookie Dough, Cake Mix, Brownie Mix, or Ready-to-Eat Cereal
by Camilla Saulsbury.
Publisher: Cumberland House
404 pages
Buy at Amazon for $16.49.

Where to Buy This Book

You can buy The Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book by Camilla Saulsbury at Amazon for only $16.49 plus free super saver shipping.

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Danelle Ice is a problogger and is the founder and editor of Home Ever After. She’s a married mom of three, a Purex Insider, mommy blogger for Oscar Mayer, and Walmart More Than 11 Moms. Also check out Danelle on Twitter at @HomeEverAfter.

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