Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars: Super-Fast, Made-from-Scratch Sweets, Treats, and Desserts by well-known baking blogger (crazyforcrust.com), Dorothy Kern, is the best cookbook for cookie aficionados. It’s filled with mouthwatering recipes, most that are quick and easy to put together, for almost every kind of treat for every kind of sweet tooth. Opening this cookbook is the ultimate inspiration for anyone to bake up a fabulous sweet treat.

The recipes are easy to follow and are written in traditional form. They are suitable for beginning cooks who will end up with fabulous results, and also seasoned cooks who appreciate easy recipes. No matter what everyone likes, there is a cookie, brownie, or bar that can easily be put together to satisfy every craving. The number of delectable treats is amazing. Truly, there is no one who won’t find something wonderful in this cookbook to bake. The recipes feature dozens of different varieties of treats that include fruits and vegetables (i.e., zucchini, blueberries, lemons), chocolate chips, different nuts, oatmeal – the possibilities here seem endless. There are also beautiful photographs of almost every recipe, which is essential to a good cookbook.

All told, this is the only book bakers who love cookies, brownies, and bars (as well as specialty cakes, cupcakes, and a few other types of desserts) will ever need. There is something for everyone from everyday treats for the cookie jar to fancy cookies and bars for special occasions and special guests. This one is highly recommended and will be used by most bakers often. It is a “must have” for any good cookbook collection.

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

I am obsessed with this cookie cookbook! My girls and I love to bake and these cookies and skillet deserts are absolutely perfect! I would love a physical copy of this book book!

This delicious cookbook made me want to try every single cookie, brownie, and bar in its pages. Kern's chatty recipes are full of practical advice, easy-to-source ingredients, and beautiful color photos. There's something for every appetite, from adorable sprinkle cookies to peanut butter stuffed brownies. Great for a home baker or public library collection.

Totally mouthwatering! Fabulous colour photos showcasing this incredibly yummy array of naughty treats. As you flick through the book, each page greets you with even more delicious creations. The cookie selection is outrageously inviting but wait ‘til you see the brownies and cake bars…a whole new level of heavenly indulgence!

I received this book for free from NetGalley for my honest review.
I love brownies and my kids love cookies so this was an ideal book for both. Just a little thing that I loved whilst browsing the recipes, the fact that the recipes have the gram equivalent to cups.
All the bakes sound lovely and I love the backgrounds to each recipe.
We tried initially the sprinkle cookies and the caramel and bacon brownies. Both recipes were easy to follow and didn’t have a lot of ingredients that we wouldn’t usually have in the cupboard. After the easy to follow recipe both were lovey and didn’t last very long.
If you have a sweet tooth this book is ideal with both traditional recipes and more adventurous alternatives.

Oh em gee my diet is OUT THE WINDOW after reading this book. My kids and I have already added 4 recipes to our meal plans for the month. The best sweets cookbook. There’s pictures for every recipe and there’s even a section for doggy treats! Now if you’ll excuse me I’m off to make brownies!!

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a fun recipe book!

Recipes are listed in both cups and grams and cover cookies, brownies, and various bars. There's some standard recipes and some are a bit more unique. There's also a recipe for a layered cookie cake that looks delicious. The instructions are pretty standard and clear on how to mix your desserts.

Overall a nice find!

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for the electronic copy of this book in exchange for honest feedback. I was immediately attracted to this book due to a modern, eye-catching cover. I love cookbooks and baking, so this book is something that I would consider reading already. There are a lot of books with similar aims, so this review attempts to point out what is strong and unique about it!

This book is about cookies, brownies, and bars. The photography is high quality, the recipes are straight forward and clear. The layout is consistent and modern throughout, with photos & clear instructions. Then there is a tip on most pages as well. I loved the recipe for the Fudgiest Brownies Ever & Vanilla Lover's White Chocolate Brownies. A lot of these recipes produced some desserts that are absolutely gorgeous and look delicious. A lot of these end products are similar to what you'd see in an everyday bakery, making them accessible and doable.

