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I had heard about this book for years but it is out of print and even the local librarys copy had disappeared long ago

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They are way harder to make than american cookies

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In this book there are many dozens of cookies all very different in look and taste yet all are based on only 7 basic recipes

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With minor alterations in forming and flavors you get a totally different cookie from the same recipe

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The seven types are creamed sugar and butter meringue almond paste sponge cake tuiles pâte sucrée and puff pastry yes the authors expect you to make your own

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You will also need a substantial collection of unusual and specialty baking pans which are hard to find if you can find them at all

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In the chapter on pâte sucrée one is instructed to use the smear method of dough it specifies ammonium carbonate and not baking soda and it states that if the temperature is above 75 you can not do these recipes the same author remark applies to the chapter on puff pastry

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Here for example you will find a complete explanation of the brief and inadequate procedures of tempering chocolate in the recipes