Sally's Cookie Addiction

Sally's Cookie Addiction by Sally McKenney is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in mid-September.

An eclectic choice of recipes for traditional cookies (like sugar or chocolate chip), oaty ones, Christmas cookies, shortbread & cut cookies, and ones with a focus on nuts, sprinkles, different flavors, and even more chocolate. McKenney's narrative voice is cheerful, encouraging, and approaches cookies with more of a sense of awe than the fixation of addiction (even if the photographs are zoomed in so intimately close that you can see sugar granules). My favorite recipes include crispy-edged chocolate chip cookies, butter spritz cookies, chocolate sugar cookies, strawberry & cream cookie cups, raspberry almond linzers, coffee toffee shortbread, lemon creme sandwiches, and PB&J thumbprints.

This was a super scrumptious little cookie book. Packed full of delicious looking photos and incredibly yummy sounding recipes. The book is broken down into the following chapters. (Introduction, Key Ingredients, Kitchen Essentials, Sally’s Top 10 Cookie-Making Tips, How to Prevent Excess Spreading, Make-Ahead Tips and Freezing Instructions, Frosting and Icing, Family Favorites, All About Oats, Happy Holidays, Shortbread and Slice-and-bakes Galore, The Sprinkle Chapter, Nut About Nuts, Serious Chocolate Cravings, and Find Your Flavor). The recipes are attractively laid out and easy to follow. With little tips from Sally, herself and "make ahead suggestions" sprinkled throughout.

So if you are a cookie fan or know someone that is (and really who isn't??!!), this would make a great gift or addition to your very own cook book collection. Twi thumbs up from yours truly.


Just a few of the yummy cookie recipes you will find within...

-- White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
-- Giant M&M’s® Cookies (personal favorite of mine)
-- Autumn Spice Oatmeal Cookies
-- Banana Almond Berry Breakfast Cookies
-- Gingerbread Cookies
-- Ginger Pistachio Cookies
-- Coffee Toffee Shortbread
-- Mint Chocolate Slice-and-Bake Cookies
-- Soft-Baked Sugar Cookie Bars
-- Piñata Cookie Surprises
-- Peanut Butter Nutella® Swirl Cookies
-- Outrageous Peanutty Caramel Thumbprints
-- Midnight Brownie Cookies
-- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip
-- Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies (another personal favorite)
-- Espresso White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Great book, great recipes, even puts weight of cups as we don't use cup measurements in the UK.  I can't wait to try these recipes.

As a fan of the website Sally's Baking Addiction, I was excited to see a cookbook devoted to cookies, which is the section of her website to which I am most drawn.  This cookbook contains a great number of recipes for cookies I would label "Classic American Cookies".  She also has introductory sections about baking equipment, techniques and cooking tips and explanations about cookie baking which is very informational for the home cook.  In addition to the classics, she offers additional versions/varieties as well as a few off the beaten path cookies, making this a great cookbook both for the newbie and more experienced home baker.  Her sections are unique in that they are not divided into the traditional categories (slice and bake; bar cookies; pressed cookies, etc.) but is, rather, divided by type as categorized by ingredients (nuts; sprinkles, etc.).  This would make a great gift for home bakers, new home owners, new adults, and the newly married.

I'm trying to be good and not give in to my cookie cravings -- and then a book like this comes along and I could eat every page!  I love what Sally has done withy old favorites, giving them little tweaks to make them so much better. I love the ideas bursting out of the book.

I'm ready to bake them all (even the ones with pink frosting and multi-colored sprinkles).

I’m writing this review after downloading a galley book from Net Galley. As soon as pay day rolls around I will be purchasing a permanent copy of Sally’s Cookie Addiction cookbook by Sally McKenney. Why? Her cookbook is absolutely one of the best cookie cookbooks I’ve read in a very long time. McKenney has created a wide and varied selection of cookie recipes which should make almost every cookie lover happy. She has also offered plenty of cookie baking tips sprinkled throughout her cookbook. Look for Sally Says to learn a quick tip about cookie baking as her tips truly enlighten and help with cookie baking.

Some of the recipes you’ll find in her cookbook include:

Brown Butter Snickerdoodles
Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Monster Cookies
Pecan Tassies
Easy Cinnamon Snowballs
Buttery Shortbread
Maple Walnut Slice-and-Bake Cookies
Soft Baked Sugar Cookie Bars
Giant Funfetti Cookie Pizza
Soft Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut Butter-Stuffed Cookie Cups
Striped Fudge Cookie Sandwiches
Midnight Brownie Cookies
Hot Cocoa Cookies
Spiced Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
Toasted S’More Cookie Cups
Glazed Soft Maple Cookies

You will find the following chapters in her cookbook:

Family Favorites
All About Oats
Happy Holidays
Shortbread and Slice-and-Bakes Galore
The Sprinkle Chapter
Nuts About Nuts
Serious Chocolate Cravings
Find Your Flavor

Whether you are a novice or experienced cookie baker you will find a recipe you’ll love in her cookbook. Thanks to her numerous tips and recommendations you should be guaranteed successful cookie baking.

Highly recommend.

Review written after downloading a galley from Net Galley.

