Book excerpt: From an iconic lifestyle brand, “an exceptionally useful baking reference” with recipes for heirloom, traditional and international cookies—with photos. (Booklist) What's tasty and tempting enough to follow Good Housekeeping's Test Kitchen Cookbook? Yummy cookies and brownies! This superlative collection straight from the magazine's famed Test Kitchen features 250 of the most luscious recipes ever created, all triple tested and tasted and guaranteed to work in any conventional oven with any brand of ingredients, no matter what. You’ll find chapters on cookie-jar favorites, easy-to-shape cookies, brownies, blondies and bars, health-conscious cookies, and holiday cookies, along with baking advice, tips, and essential techniques from the Test Kitchen pros, handy charts outlining baking substitutions and pan volumes, along with irresistible photos and links to 20 cookie-making videos.