Something that is the cutest part of this book? They have a section for dog cookies!!

Yum!! I want to try nearly all of these recipes, and have already tried a couple, which were delicious. Cannot recommend this enough, it is amazing. Even some dog biscuit recipes!!

Yummy cookies! There’s enough recipes in this cookbook that even if you made a different recipe each week that you’d never get through them all!! Lots of bar and no-bake recipes for times you want easy or for the kids to make with little to no supervision. Besides the usual like chocolate chip, there are recipes that I’ve never made and so I’ve got some new ideas. Pardon me while I go bake up some Bacon and Caramel Brownies.
I received an advanced reader copy for free from NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

Dorothy Kern’s Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars is an easy and wonderful collection of delicious dessert recipes. I particularly love the abundance of bright full-colour pictures as well as the approachable recipes. This is a perfect cookbook for beginners but there are also many recipes for those who want to try some fun new things in the kitchen!

I definitely enjoyed this pretty and yummy cookbook! The book’s overall design is simple but nicely bright and eyecatching. I absolutely love that every single recipe comes with simple but lovely and clear full-colour pictures. I have read way too many cookbooks with dull designs and barely any pictures so this book was a breath of fresh air!

The book has eight chapters: Cookie Jar Favorites; Brownies; Blondies and Bars; Cookie Cakes, Skillet Bakes, and Cups–Oh My!; Crazy Cookies; Stuffed and Sandwiched; No Oven, No Problem: No-Bake Cookies and Bars; and For Man’s Best Friend: Dog Cookies for your BFF. There is also a concise and helpful section with information on important baking ingredients, useful baking tools, tips for storing and freezing your goodies as well as the basic rules for successful cookie baking.

I really like the range of fun and innovative baked goodies! There are simple favourites like Nutella Brownies, Sprinkle Cookies, and Nana’s Drop Sugar Cookies. However, if you’re feeling adventurous, you can whip up Bacon and Caramel Brownies, Triple Decker Cookie Bars (with layers of chocolate cookies, chocolate chip cookies and Oreos!), or Stuffed Carrot Cake Cookies. Kern even includes recipes for Pumpkin Dog Cookies and Ginger’s Gingerbread Cookies so that our canine friends can have some treats too!

The recipes are clearly written and easy-to-follow. Each recipe begins with a brief write-up describing the inspiration or history behind the recipe. Kern’s writing is lightly humorous and easy-to-read. For the most part, I liked reading these little introductions but, sometimes, they got a little lengthy and repetitive. I love the useful tips that come with most of the recipes. I also love how accessible and approachable all the recipes are as most of the ingredients are pantry staples. Furthermore, while several of the recipes may be time or labour-intensive, the dishes are very doable for even the most amateur of bakers.

Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars is a deliciously wonderful cookbook that will be a welcome addition to your collection!

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This is a great cookie, brownies and bars recipe cookbook. I really liked the extra tips that were added.
The recipes were easy and with Simple instructions making it easy to understand. Photos were beautiful making me want to bake everything on every page. Thank you for all your time and effort that you put into this wonderful cookbook.

The only downside to this cookbook is deciding which recipe to make first! The photos are stunning and had me drooling over every page. I bookmarked so many recipes that I finally just stopped because it was basically the entire book. These are unique cookie recipes that contain a wide variety of ingredients. I loved all of the tips and tricks! My thanks to the publisher for the advance reader in exchange for my honest review!

I devoured this book in no time and I'm now ready to get baking. This is a book that will make you hungry!

The recipes are easy to use, easy to follow and have the ingredients most of us have in our pantries. With plenty of information to get you started and wonderful photos that look good enough to eat I am loving working my way through this cookbook and trying nearly every recipe. I'm sure my friends and family will be loving me for baking all these treats for them.

A great sweet treat for anyone who loves baking and eating such delectable sweets!

Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars: Super-Fast, Made-from-Scratch Sweets, Treats, and Desserts by Dorothy Kern offers readers tested-to-perfection recipes are easy to make and full of creative new flavor ideas. In these pages, she serves up more than 85 recipes, each with its own color photo. Detailed instructions will demonstrate how to make cookies in batches big or small and offer expert tips on how to store them so they stay fresh for a long time. What’s more, she guides you in taking your cookie skills in new directions, into the delectable world of brownies (lots of different kinds of brownies!), blondies, shortbreads, shortcakes, cookie cakes, and more. Her book includes recipes that range from traditional favorites to all-new concepts: Seriously the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies, Trail Mix Oatmeal Cookies, Raspberry Almond Spirals, Nana’s Drop Sugar Cookies, Orange Dream Cookies, Chocolate Peanut Butter Potato Chip Cookies, Brown Butter Pecan Blondies, Apple Shortbread Bars, Caramel Crunch Bars, Bacon and Caramel Brownies, Vanilla Lovers’ White Chocolate Brownies, Fruit Tart Cookie Cups, Birthday Cookie Cake, and more.

Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars is a great collection of recipes. I found the instructions, tips and ticks, and the recipes to be well written and easy to understand and follow. I like that the recipes include empirical and weight measurements, so everyone can follow recipes without extra math. I also thought to substitution and customization suggestions were well chosen and helpful to those bakers less comfortable with making those changes on their own. I think the recipes chosen are well balanced, with both basic and much more challenging. I know I saw more than one recipe that I have never seen before, and some ideas that I want to play with next time I get to baking. I know some of those stuffed cookies are on my agenda.I got to smile at the fact that she even included cookies for our furry friends. I am not sure that my bookshelves can stand another cookbook- especially another one focused on baking- but I just might be willing to try. If you have the shelf space for a good cookie and brownie cookbook, I think this would be a great addition. It should definitely be added to public libraries so those without the ability to bring another book home to stay can still enjoy this.

While you will find recipes for many old favorites here, what makes this book special is all the innovative and often easy recipes. I found myself wanting to make so many of tehm!

One unusual aspect of the book is the chapter on no-bake cookies. These are not only the common peanut-butter-based delights, but a wide assortment of flavors to please anyone.

Unlike most other cookie books which clump brownies and blondies together, Kern has separate chapters for each. She also has a chapter on bar cookies.

If you are looking to add some fun to your cookie baking -- get this book!

I received access to the book via Netgalley, but my opinion is wholly my own.
This cookbook covers cookies, brownies, bars, and some imaginative items as well. I run a bakery so it take a bit to get me excited about a recipe and more to get my to actually make time to try something new. I found several recipes in this that I bookmarked or earmarked because I wanted to try and I already made something...I must say the skillet brownie for two was quite delish and hit the sweet spot for hubby and I tonight!

If you like cookies and brownies I think this baking book might be of interest. None of the recipes are earth shakingly new but I think there are a few surprises like stuffed cookies or the orange dream cookies. I think what I appreciated the most is all the recipes are easy to follow and has helpful tips.

This book has some absolutely lovely recipes, and the pictures are delightful. The recipes are accessible, and I can't wait to make some of them!

Thanks to Dorothy Kern, NetGalley, and Harvard Common Press for this copy.

Who doesn't love a good desert cookbook. This book features all the recipes anyone with a sweet tooth could need. There are so many fun and creative recipes here that are simple and easy to make. I love how the book is broken out by more than just dessert type, there even some fun recipes for dogs.

The bright and fun images fit the aesthetic of the cookbook so well. I also loved Kerns sweet stories before each recipe. I also appreciated her tips on each recipe which is always appreciated.

I have had the time to make some of these recipes and my friends absolutely loved them.

Some of my favorite recipes include
*Nana's Drop Sugar Cookies
*Fudgiest Brownies Ever (yes they are THAT fudgey)
*Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles
*Giant Stuffed Nutella Coookie (Messy but delicious)


A copy was provided by net galley for my honest review