I have been a big fan of Rose Levy Beranbaum's books for a very long time. I went to my bookshelf to see just how many of her books I have. I counted six and of these six, my absolute favorite is Rose's Christmas Cookies. I can't recall a Holiday Cookie Tin that has not featured at least one of her cookies.  I was eager to take a sneak peek at her newest book coming out, The Cookie Bible.

The Layout
Intro - brief description and a memory or an anecdotal story for the cookie.
Temperature, baking time, and equipment - organized into a table.
Ingredients - listed in volume and weight measurements also organized in a table, easy to see and follow.
Directions
Mise en place-steps that need to be done before making the dough ie. taking out butter to soften or bringing eggs to room temp.
Making the dough-If a particular cookie can be made in either a food processor or stand mixer, both methods are listed. I love this.  Followed by:
Forming cookies
Baking cookies
Cooling cookies

All her cookbooks are organized this way, meticulous and thorough. It's like getting a Master Baking class in the comfort of your own kitchen.

Each recipe finishes with Baking Gems, MORE valuable tips, and tweaks!

The Recipes

I flipped through the book to earmark recipes I wanted to try. This is where I felt like the book came up a bit short. The selection of cookies seemed just a bit dated. Today's cookies include new flavors and spices and eye-catching colors created by using freeze-dried fruits.

Few recipes in this book jumped out at me and shouted MAKE ME! Perhaps because quite a few recipes in the book are also in Rose's Christmas Cookies. Recipes I already make and love like Cloud Cookies, Meltaways, Lion Paws, and Spritz Cookies among others.  If I didn't have Rose's Christmas Cookies I might have been putting Post-Its on those very pages. Recipes have been scaled back to yield smaller batches of cookies limiting how many cookies I eat, a good thing!

Read through the recipe before making it.  I found this book even more detailed than her older books (wow).  Explicit directions like when to take the butter and eggs out before making the dough or what type of flour to use for each recipe (it makes a difference).

I plowed through the first recipe, Dream Chocolate Chip Cookies, only to be stumped when I hadn't added the egg. Turns out that twenty minutes before making the dough, I was supposed to crack the egg into the mixer bowl, add the vanilla, and cover it so it can come to room temp. The egg should have been in the mixer when I creamed the butter and sugar.  Should have taken my own advice, and read the recipe first!

Lemon Poppyseed Madeleines were next up.  Once again, detailed instructions produced a tender sweet-tart Madeleine.  Next time, I would reduce the poppyseeds, a bit too much crunch.  I actually liked them more the next day as the syrup had time to absorb so the cookies weren't sticky to touch and the tartness had mellowed.

The Verdict

With all that being said. Here is my take. If you do not own a Rose Levy Berenbaum Cookbook, this would absolutely be a lovely addition to your kitchen.  This book will make you a better baker.  Filled with invaluable tips and technique information, it takes that extra step of explaining why specific ingredients and techniques work in a recipe.  Although there isn't a photo for every cookie in the book, the photos included are gorgeous.


Happy baking!

Truly a delightful cookbook for those who are particularly interested in the humble but indulgent cookie. If you thought there wasn't much to the cookie, think again.

Thank you to the author and publisher for providing me with a digital ARC of this title via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

who doesn't love a book dedicated to cookies! beautiful pictures, great recipes. a great way to have on hand for any baker

Comprehensive cookie cookbook, focuses mostly on European, especially french ways of cooking and cookies. To be expected from a french style chef. I learned about many new cookies I had never heard of before! I doubt I will ever be able to make all of the cookies in the book. But I have found many I want to try. Recipes seem easy to follow. Pretty cookie photos too.

This cookbook covers everything you need to bake fabulous cookies from simple to elegant.
Nothings been overlooked. You need this book!

Disclaimer: Received this as an advance reader copy via Netgalley and Mariner Books (Thank you!!!)

This is an epic cookie tome with a multitude of color photographs and if you love cookies and baking, then this book belongs in your collection.

The recipes themselves include clear step-by-step instructions, and for a few of the more complicated recipes, like Puff Pastry and Macaroons, Rose Levy Beranbaum includes more detailed instructions with pictures. I would have appreciated more of these step-by-step pictorials but it's already a huge book with over 400 pages so I can understand why there aren't. After each recipe, the author also includes "Baking Gems", which are tips to help ensure your cookie making adventure is a success.

I loved all the pictures showing what the baked cookie should look like. I wish that they had included pictures for all the cookies, and for the photos with multiple cookies, some listed the cookie names and some did not, hopefully the final version will be consistent and list all the cookie types.

Almost every recipe has a headnote providing it's inspiration or source, along with some details about the cookie itself. I noted the author has an awful lot of favorites, but who could fault her for that, cookies are a wonderful thing!

I tried a recipe and tasted wonderful this book would be a great add to a lover of sweets personally as fellow pastry chef I can recommend this book with great easy to follow recipes and wonderful pictures.

