Cookies for Everyone is a mix-and-match cookbook and tutorial guide for making cookies which are enjoyable by everyone - including those who follow a gluten-free, nut-free, or vegan diet, or who have other dietary restrictions. Released 5th Nov. 2019 from Hatchette on their Da Capo imprint, it's 304 pages and available in hardcover and ebook formats.

The introduction includes a short author bio and the genesis of the book. She covers tools, ingredients, and supplies and how to source and use the best and freshest ingredients (and why you should). The following chapters present an amazing array of cookies by category: soft & chewy cookies, vegan friendly cookies, biscotti, butter cookies, sandwich cookies (yum!), florentines, macarons, and a selection of recipes for ingredients like sauces, glazes, and a chocolate tempering tutorial.

Each of the recipes include ingredients in a sidebar (measurements in US standard and metric), and step by step instructions. The ingredients are mostly relatively easily sourced and should be available from any well stocked grocery or large supermarket. The footers include adjustments for gluten free versions as well as high altitude or other specialty instructions. The cooking instructions are easy to follow and with a careful read-through, I found no glaring mistakes.

It's unclear from the publishing info available online, but the eARC I received has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references. I hope the ebook release version does also. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. Presumably that feature will carry through to the final release version.

I do wish the book included serving pictures for all of the recipes, but it's not a huge drawback. I would estimate approximately half are accompanied by one or more pictures. The pictures which are included are appealing, clear, and illustrative.

Five stars. There are a lot of very appealing recipes included. I tried 3 (Dad's Coconut Chocolate Chip (the cookie that started it all), Chocolate Brownie Biscotti, and Chai Shortbread). They were all a success, and the Chai Shortbread cookies were outstanding - tender, flaky, and robust.

All easy to follow recipes with easy and simple ingredients, this is sure to become the go to cookie book in my family.

If your looking for a cookbook for all types of cookies, this is it! I was pleasantly surprised at the diverse cookies available in this book.

It has more then your traditional cookies (you won't find sugar cookies or chocolate chip), you will find soft and chewy, sandwich, butter, vegan and more cookies. The variations were great as special diet cookies are included. No one in my family will be left out with this selection. The nutrition guide is included for each recipe and there is a color photograph.

I loved looking up recipes based on my craving: today I wanted chewy so I went to that chapter. I also didn't see one recipe I wouldn't make!! I received an ARC and I am leaving an honest review.

This book is great in some ways (the color photos of every recipe, for one) and a disappointment in other ways.

I was so happy to see that it supposedly had gluten free directions for every recipe, but that was a bit of a con. Council's version of gluten free directions are the instructions to just make any cookie recipe with her incredibly expensive favorite brand of gluten free flour mix (Namaste, which is mostly made up of organic sweet brown rice flour, brown rice flour and tapioca starch). The only other suggestion for baking most of the GF cookies? Make them a tiny bit larger since they don't spread as much. Occasionally she has a note to also use coconut flour for some recipes that are particularly hard to make GF. None of the recipes are actually designed to be GF, and none of the pictures show the recipes made with GF flours that I could see. I was unable to try any of the recipes as I don't want to spend the money on her recommended GF mix. She also says King Arthur GF flour will work but I know that's pretty poor quality and is not likely to make good cookies at all, so I don't necessarily trust her gluten free judgment.

There are lots of cookies here, but they're often of the same kinds. There are whole chapters on very specific types of cookies, but then there aren't any of some of the most popular kinds. For instance, my 16 y/o son and I wanted to make sugar cookies with cookie cutters yesterday and there's not a single recipe for that kind of cookie.

Chapters of types of cookies include: soft and chewy, vegan, biscotti, butter cookies, sandwich cookies, florentines and French macarons. There is also a chapter at the end of pantry items to make like butterscotch sauce and strawberry milk, which is nice.

I do like that Council recommends organic and natural ingredients. The photos are also fantastic. The author runs a bakery and the recipes definitely reflect that. They're sometimes a bit over the top in terms of ingredients and end result. This makes sense if you're charging a lot of money for a single cookie.

This is a great cookbook and people will like it a lot. It's not the best cookbook for our family, though.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

This is a nice cookie book. I got some great ideas of cookies to make. I will say that a lot of the book is basically the same recipe, but with slight variations. Not that it is bad, but when you take those away, there are far fewer recipes. I think that some of these will be recipes that I use regularly.

I have been baking since I was old enough (& tall enough) to stand on a chair at the counter and stir the dough. I have been a professional baker with restaurants and catering. So for me, I am always looking for a new recipe or a new spin on an old recipe and I was pleasantly surprised by the wealth of Cookies for Everyone. I’ve read cookie cookbooks before that had the old standards and nothing really interesting. This featured the often forgotten biscotti, macarons, and florentines. I loved that the order of the sections and recipes themselves were easy to hard so a beginner doesn’t jump into the harder macarons and get discouraged before they truly begin. Council goes into everything one needs with tools and ingredients to be able to bake on any occasion from holidays to ‘I just feel like it’. Even better was that she put in adjustments for altitude (not a first) and for Gluten-free. This is a bakery book to be truly celebrated for that fact. I even appreciate that the book is organic based. But it makes me happy that she explains why the organic ingredients and how it may change if you use something else without judgement for those who may not be able to afford the healthier goodies. Great for the beginner, intermediate or even the pro wanting new ideas.

Cookies for Everyone is a great selection of cookie recipes. As the title says there is a cookie to suit everyone. I love cookbooks so was glad to get this book. I recommend this book to those who enjoy baking. My thanks to the publisher for my advance ebook. This is my unbiased review.

