Rodale - 5 Classic Cookie Recipes, and a Baking-Gear Guide

"If cookie-making is on your agenda this week, try our holiday cookie recipes and peruse a chef's guide to cookie-making kitchen gear.

It's holiday cookie-baking time, and as we approach the final countdown to the festivities, you'll want to be ready with a bunch of great recipes and all the crucial kitchen equipment. We turned to Dan Guerrera of New York City's Downtown Cookie Co. to find out his recommended must-have tools for baking cookies at home. Says Guerrera, 'When buying things for the kitchen, the first thing I look for is practicality—does it work? If a piece of equipment does what I need it to do, and makes the cookies taste and look how I want, then I like it.'"
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