Chocolate chip cookies are likely the most popular cookie variety, and most families have a good recipe that they like best. It seems, however, that since there are thousands of recipes for chocolate chip cookies, it makes sense to have a cookbook with recipes that are different and may be better than the family favorite. The Chocolate Chip Cookie Book: Classic, Creative, and Must-Try Recipes for Every Kitchen, by Katie Jacobs is an excellent cookbook filled with recipes for chocolate chip cookies of different textures (cakey, chewy, crisp) and types like bars and squares, drop cookies, shaped cookies, and rolled cookies. There are cookies with peanut butter, caramel, white chocolate chips, caramel, and other ingredients to keep chocolate chip cookie lovers busy baking for months.

While most of the recipes are for different chocolate chip cookies and bars, Jacobs has also included recipes for chocolate chip cookie pies, cakes, cupcakes, cheesecakes, and other unique chocolate chip cookie treats. There are beautiful, professional photographs of almost every recipe; it’s nice to know just what your finished product will look like. The recipes are written in the traditional manner with the ingredients listed first, followed by step-by-step instructions. There are helpful comments at the beginning of each recipe, and there are helpful hints in the beginning of the book.

There are so many good recipes in this cookbook, that I just bought 2 10-pound packages of high quality chocolate chips to make them. Chocolate chip cookie lovers will most likely do the same. This is a cookbook that will make a great addition to any cookbook collection.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

Oh. My. God. Everything in this cookbook looks absolutely delicious and I can’t wait to try baking some of the recipes. This is a perfect cookbook for any cookie lover!! Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this arc ebook in exchange for an honest review.

This is a great cookbook full of lots only information and pictures. I enjoyed being able to see how the different cookies turned out with different types of butter, eggs, etc. I look forward to trying some of these lovely recipes. Get ready to get hungry.

My only issue with the book is some of the language the author uses in the introduction. I think she is trying hard to be “cool” and it comes off very cringy. For example she is going to “blow the roof off” with cookie bars.

I am so glad I now have access to this book, because I've been trying to master my Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe for YEARS. All my life, I've been warmed by my mother's immaculate chocolate chip cookies, and in my adult life, I've not been able to replicate this warmth and love within my own baking. I love too cook, but I feel I struggle with baking because everything is such a defined science in baking, whereas when I cook, I season to my heart's content.

I'm loving this journey into finding my perfect workable path with baking and I'm excited to use this book as a guide to get me there.