Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Harvard Common Press for an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own.
I refuse to review cookbooks until I have made at least 1 item from the book, and in this case, I have already made 3 with a plan to make an additional 2 later this week. This book wasn’t kidding with the title saying that the recipes are super fast and made from scratch, because I was able to make two items (chocolate chip cookies & no-bake chocolate chip cookie dough bites) in about an hour. Mind you, they both needed to chill for at least an hour, so I came back later in the evening to bake all of the cookies. I also made the no-bake sugar cookie bites with two friends, and we were able to complete that (with chilling) in about an hour as well.
These recipes are pretty easy to read and use, which is awesome when so many of the recipes look so good. One of my friends who was baking with me is vegan, and so she brought vegan substitutes for some of the ingredients – not only did it still work but they tasted delicious! My biggest complaint with these recipes is that almost all of them require the dough to chill for an extended period of time. While this isn’t a huge deal, it does cause some time issues if you don’t pre-plan for an additional hour+ into your baking time. It is nice that there are recommendations on how to cook flour and store both the dough & cooked sweets, plus tips on how long it is good for. There are a couple dog treat recipes in the book and that is my next project – I can’t wait! 5/5
Pictures of what we made! Bonus pictures of Chloe & Maddi, with Maddi making super fun faces.