I am so picky when it comes to cookie cookbooks. My mother bought this really great one when I was a teenager, and for 20 years it's been the gold standard by which I compare every other cookie cookbook. Which is easy to do, because I whimpered and made sad eyes until my mom gave it to me.

I had only found one, and that was "Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar: 100 Dairy-Free Recipes for Everyone's Favorite Treats." And then… Sally's Cookie Addiction.

Oh, my word. It was gorgeous. And every time I got to the end of the section and thought that was surely it, there were more recipes. Okay, the oats are over… OH SHORTBREAD. So long, shortbread. HEY, THERE ARE SPRINKLES! Then nuts, and chocolate, and am I crying? It feels like I'm crying…

The recipes are easy to follow and clear. The ingredients and necessary equipment are reasonable and expected. It's not like Power Foods (which I was literally reading right before this one) and at no point did I roll my eyes and ask if I was made of money.

Though that could be because for a few years in a row I received cookie sheets for Christmas and I have so many stockpiled some are still wrapped…

My addiction to cookies (making and eating) is slightly troubling…

But that's not what we're here for. We're here for Sally's Cookie Addiction, a cookbook that has not only meet but exceeded my outlandish standards. And if I get cookie sheets instead of this book for Christmas, there's gonna be trouble…

This is an amazingly extensive book of cookies, full of great hints, tips, advice and enthusiasm. You certainly do not need to be a confident or experienced baker to make anything from this book.
The recipes are well set out with grams as well as cup measurements. A handy photo for each and every cookie.  The instructions are simple to follow with a handy tip at the end of each. 
There is a recipe in this book for every occasion and everyone ,including the dog and some surprising ingredients, potato crisps for example. 
The only problem I have found with this book is which cookie to make first!

An avid user of Sally's website, it is no surprise to me that this book is a winner. Whether you want to make oatmeal cookies, sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, holiday cookies, or shortbread there are recipes catered to a variety of palettes. The options are far ranging. Sally explains each step with a clarity that inspires an easy, well justified confidence. This is THE cookie cookbook.

A good collection of cookies to tempt those who want to go a little bit further than the basic chocolate chip. As one who loves to bake cookies for my friends, I wanted to try several of these recipes. I noted a few of the recipes down and will be trying them in the coming months. I did appreciate her hints on chilling dough (something I do already) and to not substitute ingredients. A good book for those wanting to expand their cookie repertoire.

Due to the file I was able to access, I couldn't see the photos, so I can't speak to the quality of them.

Thank you NetGalley for the copy of Sally's Cookie Addiction by Sally McKenney that I used and reviewed.
What can I say? I can't cook but I love too bake and I adored this book. It had recipes from frosting to cookies to bars and everything in between and I loved trying old favorites and new ones just for fun. The pictures were bright and colorful even on the Kindle edition and the book was even a joy to use in that format which was a surprise for me. I loved it. A great cookie book with so much more that would be a great gift or something to buy for your own use.
I am definitely giving Sally's Cookie Addiction five out of five

An absolutely gorgeous cook book full of deliciousness!

Beautiful book with gorgeous pictures and wonderful cookie recipes all in an easy to follow format.  Sally's Cookie Addiction is a must have for baker's and cookie lovers.  A perfect cookbook. Try this book, you'll be glad you did (as well as your family).

Just like with her other books, Sally has made delicious cookie making achievable for the regular ol' home baker. Sally's approach is not overly fussy and does not call for unusual ingredients. A photo accompanied each recipe, which I thoroughly appreciated. I like seeing how the finished product should look. The pictures also make it easy to decide which recipe I'm gonna try first. I was intrigued by the brown butter toffee chocolate chip cookies as the recipe required both browning and creaming of the butter. This might seem like too much work, but trust me, the combo was so yummy. I normally like more cake-like chocolate chip cookies, but these cookies were the perfect mix of slightly crispy at the edge and chewy everywhere else. The browned butter really deepened the flavor. My friends and family were definitely fans! I can't want to try out more of the recipes.

I just finished reading through Sally’s Cookie Addiction, and let me tell you, I am HUNGRY now! I don’t buy a lot of cookbooks, but I’ve already ordered the hardcover copy of Sally’s Cookie Addiction to display in my kitchen. It’s very rare that I want to make every single recipe in a cookbook—usually I find a couple—but I want to make every single recipe in this cookbook! It’s that good.

So what’s awesome about Sally’s Cookie Addiction?

First off, the tips and tricks. Before Sally dives into recipes, she provides ten tips and tricks for cookie baking success. I have to hang my head on this one. Do I use extra-large eggs in place of large eggs? Yes! Oops. Do I chill my dough? No. Do I ensure ingredients are at their freshest? No. And do I ensure my butter is at room temperature? No—guilty again. No wonder my cookies always turn out okay but never fall into the realm of fantastic. That’s it! I’m turning over a new leaf. The next time I bake cookies, I’m going to follow Sally’s advice!

The recipes. Sally has it all! From shortbread to traditional chocolate chip to everything in between. She makes the recipes simple to follow, which I appreciate. I also like that she explains her reasoning for doing certain things. Why does she add extra flour to a recipe? Hang tight—she’ll tell you! She also has an entire chapter dedicated to cookies with sprinkles, so my daughter is going to be in sprinkle heaven.

