The Daily Cookie: 365 Tempting Treats for the Sweetest Year of Your Life [Hardcover]

Anna Ginsberg (Author)

Book Description

Release date: November 6, 2012

365 recipes for cookies that celebrate historic and pop-culture events every day of the year, with anecdotes, trivia, and full-color photos of each cookie.

The Daily Cookie: 365 Tempting Treats for the Sweetest Year of Your Life is a veritable cookiepedia served up with lighthearted historical and celebratory anecdotes, quotes, and trivia designed to inspire the baker in you 365 days a year.

With The Daily Cookie, there's no need to wait for an occasion to bake a batch of cookies. Every day is cause to celebrate, whether it's Elvis's birthday (Peanut Browned Butter Banana-Bacon Cookies), Day of the Ninja (Chocolate "Ninjabread" Cookies), or Squirrel Appreciation Day (Caramel Nut Bars).

While the occasions are sometimes a little offbeat, the recipes are seriously good, with tried-and-true instructions and tips for getting the best results. Best of all, each of the 365 recipes features a full-color photograph of the finished cookie.

Whether you like chewy, crispy, chunky, bars, brownies, supereasy (some even no-bake), sweet, salty, savory, or even vegan and gluten-free options, there's something for everyone every day in The Daily Cookie.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Anna Ginsberg is a self-taught home cook and grand-prize winner of the 41st Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest and numerous other local and national cooking contests. She has appeared on the Today show and has cooked onstage with Oprah Winfrey. She details her cookie-baking adventures in her Cookie Madness blog, cookiemadness.net. You can also find Anna on Twitter @Cookie_Madness.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; Original edition (November 6, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449420702
• ISBN-13: 978-1449420703
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #86 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Cookies

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Daily Cookie by Anna Ginsberg November 6, 2012

By Therese

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Okay, I just received my book today. I did the pre~order. Cookie novices, cookie baker enthusiasts, get this book! It is well thought out. Cookies for each day of the year. With clear instructions, beautiful pictures and a huge variety of delish cookie recipes! It starts with a getting started section which lists what type of equipment, supplies, how to toast nuts, mixing ingredients. Wow. This is the best cookie cookbook I have seen in a long time.

In the back of the book she even has sections on cookies by type, shaped to sliced to baking in a pan. Cookies by batch size...wow! Cookies for special diets (gluten~free), great gift cookies and bake sale favorites.

The first recipe for January 1st...New Year's Day..Pomegranate Swirl Cheesecake bars. Hello, those will be made well before the New Year sister! And I appreciate the fact that she has a cookie for Groundhog's Day, which happens to be my birthday and it is an event that is easily overshawdowed.ha!!

I think this book would make a GREAT holiday gift. Order now and get some ideas for your Christmas cookie exchanges ladies and gents!

5 stars...very well worth the money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect gift! November 13, 2012

By Lisa Huff

Format:Hardcover

I recently received my copy of The Daily Cookie and haven't been able to put it down. The book has a cookie recipe for each day of the year that corresponds to the holiday or a historical occasion for that day. There are a wide range of holidays and occasions including such days as the First Girl Scout Cookie Sale (December 2nd), National Newspaper Carrier Day (September 4th), Tax Day (April 15th), Barbie Doll Debut (March 9th), and major holidays like Christmas (December 25th) and Fourth of July (July 4th). Each recipe includes the history or story about that day along with a photo of the cookie. I love that there is a photo for EACH recipe!

The book includes a wide range of fun and easy recipes for cookies and treats including Monster Cookies, Cinco de Mayo Pepita Crunch Cookies, White Chocolate Mango Pecan Cookies, Pretty Pink Melt-Aways, and Salted Peanut Bars. The book also includes a lot of baking and ingredient tips. An index at the back of the book by cookie type makes it easy to select a cookie if you're looking for drop cookies, cut-out cookies, or cookies by pan size or batch size. There are also some cookies that can be made gluten-free, egg-free, or vegan. Also some great gift cookies, bake sale favorites, and breakfast cookies. This book is a great gift idea for your favorite "foodies" or for yourself!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for any baker January 28, 2013

By Suzanne H Caithamer

Format:Hardcover

This is just an awesome book. I have made several of the cookies and they have all been hits. The directions are clear and each recipe has a photo of the finished cookie which is really helpful. The index not only categorizes recipes alphabetically but also by category (ie, special diets, or "bake sale favorites", by ingredient, by cookie type, by pan size, and by batch size. It is a great read, too, learning about all the different daily events you could make cookies for. It has fast become a favorite book in my house! Super gift for yourself or for your favorite baker.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Good one! December 16, 2012

By Meliha

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Great cookbook! I love the smiley face cookies recipe. Haven't had a chance to try everything yet...will take me awhile. :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Anna's recipes always taste great! November 11, 2012

By Kathie

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I am a novice baker and need recipes that taste great every time and are loved by those I bake for. Anna's recipes fit the bill! I am so excited to have all these recipes in her new book. The Honey Cookies are a favorite of family and friends. Each recipe is easy to follow and the added holiday information is fun to read. This is my cookie bible!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great recipes, great theme November 11, 2012

By Shala Kerrigan TOP 100 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Hardcover

The Daily Cookie - 365 Tempting Treats for the Sweetest Year of Your Life by Anna Ginsberg is wonderful collection of cookie recipes that would make a good gift for yourself or a wonderful birthday or holiday present for the baker in your life.

I was enthused about this cookbook with it's full color photos and all the cookie recipes. Many of those recipes are based on traditional favorites, some are old fashioned cookies, some are based on other classic desserts in a cookie form. Then my daughter saw it, and she loves it even more than I do. She's been reading it for pleasure.

Each day has a specific holiday or event listed, and sometimes the cookie recipes are themed for that holiday. November 11th, Veteran's Day features lemon rosemary shortbread because rosemary is for remembrance. Those sidebars frequently have a bit of information about the holiday, and sometimes other events that happened on that day. That's the reason I think this book makes a great gift. Those little sidebars with an event for each day are charming and interesting.

The cookie recipes are great, they cover a really wide range of tastes, textures and types. Bar cookies, rolled cookies, shaped cookies and drop cookies. If you're stuck in a cookie rut of using the same recipes over and over (for me it's snickerdoodles and chocolate chip cookies), the variety will inspire you. There are fruity, chocolates, nutty, vanilla, candy, buttery and other flavors.

The other thing that makes this cookbook a stand out single theme cookbook is the various indices in the back of the book which list the cookie recipes by batch size, pan size, cookie type and even how easy they are to make. There is also a more traditional index by recipe name and flavor ingredients.... The instructions are written in American style volume measurements, the end of the cookbook does has an equivalency table for people using metric which also includes Fahrenheit t to Celsius conversions and lists British gas marks.

This book does consider brownies to be a type of cookie and there are several brownie recipes for the people who love chocolate.

My daughter is simply charmed by this book, it's not just the cookie recipes, it's also the events and layout. I like the fact it has so many great cookie recipes that can quickly become family favorites, and that the recipes and instructions are well-written and easy to understand and follow.
[I received a complimentary copy of the book to review on my craft blog- Don't Eat the Paste. I received no other compensation, and my review is my honest opinion of the product.] Read more ›