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Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars: Super-Fast, Made-from-Scratch Sweets, Treats, and Desserts
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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 simple to make, delectable, and full of creative new flavor ideas. In Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars, she shares her recipes and baking secrets so you, too, can make scrumptiously delicious cookies that everyone loves.
Dorothy outlines the rules for successful cookie baking, provides an overview of key ingredients and tools, and offers expert tips on how to store baked things 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.
The recipes, warmed with Dorothy’s personal stories and memories, include cookies that range from traditional favorites to all-new concepts:
- Seriously the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Trail Mix Oatmeal Cookies
- Toffee Chippers
- Nana’s Drop Sugar Cookies
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Potato Chip Cookies
Beyond the cookies, you’ll love the recipes for:
- Bacon and Caramel Brownies
- Brown Butter Pecan Blondies
- Ultimate Peanut Butter Bars
- Birthday Cookie Cake
- Fruit Tart Cookie Cups
…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!
- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarvard Common Press
- Publication dateFebruary 1, 2022
- Dimensions8.65 x 0.85 x 10.25 inches
- ISBN-100760372810
- ISBN-13978-0760372814
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Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Many of the recipes I come up with for my blog are done purely for search reasons. This was one of those recipes I created purely for that reason, not expecting much. To date it’s still one of my more popular recipes, so I wanted to share a new version of it here. This one, dare I say, is even better: It has chocolate chips. And everything is better with chocolate!
Peanut Butter Patty Bars
This recipe is dedicated to my daughter, Jordan. She discovered the chocolate and mint combination when she was about eight and was obsessed with it. For several years I’d make her chocolate mint desserts every birthday: everything you can imagine as chocolate mint, I made. When she tasted these brownies for me, her love of chocolate mint came rushing back and this recipe became one of her favorites in this book.
Nana's Sugar Drop Cookies
From age eight to eleven I stayed with my Nana after school and during summers while my parents worked. She would bake me cookies every day. I loved her sugar cookies—I looked forward to them every day! They were soft and chewy and rolled in granulated sugar before baking so they had that crunchy exterior—I can still taste them. This cookie is a tribute to my Nana: every time I take a bite I think back to those days spent with her. Hopefully they can create some fun memories with your family too.
Blueberry Lemon Bars
My husband and I moved around a bit after we first got married and didn’t live by family until our daughter was two. I remember after our move going to visit his sister as she was cooking for a dinner party; her menu included a batch of lemon bars. I cannot make a new lemon bar version without thinking of Katie and I’m pretty sure she’d love these as much as the traditional: a rich lemony bar filled with blueberries and that traditional shortbread crust. These are pure heaven for us lemon lovers!
Fruit Tart Cookie Cups
A few years ago, I did a full table for a friend’s fortieth birthday with these little cookie cups front and center. The guest of honor loves fruity desserts, but these little ones were our favorite. With a sugar cookie base filled with a creamy cheesecake-like filling, they are topped with berries (or your favorite fruit) and then brushed with a lime glaze. The crunchy cookie with the creamy filling and sweet fruit with tart glaze is, quite simply, perfection.
Cookies Squared
When trying to come up with more ideas for this chapter, I asked Facebook what I should stuff inside cookies and the results were hilarious. A few said “another cookie,” and I took that idea and ran with it. The math nerd in me had to name this Cookies Squared, because it’s a cookie inside a cookie. This cookie got all thumbs up from both Jordan and my mom, so that means it’s worth 100 gold stars. If I were you, I’d enjoy these with a nice glass of milk.
Sugar Cookie Bites
Raw sugar cookie dough was a guilty pleasure of mine for many years, even into adulthood. Now that my wild days are behind me, I like to make my own raw cookie dough without the eggs. One batch of these will satisfy any craving, plus they’re fun to make for a dessert table or even holiday cookie platters. You can change up the sprinkle colors as desired or coat them in chocolate to turn them into truffles!
Abby's Favorite Vanilla Cookies
We are avid Starbucks drinkers and we bring Abby all the time. When she was a puppy we started getting her puppuccinos, which are little cups of whipped cream. It’s gotten to the point I even buy cans of ready made whipped cream to give her as a treat. These cookies are simple and a little sweet with some vanilla extract thrown in because she is definitely #teamvanilla.
Editorial Reviews
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“Dorothy has created the ultimate collection of recipes for any dessert lover! Her recipes are easy to follow and include lots of great tips that ensure every recipe is decadent and delicious. This book is a must have for anyone with a sweet tooth!”
―Holly Nilsson, blogger at "Spend with Pennies"
“Heaven for cookie lovers! Dorothy's well-tested recipes ensure your baking success. From tried-and-true classics to over-the-top, creative twists, you'll find a treat to satisfy any sweet tooth. Keep a glass of milk handy. You're going to need it!”
―Erin Clarke, author of The Well-Plated Cookbook
"Dorothy's book has a great variety of recipes for cookies, brownies, blondies, you name it, that are approachable for anyone from a novice baker to a seasoned veteran.”―Jo Cismaru, author of The Big Book of Jo's Quick and Easy Meals
About the Author
Product details
- Publisher : Harvard Common Press
- Publication date : February 1, 2022
- Language : English
- Print length : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0760372810
- ISBN-13 : 978-0760372814
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.65 x 0.85 x 10.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #572,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #174 in Cookie Baking (Books)
- #4,251 in Culinary Arts & Techniques (Books)
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About the author

Dorothy Kern is the founder of CrazyforCrust.com, a popular food blog that reaches millions of people per month. Dorothy shares mostly sweet (but sometimes savory) recipes that are easy, fast, and accessible without any crazy ingredients. She is a go-to resource for all things desserts and loves the memories and happiness her recipes bring to kitchens around the world. When she’s not in working, you can find Dorothy reading a book or binge-watching Bravo, often while online searching for sparkly shoes or earrings, or planning her next trip to anywhere and has dreams of living at the beach with her husband, teenage daughter, and precocious labradoodle-turned-second-child, Abby.









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