The pictures. I love food, therefore I love looking at pictures of good food. The pictures highlight the awesomeness of the cookies. Looking at the pictures makes you want to head to the kitchen to start baking.

The presentation. I love the overall presentation of this cookbook. Reading through it feels like having a conversation with a close friend. Sally is a delight, and I wish she was my friend (for selfish reasons, of course, the girl can bake!)

So if you enjoy baking, check out this cookbook. Also, feel free to send me any and all samples of cookies you make.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing the PDF version of this cookbook in exchange for an honest review. I loved it so much that my hardbound copy is ordered and on its way!

As a huge fan of both Sally's baking addiction and cookies in general, I was especially excited about this book. The thing I like about Sally is how easy, clear and concise she makes all instructions. She adds a little something extra in how beautiful the photos are and the tips are top notch. Especially the "Sally Says" star tips. This is the kind of recipe book that gets purchased for my cook book library and as a gift.

Sally's Cookie Addiction will soon become your baking addiction!  This is packed full of delicious cookie recipes with drool worthy photographs of the finished product! Well written and beautifully photographed, this will be a must have for the cookie lover!! Ready, set, BAKE!!

Although I'm not the best cook when it comes to cookies/biscuits, would have to say I am alot better now! Book explained (and able to understand) the differences between making the cookies chewier or harder as well as all avout creating that dough.  Would recommend for the cookie or biscuit lover!

I am as much of a cookie addict as the author, and this book provides a variety of recipes as well as explains tips for making the dough either bake crispy or soft and chewy depending on your preference.

I love this blog and I was very excited to receive this book. There is a lot of variety with clear and easy instructions for each recipe featured. Lots of drool worthy pictures throughout! Highly recommend!

This cookie book is a one of a kind.  The best kind.  It has so much variety in cookie receipes, where do you start.  Has to be the Snickerdoodles. Try this receipe.  Seriously.  I can't wait to get baking.  There is so much info about baking, preparing, freezing, etc.  it's really amazing that you can bake a doyble batch and freeze half, so you will always have home baked cookies on hand.  Sally has put so much info into this book, that I am pretty sure that this will be the only book for cookie baking I will ever use again.

I have a serious cookie addiction.  Is there anything better than a buttery, soft, sweet, chewy cookie to brighten up you day?  Every year for the holidays I bake cookies and share them with my coworkers, friends, and family.  We’re not just talking a batch or two of chocolate chip here.  Last year I made 8 different kinds of cookies and more than one batch of 4 of those.  Now that you understand how important cookies are to me… you might be able to guess that I am in love with this book.  I have been a follower of Sally’s blog (Sallysbakingaddiction.com) for several years now and she had never steered me wrong.  This book has the following chapters:  Family Favorites, All About Oats, Happy Holidays, Shortbread and Slice-and-Bakes Galore, The Sprinkle Chapter, Nuts About Nuts, Serious Chocolate Cravings, and Find Your Flavor.  The book contains 75 cookie recipes plus tips, tricks, and advice from Sally to make your cookies the best.  The recipes range from chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin to Cranberry Spice Rugelach and Jude & Franklin’s Favorite Dog Biscuits.  The recipes are easy to read and accompanied by gorgeous photos.  Most of the recipes use ingredients that an accomplished home baker will keep on hand or can be found in your local grocery store.  There isn’t anything too complicated about the recipes because Sally has taken all of the guess work out of making your cookies perfect by providing her tips and tricks.  I am looking forward to making every cookie in this book. You can bet those Cranberry Spice Rugelach will be in my holiday cookie giveaway boxes this year!
Thank you to NetGalley and Race Point Publishing for an ARC of this book.  I have voluntarily provided an honest review.

Sally's Cookie Addiction is a must have cookbook for all cookie enthusiasts. The colourful pictures, tips, and variety will have you wanting to try every recipe in the book. The recipes include frosting, cookies, bars and more. A wonderful collection of sweets to entice any sweet tooth.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review

I greatly enjoyed Sally McKenney's newest cookbook covering all things cookie.  She has a great mix of traditional cookies (Crispy-Edged Chocolate Chip) unique (Strawberries & Cream Cookie Cup), holiday (Pecan Tassies), shortbread (Chai Tea Spice) and more (Butterscotch No-Bakes).  Her recipes are easy to follow and she integrates great tips for preparing thing ahead or substitutions to make your cookies even more unique.  The photography is also great. I tried the Autumn Spice Oatmeal Cookie and they were a crowd favorite.  I will be excited to try her other treats as well.  This is a great book to share with all of the cookie addicts in your life.

Love Cookies? Sally's Cookie Addiction: Irresistible Cookies, Cookie Bars, Shortbread, and More from the Creator of Sally's Baking Addiction by Sally McKenney, who is also the voice behind the popular and delightful blog, Sally’s Baking Addiction, has compiled dozens of excellent cookie recipes that no cookie lover will be able to resist. 

