Book Club Tuesday: Small Batch Cookies

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Happy 2025! In starting the new year, I can’t help but look back on the old one and feel that it was personally both long and forgettable. Favourite activities like reviewing or baking slipped away and, by the time what I affectionately think of as “Cookie Season” came around, I had lost the gumption to even think about, let alone bake any cookie boxes. Talking it over with a friend, she encouraged me to, at the very least, bake something for myself. I had promised my daughter that we would be baking together, and what my friend suggested ended up giving me a different perspective on Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Small Batch Cookies”

Book Club Tuesday: Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book

From the response I recently received on an Instagram post dedicated to Christmas cookie boxes, and how I felt that these boxes are the embodiment of pure joy, I’d say that everyone loves a good cookie. Home baked cookies are such a treat because it feels special when someone has baked just for you (or, at least, this is how I hope people feel when I give them a box full of cookies!). I love baking and, cookies are the perfect thing to share. Unlike a cake, you can gift cookies Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book”

Book Club Tuesday: Fabulous Modern Cookies

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To us, cookies are the most approachable of all desserts. (9)

What Chris Taylor and Paul Arguin say in the introduction to their latest book, Fabulous Modern Cookies, is absolutely true! Of all the desserts, cookies are the most approachable. Thinking back to when I was little, one of the first things that I baked with my mom were cookies, and this is the case with my own daughter. It’s about having fun and enjoying the results. I remember that when Katie and I made animal crackers, hers weren’t that great looking, however, Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Fabulous Modern Cookies”

Book Club Tuesday: King Arthur Baking Company — The Essential Cookie Companion (Revised + Updated)

Processed with VSCO with f2 presetPeople love dichotomies, which exist in infinite number in the world of our kitchens. For example: cooking or baking? Gas or Electric? Cookbooks or websites? Cakes or Cookies? When it comes to this last one, I’ll be brave and say “neither.” Or maybe even: either. Which can I bake, with love, and share it with my family and friends? Baking is a Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: King Arthur Baking Company — The Essential Cookie Companion (Revised + Updated)”