A Gift of Cookies: Recipes to Share with Family & Friends

You’ve come to the right place for both inspiration and practical cookie-baking advice. Author Mary DiSomma, as passionate about helping children as she is about baking, is DONATING all proceeds from sales of this book to: Hephzibah Children’s Association and The Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society. This all encompassing cookie cookbook covers everything you need to know whether you volunteered to bring baked treats to your block party or want to dazzle family and friends with fancy decorative cookies for a special celebration. 130 RECIPES INCLUDING: • Easy-to-make drop cookies (like snickerdoodles, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter, and of course, chocolate chip!) • Brownies, Bars, and Blondies • Holiday and gingerbread cookies • Biscotti, Kolacky, Rugalach • Sugar cookies, shortbread and linzer cookies • Vegan and gluten-free options • Distinctive decorative cookies (like springerle, madeleines, and pizelles) • Fillings and frostings (like raspberry filling, lemon curd, buttercream, and ganache) PLUS: Tips, tools and techniques Step-by-step macaron instructions Original photographs with each recipe ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS: Based in Oak Park, Illinois, these two organizations have served the area for more than a century. HEPHZIBAH provides a safe place for vulnerable children and families in need. THE OAK PARK RIVER FOREST INFANT WELFARE SOCIETY takes a holistic approach to pediatric primary care services, bringing greater health equity and social justice to children. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mary DiSomma, an enthusiastic and imaginative baker of cookies, is the author and publisher of A Gift of Cookies: Recipes to Share with Family & Friends. Philanthropist, podiatrist, entrepreneur, and mother of four, Mary began her baking journey while growing up in an extended Italian-American family in and around Chicago. She learned the basics baking alongside her mother, grandmothers, and aunts; her ˝cooking school,˝ as she calls it. Mary picked up valuable tips and techniques handed down through family generations and happily shares them with readers of this book. To learn more, please visit: MaryDisomma.com Read more