Another excellent collection of recipes from Sarah Kieffer. I always find her recipes dependable and delicious. Being a fellow midwesterner I love having such a deep well of bar and cookie recipes to draw from. I’m sure this will be another batter splattered and butter stained cookbook in the collection.

This cookbook has a wonderful variety of recipes, from easy one bowl baking (Perfect afternoon snacking cake) to party size recipes (Strawberry Shortcake). There is a sweets recipe for everyday and every occasion! Beautifully photographed as well.

I’m such a fan of Sarah Kieffer’s books and was thrilled to see 100 Afternoon Sweets will be coming out! I’ve had success with all of the recipes I’ve tried from her other books so I’m excited to try out these ones. This book features baked goods you would typically crave in the afternoon with a cup of coffee or tea.

There are six categories of desserts including one-bowl baked, brownies, blondies, and bars, pie bakes, no bakes, for a crowd, and weekend projects. The book ends with buttercream and dough recipes along with some extra recipes like caramel and no-churn ice cream.. I love the variety of recipes in this book and there are definitely unique ideas that make buying this for your cookbook collection worth it.

This was my first exposure to Sarah Kieffer's cookbooks, and I am hooked! I will be checking out her other titles. This book is delightful, beautiful, and elegant. I appreciated the range of recipes from every day enjoyment (brownies, blondies, snacking cakes, giant pop-tart) to elegant entertaining (pavlova, tiramisu, fig scones). The recipes are accessible to the average home baker and include both imperial and metric measurements. I appreciated that each recipe was accompanied by a beautifully styled picture. My favorite recipes are the Maple Orange Carrot Cake, Scotcharoo Blondies, and the Gluten-Free Cake (with whipped cream and berries). The baking playlist was a fun surprise at the end!! This cookbook radiated with much love and thoughtfulness.

This would be a great cookbook for anyone planning a bridal shower, afternoon-tea, or gifts to give away for the holidays.

This book is absolutely fantastic! The directions are clear and all recipes are simple to follow. I made the brownies and OH MY GOSH! So good! Can’t wait to recreate more recipes!

Another winner from Sarah Kieffer..I’ve been a big fan going back as far as the vanilla bean baking book and all her subsequent titles..Her recipes have easy to follow instructions,weights are given in both imperial and metric and the results are always delicious! I’ll be adding this book to my personal shelf and will bake my way through it cover to cover as I’ve done with her previous books..Thank you net galley for this arc.

Cookbooks have recently become a fun thing to browse at. Now that I’m inching out of baby phase and have a little more time for that part of life. And my daughter absolutely loves to help cook. So with summer around the corner, I wrote down some fun ideas our family can try out. It was very fun to recieve some advance copies of these cookbooks. 🥗🍔🌮🍤🍪🧁🧀🥚🍇🥯

Gathering Boards by Sarah Tuthill was making my mouth water. I love a good charcuterie board, and this book was chalked full of ideas, how to lay the board out, different seasonal boards. I want this book for a coffee table book because the pictures were so vibrant and beautiful. It made me want to text all my girl pals and plan a patio night. (Publishing date is June 3) @globepequot @sugaredlittletreats

100 Afternoon Sweets by Sarah Kieffer made me walk to the pantry and grab my secret stash of chocolate. I have so many post its for this one to make with my daughter this summer. I always run into the problem of never knowing what to bring to a girls night, or family cookout. But this book had SO many yummy treats that anyone can make. (Publishing date Sept 30) @chroniclebooks @sarah_kieffer

The Crab Pot Cookbook by The Griffin Family….this was hands down a beautiful and such a fun family effort cookbook! I LOVE seafood, and tell my husband that we must retire or visit frequent the east coast so I can have my lobster. I live in the Midwest, but let me tell you, I am bringing this cookbook out for some fun summer nights! I love the explanations, the creative new things I’ve never heard of, and it was so beautifully put together. It made me want to meet this family for how fun it was. (Publishing date October 14) @thegriffinfamily__ @flashpointchicago

A Couples Cookbook by Sonja Overhiser and Alex Overhiser was the most precious couples cookbook I’ve read. I received many for my wedding gifts, but this tops them all. I loved the introduction full of their story, and the pictures of them throughout the book. The meals looked so fun, and easy, and it was so beautifully put together. My husband and I always say it will be fun to make more than our five staple kids dinners eventually. @acouplecooks

I tried out one recipe, and baked a blueberry muffin cake. The cookbook's page formatting is clean and easy to follow, and I appreciate that every recipe has a picture. The blueberry muffin cake turned out great. I’d recommend this cookbook to anyone interest in trying a bunch of basic yet exciting recipes.

I've heard incredible things about Sarah Kieffer's previous cookbooks and am so impressed by her newest! The beginning of the cookbook has some very helpful advice, especially for new bakers, such as how to measure different ingredients and use different equipment. The layout of this book and the images are stunning and I'm very excited to make some of these recipes this summer!