I honestly have to admit I am a cookie lover. My greatest indulgence simply because you can control the Portia size and try to walk away with just one... haha like I could even. This book is incredibly detailed even to the organization of easier recipes to the more complex. It explains what tools to use and why ingredients were chosen. I feel there is something for everyone in this one. Exceptionally delicious and some are quick and easy. I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review. Fantastic cookie book I love it.

Cookies. Cookies. COOKIES! Followed by: MORE COOKIES. Seriously, this cookbook is not kidding when it says "cookies for everyone" - there's not just what we traditionally think of as cookies, but also biscotti, macarons, sandwich cookies, stuffed cookies, glazed cookies....cookies cookies cookies. Enough to make your pancreas hurt. So next time you're looking to make some cookies but you don't just want to go with plain ol' chocolate chip or snickerdoodle, give Cookies for Everyone a look-see. Because it's got cookies. Cookies for everyone.

I’m going to get the thing that would normally hold back a star on this book out of the way: there is not a nutritional breakdown of the recipes in this book.

I am getting that out of the way because I’m this case, the pluses far outweighed that detail, which is why I gave it five stars.

Truly a cookbook for just about everyone, this book offers a gluten-free adjustment for EVERY recipe. It has a section of vegan cookies. There are notes for those with high altitude adjustment needs.

There are a wide variety of cookies, too, going from chewy cookies to macaroons to sandwich cookies, and a lot of recipes in between as well.

Was bummed there weren’t more pictures. Loved that there was an extensive section about which ingredients were always good to keep in your pantry as the basics for almost all cookie recipes.

When first browsing this book, I thought there weren't very many interesting/unique cookie recipes. But, as I got further into it, I found a whole chapter on different types of biscotti, another one on florentines (e.g., banana florentines?), and an extensive macaron chapter (Blueberry French macarons are a work of art!) This book is written from a professional baker's perspective, with lots of tips for making the cookies look their best. Photographs are extremely appealing. If you're really into baking cookies and like variety, this would be a great book.

This cookbook is fantastic!! Even just on my first flip-through, my mouth was watering and I made a pact that I'd go and visit Mimi's cookie shop one day!!

I copied down SO many recipes to try, and even made the "Sea Salt Honey Chocolate Chip Biscotti," which were, as expected, ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. I'll definitely be making more recipes from this book in the near future!

From the blurbs, you can tell that Mimi has SUCH a passion for baking, which draws you right into her writing; her recipes are delicious (and ORGANIC! Nothing's better than a delicious, HEALTHIER cookie!). Hands-down, one of the best cookbooks I've stumbled upon!

This cookbook is jam-packed with cookie recipes - soft and chewy cookies, vegan cookies, biscotti, butter cookies, sandwich cookies, florentines and french macarons.  Who knew that florentines and biscotti came in so many varieties!  In addition to cookie recipes, the author discusses the use of organic ingredients and the essential kitchen tools that you will need for baking.  Each section includes tips and tricks for getting the best result.  Also included are recipes for all of the extras - butterscotch sauce, chocolate ganache, strawberry preserves, etc.  

Cookies for Everyone comes out just in time for the holiday baking season.  How about baking a variety of cookies from the book and pair them with a copy of the cookbook for a perfect gift.

3 out of 5

**OMG! I cannot believe that these reviews haven't been done! I am so sorry they are so late!!!**

Smart! This cookbook really does feature cookies for everyone, with focus on nut-free, gluten-free and other allergy or special diet designations going WAY beyond other cookbooks that might provide (if you're lucky) 5 or so recipes that can be adapted to allergy-friendly recipes. This book has a tremendous array of original, enticing recipes, plus the author's smarts. Loved it.

This book had me at coconout chocolate chip cookie. I knwo chocolate chip cookie is greta by itself, but for someone who likes to try new things, this is a great idea and even better witha coconut lover in the family.

Pretzels in cookies.

I dont think I have ever had cookies with honey.

This book is obviously from someone with passion for cookies.

Apple Pie cookies

Wow bringing all the cookie varieties into biscotti world.

YES! YES! YES! This was the best cookbook I have seen in a while. All I can say is purchase this now!

Good selection and does give what one would need to make it gluten-free. Gives a few types of cookies but show the variations one can make for that type. It does give at the end a few extras (caramel squares, chocolate ganache) to top your cookies.

This book was received as an ARC from Hachette Books - Da Capo Lifelong Books in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

I am an absolute ultimate lover of cookies but now being an aunt and having children with food allergies, it breaks my heart that they can't share my love for some of my favorite cookies....until now. All of the recipes look easy enough to make for the average baker and the photographs made my mouth water tempting me so much to try these cookies and share them with my family and friends. Everyone at any age and baking at any level will love this book and all the wonderful cookie recipes it has to offer.

We will consider adding this title to our Cookbook collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

I received a galley via NetGalley.

Cookies for Everyone is serious about the everyone message. Mimi Council, the baker and owner of Dessert’d Organic Bake Shop in Mammoth Lakes, California, shares 100 recipes for cookie lovers who can eat everything or who need vegan or gluten free goodies. This isn’t a book where the folks with different needs get like 5 recipes. No, alternatives are shared with the majority of recipes.

The range of cookies is diverse, too. They go from basic chocolate chip to sandwich cookies to more work-intensive florentines and macarons. Tips are provided throughout on everything from sources (the author is big on organic ingredients) to how best to mix recipes to technical skills to create those intimidating macarons. All important for me: photographs are included to show the lovely finished results. The back of the book has some appealing non-cookie recipes like strawberry milk and homemade chocolate fro-yo.

As a home baker with a food blog, I read each recipe with keen interest and found many I want to try. This truly is a solid cookbook for any cookie baker.

Excellent easy to make no-fail cookies of all kinds. I love the tips for the right ingredients. I had no idea about some of the tips. I am buying a copy of this book for a bridal gift.