Sally’s offerings include old fashioned cookies, like Big Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies and Favorite Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, as well as Snickerdoodles and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies. She has also included some no bakes, and cookies with more modern ingredients like Nutella. One new favorite is Iced Carrot Cake Oatmeal Cookies which were especially enjoyed by carrot cake lovers. There are also dozens of innovative, modern cookie varieties, like Chocolate Pretzel Cookiewiches, Double Chocolate Macaroons, and Midnight Brownie Cookies. Sally’s Lemon Crème Sandwich Cookies are incredible, and so is the Coffee Toffee Shortbread. There is also a chapter on Christmas cookies that is excellent.

Included are rolled cookies, scooped or dropped cookies, bar cookies, slice and bake cookies, and shaped cookies. The instructions are precise and easy to follow. Most of the ingredients are easy-to-find. In the introductory pages, Sally has included a primer on ingredients, tips on successful cooking baking, and general advice to make cooking baking an enjoyable experience.

There is enough variety to keep bakers busy for months, along with hints on freezing and storing the finished products. And, there is a beautiful picture of each recipe, which is an essential part of any really good cookbook.

All told, this is an excellent cookbook for cookie lovers, and would make a great gift for a new bride or for anyone who loves to bake. 

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

As someone who enjoys the recipes from Sally's blog I thought this cookbook was well put together. This book made me want to start my holiday baking already. Sally gives an introduction to all the key ingredients you will need to make these delectable sweets. She also provides tips for making ahead and freezing and other storage. Vibrant pictures give an idea of what the finished product should resemble. And unlike many recipes books some of these recipes were fresh and exciting ones I had never seen before.

I received a free electronic copy of Sally's Cookie Addiction by Sally McKenney from NetGalley for my review. Beautifully written cookbook with beautiful, mouth-watering pictures. I love her Top 10 Cookie Making Tips: Chill out, Butter is better, Turn up the heat, Switch it up, Leave breathing room, Stick to the middle ground, Go with your gut, Follow the 5 minute rule, Respect the mat and Carbs rule. This would be a beautiful gift for any baker.

You had me with the picture of chocolate chip cookie dough in the Introduction.  I knew this book was going to be one I'd love.  As I browsed through the recipes, I found so many that I'd like to try, including the ones with Nutella in them and the shortbreads.  The photos made them all seem so tasty and I swear I could almost smell some of them!   The instructions are written in easy language, with helpful hints at the end of the recipe.  I have lots and lots of cookie recipes.  But, I've got to get this book!

I still remember the first time I ate an American style chocolate chip cookie that I had made myself. It was when using the internet for recipes was still a new thing, and I remember puzzling about the difference between baking soda and baking powder. I loved those cookies, and have come to love a wide variety of cookies over the years. This book has only added to them. 

There are so many mouth-watering recipes in here I had to stop myself from trying to make them all at once.There are eight categories: Family Favorites, All about oats, Happy Holidays, Shortbread and Slice-and-Bake Galore, The Sprinkle Chapter, Nuts about Nuts, Serious Chocolate Cravings and Find your Flavor, offering something for everyone who likes to indulge themselves every so often. The recipes range from more simple to more elaborate ones, and thanks to the clear instructions, the recipes are easy to follow. The ingredients list uses both cups and grams, and apart from some sweets most ingredients should be easily available even outside the U.S. 

I also really appreciated useful advice in the beginning and throughout the book. It's the perfect book for cookie lovers and offers plenty of inspiration to change up ones baking routine.

This book is great! The recipes are different, there are a lot of twists on the traditional cookie recipes. The photographs are good too. I especially appreciated the tips given by Sally to help improve my baking skills.

Thank you, Net Galley for the opportunity to review this book --- as people who follow me know, I do not regurgitate what the book is about as that is what the description from the author and publisher at the top of the page are for.							

I love cookies ... any kind of cookies (okay I digress and state that speculoos "butter" is evil! This book is full of things I am going to make over the next two months and and freeze for our holiday cookie exchange. The shortbread is fantastic ... all are fantastic.

Buy it!!!!!

When I first looked at the table of contents for Sally's Cookie Addiction by Sally McKenney, I was not sure I would find any interesting recipes.  Then I started reading the cookbook and marked recipe after recipe to try.  I did end up making the Big Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies and gave them to my taste testers.  Everyone loved the cookies.  The bit of molasses added an extra depth to the cookies.  The book is a nice mix of classics and unusual cookies.  The tips and tricks are an nice addition especially for new bakers.  Cookies always seem to be hit, and this book offers something for everyone!

A few of you favorite will be here but the selection of recipes is staggering.  Each recipe has a gorgeous photo that has you wanting to make every recipe. The print size is good for both the list of ingredients and the directions.  Divided into chapters by cookie type the book is well organized and easy to follow.  I particularly enjoyed the bar/pan section as they take a little less time.

I’ve been following Sally on Social Media and her blog since before she released her first cookbook. I absolutely loved her Sally’s Baking Addiction cookbook and I was excited when she made the announcement that she was releasing Sally’s Cookie Addiction. Cupcakes and cookies are my two favourite sections in her first cookbook, so I was looking forward to what tasty new recipes she had come up with. I was not disappointed!

