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I can't wait to get that book in my hands to bake each and every one of those cookies. The recipes look easy enough and good tips and information is provided. That book will be a keeper for sure! As an avid baker, I will definitely want that book to be part of my personal library of baking books.

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I am loving this cookbook and am very excited to get my hands on a paper copy! Every recipe we have tried has been delicious and the pictures are gorgeous. This will make a fantastic gift and is going to definitely be well loved in our cookie baking house!

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This book is a fun read and has beautiful pictures. However, for a book titled "100 Cookies" that claims to be for "every kitchen", I found it weird that it didn't have a single vegan or gluten-free cookie. As someone with dietary restrictions, I doubt it'll be my go-to baking book, but I'm sure it'll be plenty useful to most other baking enthusiasts out there!

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Loved this little cookbook. While I wouldn’t recommend it for my classroom, I will be using recipes from here often. Thanks to the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Definitely the best cookie book I've seen! This is a must-have and I can't wait to have the printed copy in hands! There's a lot of great cookie recipes but there's also recipes for brownies, bars, and even marshmallow recipe! This book is awesome!

I got an advance reader's copy of this book complimentary from NetGallery in exchange of my honest review.

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I loved this book of cookies! It has so many that I'm eager to try. The pictures were captivating and hungry for something. The descriptions and explanations at the beginning of the book are extremely helpful. It was easy to read through prior to starting my baking adventure. I'm looking forward to adding this one to my collection of cookbooks and trying more of the recipes. A wonderful cookbook to have for cookie ideas!

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There are actually 100 cookie and cookie adjacent recipes in this cookbook. There are all the classics as well as some trendy ones. There were only a few that did not really seem appetizing, but that's me. It was beautiful and informative. There are tips for each recipe and ingredients are listed in both cups and grams and such. The quotes throughout are a nice touch though not really related to baking. The baking playlist of albums at the end is a nice touch. Overall, it is great and I would love to try several of these cookies.

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The title of this book really doesn't do justice to the wide range of baked goods it covers, not just standard cookies but French favourites too.

I am particularly intrigued by the author's invention of ripple cookies - made by slamming the baking tray down hard! It's the type of cookbook that you can dip into time and again. Thinking of something lemony, or chocolate-y or gingery? You'll find it all there

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Indeed, there are 100 recipes (and some recipes include variations), but while they are not all cookie recipes, they are all for desserts. Instead, blogger Sarah Kieffer divvies her recipes up into these chapter categories: The Classics, Brownies + Blondies, Fruitextravaganza, The Next Level, Time to Play, Pan-Banging Cookies, Mix and Match, and Extras. The majority of the recipes are for cookies from the classics like chocolate cookies to more complicated macrons. There are some candy recipes, different fillings for sandwich cookies, ice cream, various (and seriously delicious-looking) bars, and more. There is a mix of familiar recipes and recipes that are unique to Kieffer-- however the difficulty of those recipes is beyond the average baker.

The recipes provide metric and American standard measuring side-by-side, but the biggest disappointment is that the instructions don't start the next step on a new line. Instead Step #2 runs right after Step #1. That is not easy reading when you are constantly going back and forth between the page and your ingredients. There is an index included.

Unless your library has devoted fans of this blogger, I would view it as an extraneous purchase.

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I was extremely excited to read this! We are obsessed with cookies in our home but unfortunately it would not open for me to view. I’m extremely disappointed☹️ I was looking forward to trying new recipes during the quarantine.

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Hi everyone!

I'm in self-isolation, so I was looking for some recipes to make and this caught my eye... I'm not really into cakes but I L O V E cookies, so this seemed the perfect book at the perfect time, and then it turned out I was right!

I haven't tried many of the recipes yet, but for the sake of this review, I wanted to test the most basic cookies: chocolate chip cookies and snickerdoodles.
To my happy surprise, there were different types of choco chips cookies: soft, brown butter (the ones I tried), thin and double chocolate.
The recipes were easy to follow and the cookies were so DELICIOUS and I nearly ate them all.

The book is also full of pictures of every single recipe (which I love) and the images are so yummy and aesthetically pleasant (I wish I could share them with you)(and I might buy the physical copy of this book)!

