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: Beautiful photos; great flavors
Cons: Mistakes; too many very exotic ingredients; too much time and effort; did I mention the mistakes?
Rating: 2 out of 5

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Pros: Photography, recipes, advice, table of contents, layout, everything…
Cons: Nothing!
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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Pros: Apple pie! Yummy recipes; lots of helpful information; some decidedly different ideas
Cons: A few confusing directions; inability to find all the cool apple varieties
Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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Pros: Cheesecake! Wide variety of flavors and styles, with delicious results; simple directions
Cons: Needed a better editor; no photos; odd organizational scheme
Rating: 4 out of 5

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Pros: Lots of recipes for all kinds of cookies
Cons: Misleading and incorrect photos; lots of recipes with problems
Rating: 2 out of 5

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Pros: Exquisite; easy; delicious; unusual; adventurous; nifty informational tidbits; beautiful photos
Cons: FATTENING; too adventuresome for some
Rating: 5 out of 5
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