It may have taken Greenspan a while to finally give fans the gift of an all-cookie cookbook, but it was worth the wait, as it encompasses all of her influences over the years: the techniques and flavors learned at Julia Child’s side, years working with Parisian patissier Pierre Herme, and recipes from the pop-up shop she and her son ran. … Greenspan is, let’s say it, the cookie savant of our time. … This is a cookbook to read, bake, and eat your way through. 

Dorie has written the perfect book to satisfy the Cookie Monster in all of us. These recipes are both classic and inventive and totally delicious.

Close your eyes and dream up your wildest, most delicious cookie. Now, open ’em up. Abracadabra! There’s your cookie, right here in Dorie’s stunning new book.

As comprehensively crumbly as you’d expect from Dorie. Her enthusiasm and knowledge are so complete that you just want to put down whatever you are doing and bake a batch of perfect cookies.

I came to know Dorie through her insanely delicious cookies before I fell for her as a hip-as-heck (baking) goddess. Her exacting technique and clever palate make any recipe that comes out of her oven or yours true perfection.

There’s no one we’d rather have at our side as we work our way through this formidable roster of cookies and their various kin than the indefatigable Dorie Greenspan. She’s there with us on every page, nudging us forth with a wink and a grin — and in signature Dorie style, with a parade of indispensable tips to ensure we reach dessert nirvana.

This may be my favorite collection of cookies ever!

That sound you hear is holiday bakers clapping.