Pros: Delicious, healthy, easy-to-make muffins of all varieties
Cons: They seem to need butter to make them taste good, which negates some of the healthiness
Rating: 4 out of 5

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Pros: Easy recipes, inexpensive and easy-to-find ingredients, VERY well kitchen-tested, DELICIOUS!
Cons: Your weight, after you start using this cookbook…
Rating: 5 out of 5

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Pros: The most luscious cakes you’ll ever taste; my favorite icing ever; detailed, precise directions; gorgeous photos
Cons: A couple of the icings are those high-butter concoctions I loathe, but that’s about it!
Rating: 5 out of 5

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Pros: Fabulous chocolate; author has diabolical connections; precise, detailed directions; beautiful photos
Cons: So much for my diet; author has diabolical connections
Rating: 5 out of 5

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Pros: Delicious results; gorgeous photos; clean layout; great selection of recipes; fairly simple recipes
Cons: One or two slightly “off” directions
Rating: 4 out of 5

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Pros: Lots and lots of cookies
Cons: Layout not so great; sense of humor that makes me wince in places
Rating: 4 out of 5

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Pros: Great flavor; lots of well-made standards; a few innovations
Cons: Poor layout; rampant cuteness; mostly standard recipes
Rating: 4 out of 5

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Pros: Easy recipes; easy-to-find ingredients; zillions of recipes for all occasions
Cons: None
Rating: 5 out of 5

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Pros: Yummy recipes; easy
Cons: Some structural problems; entire sticks of butter
Rating: 4 out of 5

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Pros: Velvety cakes
Cons: Too-buttery icing
Rating: 4 out of 5

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