Not only are Sally’s recipes delicious, they are easy to follow for both novice and seasoned bakers. She has helpful pages of tips, freezing instructions, family favourites and how to prevent excess spreading. The measurements are written in both weight/volume and the accompanying Directions are clear and written in a step by step manner. I also love the little notes on each page, which sometimes include possible substitutions and recommendations!

The accompanying pictures are eye catching, professional and well staged. They do a good job of making my mouth water!

I’m an avid baker and I have tried- and enjoyed- a few recipes from the book so far, and I plan to try more soon. Weather you’re new to baking or a cookie connoisseur looking for a new book to add to the collection, I recommend Sally’s Cookie Addiction!

*Recipes I’ve Tried: Brown Butter Snickerdoodles, Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies, Royal Icing Recipe, Cookie Cutter Sugar Cookies

Nice little cookie book that clearly shows the love the author has for cookies. 

If you love cookies and are ALWAYS on the look out for more recipes?
This book will offer you a few. 

Its a nice mixture of old classics and new spins, with great pictures and well done recipes. 

For me personally there was a bit too much colour in it all. What i mean by that is that i am not a sprinkle or M&M kind of person. I can't eat anything that is artificially flavoured (yup thats a REALLY nice allergy to have at current times!) i found that this book had a few too many recipes of that kind for me to go out and physically buy this book. 

BUT the recipes itself are still great. And if you are someone that LOVES to bake with everything colour? This book will be exactly what you have been searching for!

It overs a nice range of different types of cookies and while i kind of wish there would be a few more cookie bars and actual shortbread in this book (since it is in the title and all!) its mostly just a "typical" cookie recipe book. Which is not a bad thing. Just a note, if you are looking for lots of recipes on those two topics this book might not have your needs covered!

All in all?
This is fantastic. 
Beautiful cookies, lots of nice and easy to follow recipes that make you want to jump into your kitchen to get going with the cookie making!

I absolutely love this cookie baking book!  It has so many different types of cookies and different varieties of cookies, there was just so much to pick through.  I love the chemistry behind baking.  As a science geek, i really appreciated that added element at the beginning of the book.  I also love the different tips the author gave like the type of tools and sizes and even brands that were recommended.  it really helps, especially if you're a beginner and don't know where to start.  Overall, you can't go wrong with this one.  Cookies are one of the easiest types of desserts to make and with this book, it makes it even easier and fun.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.  This book is amazing! This book features so many different cookie recipes including your classic holiday cookie recipe. It gives pictures for each and every recipe offered which is super helpful so you know what the cookie is supposed to look like. I have definitely found a few that I will be attempting to make this holiday season as well as trying to make my traditional chocolate chip cookie even better.  The directions are easy to follow and the ingredients are easy to get and anything out of the ordinary is explained. I love this book - this is now my favorite dessert book. Thank you so much for writing this book and to NetGalley for providing me a copy. I know I'll be referring back to this quite a few times.

I loved this book,there is a lot of recipes in,I can't wait to try them all,well written,very helpful book,a must if you like baking.

Really liked this book.  Very clear concise instructions.  Great pictures.  Yummy cookies!

This was the review that appeared on Goodreads:

I received an advance copy of this from Quarto Publishing Group – Race Point Publishing through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was quite literally salivating as I went through this book. The pictures that appear for absolutely all of the recipes were like the icing on the cake. These recipes look awesome and I can't wait to try them.

There's a good mix of traditional vs new feel good recipes featuring ingredients that seem to be so popular right now. I have never seen so many recipes with pistachios before in my life. But I'm definitely not complaining.

I'm an occasional seasonal baker. I'm not a pro but I'm also not a beginner. I appreciated the language used in this book and how straightforward it was. It literally seems to be idiot proof (I say that now but I guess only time and experimentation will tell). 

Like I mentioned before, I love that Sally included pictures of every single recipe. This is so helpful since there have been so many times where I've made something and there's been no picture to compare it to and I find myself thinking, is it supposed to look like that?

Her tips are fantastic. Some I knew, others I didn't. Who would have ever thought to include a slice of bread in with your cookies to keep them moist????? Genius. 

Great book. I'd purchase it for my friends and people new to baking. Can't wait to try the recipes for the holiday season.

I read this advanced readers copy of this book.  I just loved the recipes that were contained in the book.  It helped me out a lot with the bake sale that we had lately too.  Lots of great recipes to use too.  My son was my taste tester and he gave his approval of them all.  I so can't wait till the holidays to do cookie swaps too.

I think the best way to describe this book is “fun”! It is a glorious, no excuses, sugar and calorie laden delight!  Granted, there are a lot of recipes that are way too sweet for me ( I skipped the chapter dedicated to The Sprinkle and hence my 4 stars) but there were enough other recipes that really appealed.  The Shortbread Jam Thumbprints were a great success (I’ve never rolled Thumbprints in chopped nuts before and they were delicious) and the Chai Tea Spiced Shortbread were superb.  Lots of other recipes on my list to try, which is always an indication of a successful recipe book.
The book is divided into sensible chapters, making the initial search for a recipe simple. Instructions are very clear so the recipes would be easy for a beginner.  Useful asides ( Sally says….) are good aids too.   There are excellent photos of each cookie.  As a European reader, I appreciated that ingredients were given in metric as well.  All in all, a book I would be delighted to have on my cook-book shelf.