Delicious! That is the only way I can really explain this book. And now I want to make cake for snacks everyday!

I enjoy Sarah Kieffer's cookbooks so much. This one definitely did not disappoint either. There is a wide variety of different treats that have accessible ingredients one may have already in their pantry.

Ooh, another great book from Sarah Kieffer! I loved 100 Morning Treats, and 100 Afternoon Treats is even better! So many gorgeous pictures, and all the recipes look amazing. This is going to be another book that I need a hard copy of!

Thank you Netgalley and Chronicle Books for the ARC!

An excellent collection of recipes beautifully laid out and photographed. A recommended purchase for collections where baking books are popular.

The biggest thing I liked about this cookbook is that the recipes are easy to follow and require tons of ingredients! I love cookbooks that are for everyday cooking! This cookbook is full of so many yummy recipes. I loved the inclusion of the photos. It made the recipes stand out even more. I can’t wait to start baking!

Another stunner from Sarah Kieffer. I love this collection of cookbooks. The recipes are fun but not overly fussy. We made the Oatmeal Fudge Bars and they were a hit. I'm often looking for something I can make quickly in the afternoon between work and dinner so this is the perfect collection. Not to mention it is beautiful. I love that it matches the other books in the series. Even though I used the ebook its clear that it is the same quality as the previous versions. Beautiful gold details and gorgeous pictures.

I love Sarah Kieffer’s blog and often bake recipes from her “100 Cookies” book, so I was excited to get an advance copy of her latest cookbook.

My favorite sections were “One Bowl Bakes” and “Brownies, Blondies and Bars” as they required limited ingredients and usually just a 9x13in baking pan. I did notice that many of the recipes used 5-6 egg whites (I never know what to do with the egg yolks and hate wasting them) as well as oil (vegetable, canola, etc), which is a combination that usually produces a moist cake.

Most of the recipes in the book are approachable and would make for a simple but delicious dessert or snack to share with friends or bring to a gathering. The one thing that I didn’t love did not have to do with the recipes themselves, but rather some of the photos. I like to visually see all the layers of a baked good, particularly cakes with frosting or crumb topping so that I can gauge what my final product should look like. I would estimate about 1/3 of the photos are top-down views of the finished recipe and while the images are beautiful, a shot facing the side or overhead/side angle is better for readers to visualize what their final result should look like, hence my removal of one star for my rating.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book!

Pros: The cover of this book caught my attention immediately because the cookie bars looked delicious. I love to bake, so I was excited to get new recipe ideas from this book. One of my favorite things about this book is that there is a photo of every recipe. I find that to be so helpful when I'm baking something for the first time--it's a guide to make sure I'm on the right track! I also appreciated that the recipes in this book are accessible to bakers of all skill levels, they use easy-to-find ingredients, and they offer detailed instructions.

Cons: I wish I had a sweet treat to eat while reading!

Thank you to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for the opportunity to read this book.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of 100 Afternoon Sweets.

I'm not on social media so the author wasn't familiar to me.

But the title caught my eye since I have a sweet tooth. OK, that's a lie. I have a MAJOR sweet tooth.

I love books by Chronicle because their production values are high and it shows in the gorgeous photos!

Photos of every recipe, thank YOU!

There are recipes most people will enjoy like yellow cake and originals like hazelnut frangipane cake and maple bourbon sticky bun cake.

I prefer chocolate but I appreciate the diversity of recipes here, all flavors and tastes to try and broaden your palate with.

There's a little something for everyone in this book, though I agree with some reviewers that not all of the recipes are a quick baking session in the kitchen.

Some recipes require time and patience and are pretty labor intensive, but well worth the trouble.

Beautiful book and great recipes for any time of day, not just the afternoon.

Sarah Kieffer is the author of the cookbook “100 Cookies”, so naturally I was ecstatic to see her new cookbook “100 Afternoon Sweets.” It’s filled with information in regards to baking (ingredients, tools, etc), which makes it extremely easy to follow along for less experienced bakers. In the beginning of the book you also learn how she came up with the cookbook title, which allows us to connect with the author and it’s very relatable.

One of my biggest turn offs in a cookbook, is the lack of photos. This is the total opposite, I believe every single recipe has a photo that goes along with it. That’s what gets your mouth watering and makes you want to head into the kitchen immediately to test recipes. I can’t wait to make many of these and present them to my family for reviews, there’s so many good ones I’m not sure where to start.

I would highly recommend this cookbook to any friends or someone wanting a variety of recipes.

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Thank you Netgalley and Chronicle Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. My thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.

This is a beautiful cookbook. The pictures are STUNNING. In my opinion, the desserts aren’t necessarily an “after work” dessert. While some recipes are quick and full of pantry staples, most have things that aren’t staples at my house. The title of this led me to believe that all of these recipes would be quick to whip up whenever the crazing hits. I can’t wait to try more of these recipes before publishing date to hopefully increase my star rating.