Cookbook Review: Sprinkles! Recipes and Ideas for Rainbowlicious Desserts, Homemade Gingersnap Cookie Butter AND a GIVEAWAY! Recipe
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When Quirk Books contacted me and asked if I was interested in reviewing the cookbook, Sprinkles! Recipes and Ideas for Rainbowlicious Desserts I couldn't imagine how there could be an entire cookbook devoted to sprinkles! I mean...sprinkles? Sure they are fun and whimsical...but a whole book??
Boy was I surprised when the book arrived. (Disclaimer: I received this cookbook for free to review from the publisher. The thoughts and opinions expressed in this post are entirely mine and I have not received payment for them.)
Sprinkles! Recipes and Ideas for Rainbowlicious Desserts by Jackie Alpers is a delightful paperback book with 144 pages of wonderful recipes and recipe ideas, as well as a tutorial on sprinkles…
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