I do love to bake so I was very excited to get this cookbook. Classic recipes are included along with some twists and new ideas. I did appreciate the key ingredients and tips sections and the pictures made me want to try out every recipe. Highly recommend!

This is a yummy cookbook. I have been following Sally for a few years now and I have not had a recipe to disappoint me yet. I think this would be a good cookbook for my teenager that likes to bake. The recipes are easy to make and easy to understand. Thank you for letting me preview this book

This book had some lovely scrumptious looking photos and some very easy to follow recipes!!
There are great hints and tips and I feel inspired now to make a few lovely batches of cookies for Christmas!

A wonderful book about cookies weather you have been baking for years or just beginning. The beginning opens with what you need and how to start each recipe with fresh not expired dates. You also get many recipes and you get many useful tips along the way. Her royal icing recipe and the tip of how to use it form a bottle instead of a bag I found helpful. I have been making cookies for years and some of her tips, like don’t use a hot or warm cookie sheet I had to learn on my own. I also found some of her recipes that used molasses reminded me of my grandmother’s when she baked and I must say the flavor is much different. Overall a very good book and very good pictures also there is a recipe for dog treats that I thought was nice. A great book.

I love baking. And, I especially love baking cookies. They're my ace in the hole, my first go-to. I'm constantly on the lookout for new recipes to add into my repertoire. Plus, the holidays are coming up, when my need to bake goes into overdrive. All in all, this is a solid book that's chock full of cookies. 

The book is divided into chapters that are mostly flavor or ingredient based including: introduction/tips, Family Favorites, All About Oats, Happy Holidays, Shortbread and Slice and Bakes Galore, The Sprinkle Chapter, Nuts About Nuts, Serious Chocolate Cravings, and Find Your Flavor. 

Ultimately, this is a bit of a clunky, unorganized way to sort cookie recipes. "Find Your Flavor", "Happy Holidays" and "Family Favorites" are all pretty vague, wide categories. The rest of them make sense, but those listed are a bit disjointed from the rest.

The tone also gets a little condescending at times. There's a big push about how substitutions are usually why people's cookies don't turn out, and recipes are there for a reason. Pretty opposing to most cookbooks, which encourage creativity and adapting. There's also the use of the phrase "it's a no no". This is a cookbook that isn't specifically geared towards kids- really? No no?

After these discouraging bits, the book goes along a lot more smoothly. 

There's a lot of helpful hints as you go. There's advice on how to make your cookies softer, and how to decorate better, and things like that. It's much appreciated and helpful for sure, especially for beginner or seasonal bakers. 

There are a lot of recipes in this book, and also a LOT of photos. I love when a cookbook has a photo of every recipe, and this book does just that. 

The recipes are written in an approachable style, with simple language and short, easy to follow steps. 

There's a really wide variety of cookies here, from the super sweet, to the spicy, to even cookies that your dog will enjoy. 

Some of the cookies that sound the best to me include Autumn Spice Oatmeal Cookies, Chai Tea Spice Shortbread, and Cherry Almond Coconut Macaroons. 

This is a great book for cookie lovers and for the holidays. Once you get past a few speed bumps, it's easy to follow and full of new recipes to try. 

I received a copy in exchange for my honest review.

Amazing! Beautiful photography, funny and informative text that remains simple and accessible, and the most gorgeous and mouthwatering recipes!!! Sally gives detailed instructions and points out where it's likely you might go wrong and this gives you confidence to try recipes that, written by anyone else, I might find too intimidating! Highly recommended for both novices and experienced bakers alike.
*ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher*

This cookbook is absolutely amazing! The recipes are mouth-watering just by reading them and when you add in the pictures it is mind blowing! The instructions are very easy to follow and there is quite a range of different types of cookies to be tried. After sampling some of the recipes I can't wait to make every cookie listed in this book!

If the title of this book doesn’t make you want to own it, I’m not sure anything I say will either. But that’s not going to stop me!

SALLY’S COOKIE ADDICTION is 192 pages filled with amazing cookie recipes! Everyday favorites, and new, soon to be treasured favorites. 

Author Sally McKenny starts this wonderful cookie experience with a lovely introduction followed by the pages, Key Ingredients, Kitchen Essentials, Sally’s Top 10 Cookie-Making Tips, How To Prevent Excess Spreading (a problem I have with my cookies, and hips!), Make-Ahead Tips and Freezing Instructions, Frosting and Icing. I find pages such as these immensely helpful, and I wish all recipe books would go the extra mile to include them. I know Ms. McKenny taught me a few things through them!

What comes next are eight chapters packed with delicious cookie recipes, and tempting color photos sure to make your mouth water, and your sweet tooth begging to be fed! Recipes like, Brown Butter Snickerdoodles, Chocolate Sugar Cookies, Jude & Franklin’s Favorite Dog Biscuits (can’t forget the pups!), Banana Almond Berry Breakfast Cookies, Ginger Pistachio Cookies, Coffee Toffee Shortbread, Rainbow Kiss Cookies, Outrageous Peanutty Caramel Thumbprints, Chocolate Pretzel Cookiewiches, Spiced Pumpkin Whoopie Pies, Espresso White Chocolate Chunk Cookies, and so many more! Many more!!!

