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Rum Chocolate Cream Sandwich Cookies

Rum Chocolate Cream Sandwich Cookies excerpted from Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts From Romania & Beyond by Irina Georgescu. Photography by Matt Russell.

Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts From Romania & Beyond by Irina Georgescu

Tava is a meticulously researched baking book celebrating centuries of diversity and overlapping cultures that form today’s cuisine in Romania. The author’s aim is to also share the story of those dishes that have come to represent the identity of different cultural communities across the country. Tava means tray in Romanian, a metaphor for how a whole culinary landscape is presented to the reader.

You will find Armenian pakhlava, Saxon plum pies, Swabian poppyseed crescents, Jewish fritters, and Hungarian langoși alongside plăcinte pies, alivenci corn cake, strudels and fruit dumplings. Rice or pearl barley puddings, donuts and gingerbread biscuits come with their own story, while chocolate mousses, meringues in custard sauce and coffee ice cream introduce you to the glamour of famous Romanian and Eastern European pastry shops.

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Blood Orange Rosemary Cookies

Blood Orange Rosemary Cookies excerpted from Sugar + Spice Cookies by Megan Neveu. Page Street Publishing Co. 2022. Photo credit: Megan Neveu.

Sugar + Spice Cookies by Megan Neveu. Page Street Publishing Co. 2022. Photo credit: Megan Neveu.

Spice up your baking with this collection of irresistible cookies featuring your favourite spices and deliciously creative flavour combinations!

Indulge your love for cookie baking with 60 fresh and creative recipes. Cookie expert Megan Neveu turns the ordinary into extraordinary with aromatic herbs such as rosemary and thyme, sweet spices such as cinnamon and cardamom and bright fruits such as orange, lemon and cranberry―masterfully paired to create a beautifully balanced flavour.

Each bite will light up your taste buds and have you dreaming of cookies for days. What’s more, the very act of making these cookies is an absolute delight for the senses as you take in the aroma of chopped fresh rosemary, roasted chocolate or citrus zest. (more…)

Caramel-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Caramel-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies excerpted from Simple Small-Batch Baking by Mike Johnson. Page Street Publishing Co. 2022. Photography by Mike Johnson.

Simple Small-Batch Baking by Mike Johnson. Page Street Publishing Co. 2022. Photography by Mike Johnson.

From dainty cakes to small-scale batches of cookies to the perfect pies and tarts for two, Mike Johnson’s incredible collection of small-batch recipes is sure to be a staple in your household.

Whether you’re baking for a small household, trying to limit leftovers or are looking to spend less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying your baked confections, Mike has got a recipe for you with options like:

• Loaf Pan Funfetti Sheet Cake • Fluffernutter Blondies • Chocolate Pecan Skillet Cookie for Two • Pumpkin Crumb Cake Muffins • Maple Bacon Scones • No-Bake Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Bars • Mini Mixed Berry Hand Pies • Carrot Cake Cupcakes • Garlic Knots for Two • Small-Batch Fudge Brownies

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Baby Cheesecakes

Baby Cheesecakes excepted from The Cookie Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum. Photography by Matthew Septimus

The Cookie Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum

This is your must-have cookie book, featuring nearly every cookie imaginable, from rustic Cranberry Chocolate Chippers to elegant French macarons, and everything in between—simple drop cookies, rolled-and-cut holiday cookies, brownies and other bars, pretty sandwich cookies, luxurious frosted or chocolate-dipped treats, and much more.

With legendary baker Rose Levy Beranbaum’s foolproof recipes—which feature detail-oriented instructions that eliminate guesswork, notes for planning ahead, ingenious tips, and other golden rules for success—it’s easy to whip up a batch of irresistible, crowd-pleasing cookies anytime, for any occasion. Standout classics and new favourites include:

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Milk & Cookie Brownies

Milk & Cookie Brownies excerpted from Broke Vegan: Speedy: Over 100 Budget Plant-based Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less by Saskia Sidey. Photography by Jo Sidey.

Broke Vegan: Speedy: Over 100 Budget Plant-based Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less by Saskia Sidey

With over 100 quick and easy plant-based recipes using supermarket staples, along with hints and tips for making vegan meals in no time at all, Broke Vegan: Speedy will have you cooking delicious dishes time after time that save money and help the planet.

With easy weekday lifesavers, dishes you can rustle up in 15 minutes and even more special dishes for when you want to impress, Broke Vegan: Speedy is the essential guide to serving plant-based meals on a budget—fast.

Whether you’re taking part in Veganuary for the first time, making the move from veggie to vegan or just trying to make your money go further, Broke Vegan: Speedy will bring variety and flavour to your meals in no time, without having to spend a fortune. (more…)

Dark Chocolate Espresso Cookies

Dark Chocolate Espresso Cookies, Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars: Super-Fast, Made-from-Scratch Sweets, Treats, and Desserts by Dorothy Kern.

