The acclaimed cookbook author and chocolatier presents an endlessly inventive and delectable selection of cookie recipes—organized by texture!
Cookies are easy, enticing, and fun. Yet as the James Beard Award-winning baker Alice Medrich notes, home cooks too often cling to the recipe on a bag of chocolate chips, when so much more is possible. “What if cookies reflected our modern culinary sensibility—our spirit of adventure and passion for flavors and even our dietary concerns?” Medrich writes in her introduction to this landmark cookie cookbook, organized by texture, from crunchy to airy to chunky.
A master manipulator of ingredients, Medrich draws on the world’s pantry for delicious riffs on classics—from chocolate chip cookies and brownies to airy meringues studded with cashews and chocolate chunks, palmiers (elephant’s ears) made with cardamom and caramel, and rugelach with halvah. Butter and sugar content is slashed and the flavor turned up on everything from ginger snaps to chocolate clouds. And with delectable 2-point treats for Weight Watchers and cookies to make with kids, this master conjurer of sweets brings bliss to every dessert table.
An IACP Cookbook Award Winner