There are so many cookie recipe books out there, and I’m sure you own several of them, just as I do. That being said, you’re going to want to add this one to your collection! Christmas, birthdays, parties, Monday – Sunday will all be better with the amazing cookies you will bake using, SALLY’S COOKIE ADDICTION - IRRESITABLE COOKIES, BARS, SHORTBREAD, AND MORE!

Did I ever read this at the right time of year! I bookmarked FIVE recipes to make just for holiday giving: giant M&M cookies, soft-baked sugar cookie bars, butterscotch no-bakes for my Dad, hot cocoa cookies, and peanut butter-stuffed cookie cups. There are so many excellent recipes in here-- I added it immediately to my own Christmas wishlist because, if I don't get a copy of my own, I will have to transcribe half of my preview... and I plan to buy at least two copies to give as gifts. Happy baking!

Beautiful cookbook! The cookie pictures are amazing & the recipes simple & tasty.

I had never heard of Sally McKenney before reading this cookbook but am a fan now.

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

I was given an advanced copy of this book via Netgalley and the author.  

First, I want to start by stating that I am in no way a baker!  I downloaded this book with the intention of trying one or two recipes.  So far, I have successfully made the giant M&M cookies, hot cocoa cookies, and the shortbread.  For someone who NEVER bakes and was apprehensive about attempting to bake, this book was definitely helpful.  The author's recipes were easy to follow for the cookies that I made and the end results were delicious!  Thank you to the author for giving me the confidence in my baking skills to attempt some of the more advanced recipes in the book this holiday season!

I love baking cookies, especially for my son who’s away at college. When we dropped him off at school that first time, I sent several different kinds with him and kept him pretty much stocked the entire year. I was horrified to learn that my cookies were such a hit that a few members of the football team were offering to trade my son a fifth of whiskey for some. He assured me he didn’t take that trade, and I decided to stick my head in the sand and believe him. Now that my son’s a senior, I can even admit it was somewhat of a compliment to my cookie baking skills that college students thought them worthy of trading their booze for.

I follow Sally’s Baking Addiction on Bloglovin’, so when she had a cookie cookbook release I thought I’d try reviewing it. I can’t say reviewing a cookbook is something I’ll repeat anytime soon, at least not with an R2R from Netgalley. For starters, you can’t download it to your Kindle app, you have to use a special app to read it, and it’s not a very user-friendly one. I persevered and figured it out well enough to not only read the cookbook but also to make a couple of the recipe’s included.

In my read through, I was impressed with the number of tips included, many of which I already use. There was also a decent section on tools she recommends using along with key ingredients. The one thing she likes to use that I don’t is the silicone liners. I have one, but I’m a parchment paper girl myself, mainly because I don’t like cleaning the silicone liners. Parchment is just so blooming easy to use then discard. There were lots of colorful pictures included which I really appreciated.

Super Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
There was a huge variety of recipes included for all different kinds of cookies. The first one I tried was for the Super Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars. I’ve got a recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies that my family members clamor for but they are pretty futzy to make (think browned butter etc.), so I liked the idea of a quick and easy bar recipe.


Once I gathered the ingredients, these went together pretty fast. I liked the idea of making a sling type thing out of parchment paper making it easy to lift the bars out of the pan after they’d cooled a bit.This made cutting the cookies into bars really easy, and also meant I didn’t have to get that always awkward first piece out (especially since someone borrowed my itty bitty spatula that made this task easy, and never returned it).

The bars themselves were moist and flavorful. Both my husband and my son gave them two thumbs up, as did all my son’s friends when he carried them back to school.

Espresso White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
I let my son pick the cookie he wanted me to try next. With it being the weekend before finals, he chose Espresso White Chocolate Chunk Cookies thinking the more caffeine the better. Although not quite as fast to put together as the Chocolate Chip Bars, these went together fairly easy. My one complaint was that the chunks kind of sank into the dough making for some not very pretty cookies Topping them with a few white chocolate chips was suggested which did make them look better but was tedious to do. If I make these again, I’ll just go with the white chocolate chips instead of chunks and hope they show up better.

My husband and I were only able to snag one cookie each before my son and his girlfriend whisked them away. The coffee flavor went well with the white chocolate. The kids provided the final seal of approval when they called to tell me they were a hit amongst their study group.

Final Thoughts
Overall this is a nice little cookbook with some interesting recipes included. It would be perfect for a novice cook who’s just getting started with baking or who doesn’t do it often. It’s informative, easy to follow, and nice to look at. For me it was a bit too simplified but I did enjoy reading it and even got a few ideas for my own recipes.

Rating: 4 Cookielicious Stars.