Good cookie recipes; I made the Oatmeal Cookies and was highly pleased with the results. This would be an excellent cookbook for beginners. June is upon us; this would make lovely shower gifts with cookie cutters, a few pretty tea towels in a basket, and there you are with the perfect gift!
I highly recommend. Thank you, #Netgalley #TheCookieBible
carolintallahassee

Anyone who bakes needs to own this book from Baranbaum. Her “Bible” baking series is a gold standard and this comprehensive and impressive addition is no exception.

My mother had an old copy of Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book in her kitchen, and I can remember pouring over it, marveling at the different types of cookies. It was outdated, though, and desperately in need of an update.

Rose Levy Beranbaum has created something even better, with cookies galore and detailed information for any beginning baker. If you know nothing about making cookies, you will after picking up a copy of The Cookie Bible. Besides having all of the information you could ever need to learn how to bake, the book contains full color photos and detailed instructions for every cookie. My favourite part of the book is that Beranbaum has included tables for the ingredients. Each table has columns for ingredients, volume measurements (cups, teaspoons, etc.), and massed measurements (weights in grams for each ingredient). This is the only cookbook I have ever seen with tables like this, and frankly it makes me swoon a little.

My only hope is that the author might consider making a food allergen version of The Cookie Bible.

Disclaimer: A copy of this book was provided by the publisher.

The Cookie Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum is by far the best, most comprehensive cookie recipe book I have ever seen. I have a library of over 200 cookbooks and several dedicated just to cookies. I think every kind of cookie there is is in this book. Beautifully illustrated with mouthwatering pictures. Easy to understand directions assure you will bake great cookies. I especially love the tips & tricks section for each cookie, I learned a lot of new things and I have been baking for 57 years! I can’t wait for this to be published so I can get my own personal hard copy and add it to my library. This is a must have cookbook. Thank you to NetGalley and Mariner Books for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy of this book.
#TheCookieBible #NetGalley

𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧. 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐬 & 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞. 𝐒𝐎 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, & 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬.

𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤!

I already have several cookie cookbooks, including a couple by Rose Beranbaum and this book is a keeper! This cookbook is full of inspiration for cookie lovers and includes recipes for all types of cookies. Needless to say, Beranbaum's cookie recipes are delicious! This book is a visual treat! It has beautiful photographs of mouth-watering cookies that accompany the detailed recipes. I particularly like that Beranbaum includes baking tips with her recipes, called Baking Gems, and many suggestions that help novice bakers experience success and hobbyists like me become better bakers. I was happy to see that the baking instructions in this book also include weight measurements along with traditional measurements for bakers who use a kitchen scale to weigh their dry ingredients.

"The Cookie Bible" is an excellent choice both for a new baker and a good reference for an accomplished baker.

Thank you NetGalley and the Publisher for an ARC copy in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

Thank you for the opportunity to review The Cookie Bible. The book is filled with so many beautiful photos and recipes. I would recommend this book to any sweets lover.

My new favorite cookie cookbook. The recipes and tips are very easy to follow. The photos are amazing. I will be adding this to my bookshelf.

The must-have cookbook for lovers of cookies. This is well laid out with tantalising pictures and recipes for every cookie you could imagine and more. It’s divided into sections based on how the cookies are made (e.g. rolled by hand, dropped or piped, cutout, etc,) which is very useful if you just want to jump straight to the quick and easy recipes. This isn’t one I’d recommend for the kids as some of the recipes require pre-preparation or are quite finicky, it’s more for the baking enthusiast. A worthwhile addition for your cookbook collection or superb as a gift.

This cookbook is everything a fantastic cookbook should be: great recipes, useful photographs, and helpful organization. Not only will I be using this cookbook frequently, but I will also highly recommend this as holiday gifts when my customers come in this for Holiday 2022.

This cookbook is perfect for cookie and baking lovers, obviously!

The first thing you notice is the striking, detailed photography - for me, high quality pictures are a must for a good cookbook! This cookbook is full of cookie inspiration, and I really appreciated the diversity of types of cookies. You'll find every shape, size, flavor, and technique from classic chocolate chip cookies to more unique and complicated recipes like "Apricot Walnut Rugelach."

Aside from the great recipes, I really appreciated the "Baking Gems" which are special tips and tricks to help perfect your baking and cookie results. The introductory Golden Rules are really informational, and can help anyone optimize their cookie-baking techniques.

If you love baking, and are "craving" ways to improve your cookies and baking techniques - this book is a great resource!

Thanks to NetGalley for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.

This cookbook has me drooling with the recipes and photos. I’ll be recommending this cookbook to all of my family & friends. Thank you for an advance reader copy of this cookbook.

This was very good. There is a nice mix of "every day" cookies and fancier ones. I bake a lot, but I think pretty much every one can be made by a advanced beginner baker. It is worth the space on an overcrowded bookshelf. I have the e-copy and it posed no formatting issues.