I recently got my hands on a copy of Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies by Alice Medrich
Oh. My. WORD. YUM!!!! This book has everything and then some! LOVE!!
The book is organized into textures, which I found interesting. She even offers wheat-free and dairy-free indexes, which I appreciated when making cookies for a gluten-free friend. I loved her new spins on classic recipes including chocolate-chip cookies and brownies (Her chocolate-chip recipe is TO DIE FOR. You will never ever even consider using the recipe on the back of the chip bag again). She even includes a list of 2-point treats for Weight Watchers! Love this! (Because then you can eat more cookies, right?)
The recipes are easy to follow, with great tips and tricks of the trade. And with 387 pages, you can pretty much guarentee you will find any cookie recipe you could possibly ever need.
This is an absolute treasury of cookie recipes. I can't imagine ever needing another cookie book. This would make a terrific gift - perhaps wrapped up with a cookie sheet or two - and would be treasured by any foodie on your list.
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Melissa is a work at home mom to 3 adorable, active kids outside Philadelphia. She is founding editor of Thoroughly Modern Mommies and can also be found talking fashion daily at b*Stylish, and dishing about family life on her personal blog, Girlymama. Find her on twitter as @girlymamamel.
disclosure: we received samples to facilitate this post. we were not compensated financially for this post and, as always, all opinions are ours.
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