In this tempting collection, Marie Simmons brings together 50 recipes for North America"s favorite kind of cookie-each one inventive enough for the most daring baker, yet simple enough to ensure the beginner perfect results. The most comprehensive book of bar cookie available, it includes all the traditional offerings, like brownies, hermits, fig bars, peanut-butter-chocolate bars and jam bars as well as delightfully sophisticated treats like: --Lemon Love Notes --Chocolate-Frosted Chocolate Espresso Bars --Toffee-Fudge Crunch Bars --White & Bittersweet Chocolate Chunk Bars