Now let's talk about some more technical stuff about the book, there are 8 chapters (with some examples):
- classics: chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, etc.
- brownies; even white chocolate red velvet and chocolate basil ones.
- fruitextravaganza: like banana poppy seed cookies
- the next level: lavender cookies and meringues
- time to play: macarons and caramel bars with peanuts
- pan- banging cookies (for people who love those melted on the pan cookies)
- mix and match: creams and ice cream combos
- extras: some basics like ice cream and lemon curd

But that's not everything, in fact, at the end of these chapters, there are also some recommendations for music you can bake to.

I don't think that I need to say anything else, this cookie recipe book is perfect: it has both delicious recipes and pretty pictures and design... so, if you need some new recipes or inspiration, I definitely recommend this one!

-Arvenig

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This cookie & brownie cookbook is the absolute perfect present for a loved one who is passionate about baking, as well as someone you don't know well but need to give them an impressive gift. Look no further, this is it.

Is there anything more visually pleasing than close-ups of baked goods? I don't think so. On top of that, the recipes are actually doable - clear instructions laid out neatly in a step-by-step format ensure success in baking, particularly as the opening pages contain very specific definitions/specifications of each term and ingredient.

I have to give the author a credit for inserting photographs of the majority products of her recipes. There's nothing that drives a reader of a cookbook nuts more than recipes without a picture to go with it, so you have no clue what you're trying to actually create. Unfortunately, though, not ALL of the recipes are accompanied by a photograph, and that's a slight disappointment to me.

Fortunately, the author makes up for it with the unusual and very creative chapters of Fruit-Extravaganza and The Next Level as unique recipes which is always what you look for in a specialized cookbook. White chocolate, rosemary and apricot cookies? Lavender cookies? Espresso cheesecake bars? Gosh, I can't wait to make so many of them.

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Gorgeous book packed from cover to cover with cookie recipes! The photos are stunning and will make you want to bake every recipe in this book!

This book includes recipes for classic cookies, brownie variations and novelty cookies/dessert bars. One of the best features is the "Extras" section. where you can learn to create some of the baking essentials such as pie dough, pastry cream and caramel.

I can't wait to start baking! So many of these recipes I want to try! This would be a fantastic book to give as a gift for a bridal shower or just because.

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I really enjoy this cookbook and look forward to making many cookies! I absolutely love the pictures so you can be influenced by what cookie you’re in the mood for. And I love the large variety of cookies provided.

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I tried the most basic recipe, the Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies, and they are delicious. Based on that, I cannot wait to try some of the more advanced stuff. The recipes are well structured, and include measurement in weird american units, as well as grams, so everyone can easily bake them.

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This book has been a nice and pleasant surprise. In addition from delicious cookies, the book compiles a wide variety of mouthwatering desserts. I'm looking forward to cooking all of them!

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Wonderful book with loads of creative cookie recipes. There are plenty of variations and loads of instructions. A section at the beginning of the book gives an introduction to cookie making and some general advice on what to bear in mind when baking and preparing. The pictures are gorgeous and I can’t wait to try more of the recipes.

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I'm a maximalist kind of person. Going into this book looking for inspiration, and seeing the pretty albeit "clean" layout, I was a bit turned off at first... or rather bored. Chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodles, brownies - all stuff one might as well find recipes for online, embellished with overstuffed food-styling photos that make your mouth water. It's not until later on in this cookbook that, chapter by chapter, you level up from the very basics you will always have ingredients for in your pantry and unlock the over-the-top fancy stuff you want to truly taste test. Those Neapolitan cookies? I'm absolutely trying that recipe out.

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I look forward to buying 100 Cookies by Sarah Kieffer as her cookie cookbook is well-written with plenty of color photos. I loved her recipes and I loved how she included both cups and measures and metric measurements. As I have started using a scale for baking, as weighing ingredients is easier and more accurate, I am on the hunt to buy cookbooks that have this feature.

I also loved her recipes and can't wait to have a baking session to try out some of her recipes. Some of the recipes I may try include:

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
Brown Sugar Cookies
My Favorite Brownies
Cakey Brownies (I love brownies in case you can't tell)
Olive Oil Sugar Cookies with Blood Orange Glaze
Black and White Cheesecake Bars

Recommend.

Review written after downloading a galley from NetGalley.

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That's a lot of cookies!
Though the book doesn't just include the basic cookies, but also brownies, macarons, bars, other types of biscuit such as shortbread...
There's a great range of recipes with different levels of difficulty. Some could easily be summed up as variantions of each other, but "82 cookies" just doesn't sound as good.
If you are not trying to reduce your sugar intake, then this is a great book to get and try out!

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