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 flavour ideas. In these pages, she serves up more than 85 recipes, each with its own colour 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 favourites to all-new concepts:

Seriously the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Trail Mix Oatmeal Cookies
Dark Chocolate Espresso Cookies
Nana’s Drop Sugar Cookies
Fruity Pebble Cookies
Chocolate Peanut Butter Potato Chip Cookies

Beyond the cookies, you’ll love the recipes for:

Brown Butter Pecan Blondies
Cookies ’n’ Cream Mud Bars
Caramel Crunch Bars
Bacon and Caramel Brownies
Vanilla Lovers’ White Chocolate Brownies
Fruit Tart Cookie Cups
Birthday Cookie Cake

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Chocolate Meringue Cookies

The Milk Street Cookbook (5th Anniversary Edition): The Definitive Guide to the New Home Cooking—with Every Recipe from the TV Show by Christopher Kimball. Photography by Connie Miller, CB Creatives.

The complete Milk Street TV show cookbook, featuring each dish from every episode and more—over 400 dishes in all, including 65+ new recipes from the 2021-2022 fifth season.

Christopher Kimball’s James Beard, IACP, and Emmy Award-winning Milk Street TV show and cookbooks give home cooks a simpler, bolder, healthier way to eat and cook.

Now featuring over 400 tried-and-true recipes, including every recipe from every episode of the TV show, this book is the ultimate guide to high-quality, low-effort cooking and the perfect kitchen companion for cooks of all skill levels. Every recipe is paired with a photograph.

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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies, Baking for the Holidays: 50+ Treats for a Festive Season by Sarah Kieffer.

Baking for the Holidays: 50+ Treats for a Festive Season

A charming holiday baking cookbook brimming with delicious, indulgent recipes, cozy winter photography, and lots of holiday cheer from Sarah Kieffer.

Here’s a festive holiday baking book to celebrate this very special time of year. Sarah Kieffer, author of 100 Cookies, beloved baker behind The Vanilla Bean Blog, and creator of the “bang-the-pan” method offers more than 50 delicious recipes for seasonal brunches, cookie swaps, and all those Christmas, Hanukah, and New Year’s Eve parties.

Delight family and friends with edible gifts and whip up some delicious baked goods to treat yourself through the long winter months after the holidays have ended. Recipes include: Triple Chocolate Peppermint Bark, Meyer Lemon-White Chocolate Scones, Pear-Almond Danish Bread, Hot Chocolate Cake, and Pumpkin Pie with Candied Pepita Streusel.

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Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies

Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies, Celebrate with Kim-Joy: Cute Cakes and Bakes to Make Every Occasion Joyful. Photography by Ellis Parrinder.

Celebrate with Kim-Joy: Cute Cakes and Bakes to Make Every Occasion Joyful i

Let Kim-Joy and her signature cuteness brighten your celebrations. From birthday cakes to year-round events, all occasions are covered!

The 60 sweet recipes are bursting with colour, imagination and fun and there’s something for everyone, no matter what their baking skills.

Big occasions include birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Christmas, weddings; and there are plenty of other celebrations too—Graduation Day, New Year’s, new baby, Pride, Thanksgiving, Day of the Dead, Pancake Day and many more.

Vegan and gluten-free alternatives are provided so that no one needs to miss out!

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Chocolate Chunk Halvah Cookies

Chocolate Chunk Halvah Cookies, Flavors of the Sun: The Sahadi’s Guide to Understanding, Buying, and Using Middle Eastern Ingredients by Christine Sahadi Whelan. Photography by Kristin Teig.

Flavors of the Sun: The Sahadi’s Guide to Understanding, Buying, and Using Middle Eastern Ingredients

Sumac. Urfa pepper. Halvah. Pomegranate molasses. Preserved lemons. The seasonings, staples, and spice blends used throughout the Middle East offer deliciously simple ways to transform food—once you know how to use them.

In FLAVORS OF THE SUN, the people behind the iconic Brooklyn market Sahadi’s showcase the versatility of these ingredients in over 120 everyday dishes, including starters, salads, soups, family-friendly meals, and desserts.

With sections devoted to recipes boasting Bright, Savory, Spiced, Nutty, and Sweet accents, it offers inspiration, techniques, and intensely flavorful ways to use everything from Aleppo pepper to za’atar with confidence.

Throughout, “no-recipe recipes” help build up your flavor intuition so you can effortlessly incorporate any of the featured spices, condiments, and preserves into your daily repertoire.

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