• Eat Your Books

  2002 James Beard Award Nominee

• Manderson on January 30, 2010

  I have made at least half the cookies and bars in this book and all have been incredible! The most reliable baking book I have.

• Jane on May 01, 2009

  I love this book - if you are into cookies (and if you aren't, then you're not a friend of mine) then this is a book you have to own.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Best-ever snickerdoodles

  • LaurenB on January 16, 2021

    Love these, always come back to them after other disappointing recipes

  • Aggie92 on December 11, 2023

    These taste amazing, just like old-fashioned snickerdoodles should. But mine spread A LOT and were as flat as pancakes. I even chilled the dough for a few hours and still made flat cookies. Who knows what went wrong? Regardless, I will try these again and see what I can do to make nice looking cookies because these are worth the calories.

  • fultre on May 04, 2024

    This is one of my favorite snickerdoodle recipes, great flavor and texture. However, they spread and are very flat for me, as well.

• Not Neiman Marcus's chocolate chip cookies

  • radishseed on April 24, 2013

    I'm not sure why, but I don't like these much. Maybe they need cinnamon?

• White chocolate-macadamia nut cookies

  • Aggie92 on September 01, 2010

    too greasy

• Death-by-chocolate white chocolate chip cookies

  • Jane on May 01, 2009

    These are the cookies I make more than any other. They have a great texture (if you like your cookies more cakey than crisp).

• Double-chocolate cranberry cookies

  • Jane on November 25, 2011

    Really delicious cookies. I made them with dried cherries as that is what I had but I think since they soak in kirsch they would probably be better than cranberries. I made half the dough with 15 mins firming up in the freezer as I didn't have time for the 90 mins in the fridge. They were easy to scoop and the texture of the finished cookie was good. The other half I baked the next day after an overnight in the fridge. The dough was too firm, so should soften up first and the finished cookie was a little too gooey, even with the full suggested 11 mins baking. So if your dough is very cold I would add another min or two to the baking time.

• Orange-tangerine coolers

  • rosyannposy on December 18, 2023

    Good cookie, not very exciting. They improved, both texture and flavor after a few days. Could not taste the coriander so if I do make again I would increase that.

• German chocolate coconut-pecan cookies

  • Aggie92 on September 01, 2010

    So yummy! These are a house favorite.

• Chewy coconut wafers

  • fultre on June 18, 2022

    Lovely homey cookies with great chewy texture, and buttery, oat-y coconut flavor. Will double the recipe next time, I only got 14 cookies using standard scoop. No sticking using Silpat, cooked for 12 minutes.

• Ginger-spice crinkles

  • Aggie92 on December 11, 2023

    Nice spice flavor with just a hint of molasses. Omitted the orange zest and accidentally used a full teaspoon of cinnamon. Really good for the Christmas cookie season!

  • lisari on December 29, 2024

    We loved these! Great texture & flavor. Held their shape better after I stuck the dough balls in the freezer for a few minutes before baking.