I'll admit it, I was a little bit of a snob going into this book.  I had been baking from the likes of Dorie Greenspan, Christina Tosi, Joanne Chang, and Elisabeth Prueitt and, as a blogger, Sally just did not have the same caché in my mind at that moment.  But that's not to say I had never baked from her books before.  Actually, I owned Sally's Baking Addiction and Sally's Candy Addiction already, and I regularly visit Sally's blog.  

To my surprise, this book appealed to me so much, I baked from it the first day I read it.  For some reason, McKenney's books are always so approachable.  I think it helps that, at 75 recipes, the amount of choice is not overwhelming.  This number of recipes could be a pro or a con depending on how you look at it, but I appreciated it.  

I tried three recipes and they all turned out quite well.  The first were the Autumn Spice Oatmeal cookies, chocked full with dried cranberries, pepitas, coconut, chocolate, and warming spice. I kept the dough in the fridge for a week and baked them off fresh, but the ones I didn't eat right away kept really well, too.  They were hearty and tasty, a really homey, simple cookie.  The next ones I baked were the Brown Butter Snickerdoodles, which tasted no different from normal snickerdoodles to me (could be my fault).  But normal snickerdoodles are tasty and dead easy to bake, if not entirely novel.  These actually tasted better after aging a day.  Finally, I made the Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti, which I shipped across the the continental US and Canada, and they held up in terms of taste and shape for two weeks, receiving rave reviews from my mother.  They were cute and festive, though half my dough was a little finicky and I had to bake it longer than written in the recipe.  

All Sally's instructions are clear, and her headnotes make the recipes seem exciting and very doable.  There are very few finicky ingredients, too.  

The cookies don't break a lot of new ground, but there are some exciting twists on old and approachable favorites.  There's a section on classics, which contains variations on chocolate chip and sugar cookies, a chapter on oatmeal cookies, and an entire chapter on shortbread, which has a lot of flavor combinations I'm excited to try, like coconut lime, chai tea, and coffee toffee.  You might argue, however, that this could have been written as one recipe with suggestions for variations as opposed to a bunch of different ones.  "The Sprinkle Chapter" veers into trendy Pinterest/Instagram territory a little much for me, but if that's your thing, it is a cute chapter.  I'm particularly drawn to the Rainbow Kiss Cookies myself.  The nut chapter, for me, has the same problem as the sprinkle chapter (again, this is just my baking style) with recipes that put me off a bit by using, for example, bright green pistachio pudding mix.  Stuffed cookies don't appeal to me much, either, and they make quite a few appearances.  The holiday chapter is packed with good stalwarts, though you can find a few on Sally's blog, so that's something to consider if that bothers you and you're not a person who likes/needs physical copies of recipes.  There's a whole chapter on chocolate if you're a lover of it (I'm not) and--one of the most exciting to me but unfortunately a little small--a chapter called Find Your Flavor with fun combos, like the ever-trendy pumpkin spice put into a sugar cookie.  (Though I want to try it, I have to think--couldn't it just be a variation written below the plain sugar cookie instead of an entire new recipe?)

In my experience with Sally's books, I find the recipes mostly reliable, but not necessarily so. I've had some fails with her other two books.  

In honesty, I received a digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an candid review, but I no longer have access to the review copy, and I would like to purchase a copy of this book to add to my collection.  That being said, I would not buy this book at full price, due to the small number of recipes, the repeats from the blog, and the number that simply do not appeal to me.  I do think, however, that this is a great book for someone early on in their baking journey who needs basic recipes, or for someone who has a baking style that aligns with Sally's a little more than mine, (i.e. sprinkles, stuffed cookies, candy in cookies, etc.).  There are also a lot of little, fun gems in it that I am excited to try, especially when I lean into my trendier, kitschier baking mood (I'm a sucker for pumpkin spice and and though the pistachio pudding puts me off the use of hot chocolate mix in the Hot Cocoa Cookies has me excited).

To sum up, it's a fairly reliable, approachable, concise little book that will seem superfluous to some bakers but fun and/or essential to others based on one's experience and taste.  I think it's a 3 star book for some and a 5 for others.

I follow Sallys blog and was looking forward to this book and I wasnt disappointed. Its a fun cookbook , with ideas to encourage everyone. The photographs are lovely and the baking is very achievable with easy to follow recipes.

This was an amazing cookbook. The directions are super easy to follow and is full of beautiful pictures. My family loved it that was I was approved for this ARC. I've made a couple of these cookies so far and my favourite recipe is for the rainbow kiss cookies.
Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC.

This cookie cookbook is amazing!  It enticed me to expand beyond my tried-and-true cookie recipes that I know my family loves, and each recipe I tried was a success.  Now they have some new favorites!

A book full of cookie recipes, what more could want. They all look delicious and made me want to start baking immediately

While there are many great cookie recipes in this book, the best was The Sprinkle Chapter! I love the unicorn foods currently so trendy and this feeds right into my sparkly, glittery, crafting self! I intend to make every recipes in the coming months. I especially liked the Birthday Party Thumbprints, Soft Funfetti Chip Cookies. Pinata Cookie Suprises, and Giant Funfetti Cookie Pizza!  Thank you, Sally McKenny! Great book!

Sally does it again with a great book on all things cookies. Cookies make anyone happy and I enjoyed making many of her tasty recipes.