Introduction | 9 |
Let's Get Baking! | 11 |
Freshman Cookies |
The Best Drop Cookies | 15 |
Anything-but-Basic Chocolate Chip Cookies | 17 |
Soft and Chewy | 17 |
Thin and Crispy | 18 |
Thick and Cakey | 21 |
Not-Your-Grandma's Oatmeal Cookies | 22 |
Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies | 22 |
Malted Oatmeal Cookies | 25 |
Your New Favorite Sugar Cookies | 26 |
Pillowy Soft Peanut Butter Cookies | 29 |
Melt-in-Your-Mouth Sour Cream Cookies | 30 |
Ultimate Brownie Cookies | 33 |
Brown Butter Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies | 34 |
Brown Butter Crinkle Cookies | 37 |
Apple Butter Snickerdoodles | 38 |
Banana Bread Cookies | 41 |
Blueberry Muffin Cookies | 42 |
Coffee Cake Cookies | 45 |
Traditional Pryaniki | 46 |
Sophomore Cookies |
Rolled and Shaped | 49 |
Unlimited Thumbprint Cookies | 51 |
Chocolate Pecan Pie Thumbprints | 51 |
Blueberry Cheesecake Thumbprints | 53 |
Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprints | 57 |
Buttery Shortbread | 58 |
Chocolate Shortbread | 61 |
Banana Shortbread | 62 |
Better-Than-Store-Bought Vanilla Wafers | 65 |
Chocolate and Vanilla Amaretti | 66 |
Red Velvet Amaretti | 69 |
Rolled-Out Sugar Cookies | 70 |
Cinnamon Roll Cookies | 73 |
Lemony Spritz Cookies | 74 |
Lovely Ladyfingers | 77 |
The Greatest Gingerbread | 78 |
Birthday Girl Snowball Cookies | 81 |
Perfectly Spiced Speculoos Cookies | 82 |
Vanilla Biscotti | 85 |
Brownie Biscotti | 86 |
Gingerbread Biscotti | 89 |
Junior Cookies |
Sandwiched and Stuffed | 91 |
Gotta Have Brown Butter Brownie-Stuffed Cookies | 93 |
Chocoholic's Chocolate Hazelnut-Stuffed Chocolate Snickerdoodles | 95 |
Magical Peanut Butter S'mores | 99 |
Mocha Cookies for Coffee Lovers | 100 |
Milk's Favorite Cookie-Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies | 103 |
Better-Than-Store-Bought Double Chocolate Sandwich Cookies | 104 |
The Best Caramel-Stuffed Brown Butter Pumpkin Cookies | 107 |
Incredible Gingerbread Cookies with Maple Mascarpone | 110 |
Sweetheart Red Velvet Sandwiches | 113 |
Carrot Cake Cookies | 114 |
Schooltime Peanut Butter and Jelly Linzers | 117 |
Pumpkin Chai Snickerdoodle Sandwiches | 118 |
Apple Pie Cookies | 119 |
Swoon-Worthy Fig and Date Newtons | 123 |
Senior Cookies |
Advanced and Technical Cookies | 125 |
Chocolate Tuile Cigars | 127 |
Make-Your-Own Fortune Cookies | 128 |
Totally Orange Almond Lace Cookies | 131 |
Mouthwatering Stroopwafels | 132 |
Autumn-Spiced Palmiers | 135 |
Light-as-a-Cloud Meringue Cookies | 138 |
Fruit-Swirled Meringue Cookies | 138 |
Strawberry-Covered Chocolate Kisses | 141 |
Mastering Macarons | 143 |
French Macarons | 144 |
Boston Cream Pie Macarons | 144 |
Raspberry Cheesecake Macarons | 149 |
Swiss Macarons | 151 |
Pink Lemonade Macarons | 151 |
Chocolate Peanut Butter Macarons | 155 |
Macaron Troubleshooting | 159 |
Acknowledgments | 161 |
About the Author | 161 |
Index | 163 |