Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars

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You can be a world-class cookie baker, making perfect-every-time cookies that everyone loves. It's not a crazy idea at all, with Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars as your guide. Author Dorothy Kern is one of the most trusted and widely read baking bloggers on Earth—and with good reason. Her tested-to-perfection recipes are easy to make, scrumptiously delicious, and full of creative new flavor ideas. In these pages, she serves up more than 85 recipes, each with its own color photo. Dorothy shows you how to make cookies in batches big or small and offers expert tips on how to store them so they stay fresh for a long time. What's more, she guides you in taking your cookie skills in new directions, into the delectable world of brownies (lots of different kinds of brownies!), blondies, shortbreads, shortcakes, cookie cakes, and more. Her book includes cookies that range from traditional favorites to all-new concepts • Seriously the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies • Trail Mix Oatmeal Cookies • Raspberry Almond Spirals • Nana's Drop Sugar Cookies • Orange Dream Cookies • Chocolate Peanut Butter Potato Chip Cookies Beyond the cookies, you'll love the recipes for • Brown Butter Pecan Blondies • Apple Shortbread Bars • Caramel Crunch Bars • Bacon and Caramel Brownies • Vanilla Lovers' White Chocolate Brownies • Fruit Tart Cookie Cups • Birthday Cookie Cake ...among tons of other delicious crowd-pleasers. Your family and friends will be thrilled with the results—and so will you. It's the definitive book on cookies—and so much fun to use! Introduction: Let’s Get Crazy About Cookies Know Your Key Ingredients Tools for Successful Baking Storing and Freezing Tips The Seven Rules for Successful Cookie Baking Chapter 1 Cookie Jar Favorites Seriously the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Banana Nut Cookies Toffee Chippers Coconut Cornflake Cookies Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Nana’s Drop Sugar Cookies Trail Mix Oatmeal Cookies Mel’s Peanut Butter Lovers’ Cookies Peanut Butter Chip Chocolate Cookies Sprinkle Cookies The Great Pumpkin Cookie Recipe Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies Almond Joy Macaroons Molasses Cookies Tuxedo Cookies Chapter 2 Brownies Fudgiest Brownies Ever Vanilla Lovers’ White Chocolate Brownies Oreo Truffle Brownies Mint Chip Brownies Peanut Butter Stuffed Brownies Death by Chocolate Brownies Bacon and Caramel Brownies Mocha Brownies Macadamia Nut Brownies Nutella Brownies Zucchini Brownies Chapter 3 Blondies and Bars Brown Butter Pecan Blondies Cinnamon Blondies Bake Sale Blondies White Chocolate Lemonies Triple Decker Cookie Bars Peanut Butter Patty Bars Peanut Butter Magic Bars Caramel Oatmeal Cookie Bars Margarita Bars Chocolate Chip Cookie Gooey Bars Chocolate Chip Shortbread Bars Blueberry Lemon Bars Apple Shortbread Bars Chapter 4 Cookie Cakes, Skillet Bakes, and Cups—Oh My! Birthday Cookie Cake Three-Layer Cookie Cake Sugar Cookie Cake Fruit Tart Cookie Cups Chocolate Lovers’ Cookie Cups Piñata Cookie Cups Strawberry Shortcake Cups Skillet Brownie for Two Brookie Skillet Chapter 5 Crazy Cookies Dark Chocolate Espresso Cookies Orange Dream Cookies Chocolate Peanut Butter Potato Chip Cookies Ice Cream Cookies Mochadoodles Salted Butterscotch Cookies Cookies ’n’ Cream Red Velvet Cookies Giant M&M Cookie Lime in the Coconut Cookies Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies Raspberry Almond Spirals Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles Slice and Bake Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Churro Cookies Fruity Pebble Cookies Chapter 6 Stuffed and Sandwiched Chocolate Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies Chocolate Caramel Pecan Cookies Giant Stuffed Nutella Cookie Lemon Poppyseed Thumbprints Salted Caramel Ginger Sandwiches Cookies2 Peanut Butter Thumbprints PB&J Sandwich Cookies Stuffed Carrot Cake Cookies Birthday Cake Sandwich Cookies Chapter 7 No Oven, No Problem: No-Bake Cookies and Bars Haystack Cookies Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars Ultimate Peanut Butter Bars Biscoff Oatmeal No-Bakes Caramel Crunch Bars Sugar Cookie Bites Cookies ’n’ Cream Mud Bars Amaretto Bites Nutty Slice and No-Bake Cookies Chapter 8 For Man’s Best Friend: Dog Cookies for Your BFF Ginger’s Gingerbread Cookies Abby’s Favorite Vanilla Cookies Pumpkin Dog Cookies Acknowledgments About the Author Index