Traditions of Home: Cookies and Muffins

Greg Turko is a policy analyst at the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and
Universities.

There is a school of thought that maintains you can’t have too many
cookie or muffin recipes. If you are an adherent or a potential convert
to this ideology, then this is a cookbook for you.

Traditions of Home is a comfort-food cookbook. Most of the recipes call
for ingredients found in most kitchens or local grocery stores. Many of
the recipes include interesting substitutes or variations for greater
selection. The techniques are, generally, straightforward and
uncomplicated. Some of the cookie recipes include frosting or similar
embellishments for the consumer with a demanding sweet tooth.

Both the muffin and the cookie sections contain fibre-based recipes for
those who are health conscious or, at least, who have a well-developed
sense of guilt about what they are eating. In the world of cookie
baking, however, “health food” is a relative term; for example, one
of the “fibre recipes” is for Smarties Cookies—smart eating
becomes Smarties eating.

This colorful, well-designed, and useful cookbook is ideally suited for
those who find baking a pleasant, rewarding, and relaxing pursuit.