{"id":5375,"date":"2016-09-26T06:54:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T12:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/?p=5375"},"modified":"2025-12-18T09:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:41:04","slug":"250-cookbooks-bakers-book-of-chocolate-riches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/?p=5375","title":{"rendered":"250 Cookbooks: Baker\u2019s Book of Chocolate Riches"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/cooking.pfeist.net\/?p=5394<\/a>Cookbook #175:<\/strong> Baker\u2019s Book of Chocolate Riches<\/em>, General Foods Corporation, Golden Press, NY, 1983 (second printing, 1985).
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\"Baker's<\/p>\n

I have three Baker’s cookbooks on my shelves. In blog post #118, I enjoyed looking through the 1932 one, Baker’s Best Chocolate Recipes<\/a>, largely because it is so old. My other Baker’s cookbook is Baker\u2019s Chocolate and Coconut Favorites<\/a>, 1977.<\/p>\n

I once tried the brownie recipe in this 1985 Baker\u2019s Book of Chocolate Riches<\/em>, and the recipe is exactly the same as the 1932 version! Good recipes hold up for years.<\/p>\n

\"Fudgy<\/p>\n

This 1985 Baker\u2019s Book of Chocolate Riches<\/em> is definitely a cookbook I will keep. I know that each cookie, pie, cake or dessert recipe would cook up great. It’s one of my go-to books for when I need a good dollop of chocolate.<\/p>\n

For this blog, I decide to make Crackle-Top Cookies. I’ll keep a few at home, but take most to a potluck meeting I have tonight. (Along with a bottle of wine, what is better than chocolate and wine!)<\/p>\n

\"Crackle-TopThis recipe is very similar to my recipe for Chocolate Chews<\/a>. The differences are that this recipe has less flour, adds cinnamon, uses brown sugar instead of white, and has more nuts. Plus the baking time: these are cooked 20 minutes instead of 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

Crackle Top Cookies<\/strong><\/a>
makes about 5 dozen<\/em><\/p>\n