Heather Mubarak - Stuffed

Copyright 2023 by HEATHER MUBARAK .

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

ISBN 9781797214542 (epub, mobi)

ISBN 9781797214535 (hardcover)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Mubarak, Heather, author.

Title: Stuffed : the sandwich cookie book / Heather Mubarak.

Description: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2023. | Includes index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2022040564 | ISBN 9781797214535

Subjects: LCSH: Cookies. | Baking. | LCGFT: Cookbooks.

Classification: LCC TX772 .M83 2023 | DDC 641.86/54--dc23/eng/20220830

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022040564

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for my mom

who taught me early on that home is where the cookies are.

and for my girls

I love you beyond measure.

As it does for many, my love for cookies goes way back to my happiest childhood memories. When I was in grade school, my mom would greet me and my sister on the front porch with a smile and a plate of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies warm from the oven. You know the ones. Straight from the recipe on the bright yellow bag and baked with love by Mom herself. I have always loved cookies more than any other dessert. Ever since I can recall, an ooey-gooey, soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie has been my favorite indulgence. The simpler, the better. A cookie is the one treat I cannot live without.

Thanks to Mom, I grew up with a serious sweet tooth, and I have been making a career out of all things sweet for as long as I can remember. After starting a hand-crafted almond toffee business using a secret family recipe, I became known to many as the toffee lady. And my signature brown butter blondies have won over hundreds of sugar-starved third graders at school bake sales. I will be forever proud of my lazy girl snack cakes, and I will never run out of ways to reinvent the classic Bundt.

But the treat I love to bake (and eat!) the most is a pretty little sandwich cookie. There is a sandwich cookie for every mood, every special occasion, every craving. When it comes to cookies, two is always better than one, if you ask me. And whats not to love about a pair of delicious cookies smooshed together with swirls of fluffy buttercream, scoops of homemade ice cream, or spoonfuls of chocolate filling in the middle? As you turn the pages of this book, you will wonder where these double-doozy cookies have been all your life. From Wannabe Brownie Cookies with Peanut Butter Frosting (), these stuffed cookies will quickly become fast favorites that you will make again and again.

Everyone has a favorite cookie flavor, whether it is rich and chocolatey, light and buttery, or sweet and salty. With cravings top of mind, the cookie recipes are organized into six chapters: Oldies but Goodies, For the Love of Chocolate, The Cool Cookies, Tart & Tangy, Cookies with a Kick, and Cocktail Cookies. Each chapter includes a collection of all kinds of cookies, whether simple, elevated versions of cherished childhood classics suitable for a weeknight dessert, or elegant favorites perfect for any party. There is also a smattering of quick and easy recipes that are must-haves for when the cookie craving strikes, no special occasion needed. Within these pages youll find no-fuss cookies to make every day along with fancier cookies to make every so often. Each of these cookies is crave-worthy on its own, but when paired with the perfect filling, it is over-the-top delicious. Because no two cookie lovers are alike, I have written this book as a choose-your-own-adventure of sorts. Each of the cookies can be baked and enjoyed as they are, or they can be paired in endless combinations with the buttercreams, fillings, ice creams, and frostings found in the final chapter of the book.

My three daughtersthe very best taste testers a baker could ask forhave inherited my cookie-a-day philosophy. Just as I was, my girls have been brought up baking by their mothers side. Through our days together in the kitchen, I have taught them to keep their hearts full and the cookie jar even fuller. Each of these recipes is tried-and-true, one hundred percent loved by the most discerning of palates. The recipes are accessible enough for the novice baker, while more advanced cookie makers will appreciate the chance to expand their skills (hello, Hot Fudge Sundae Macarons []!). I want bakers of all skill levels to be inspired to make delicious, bakery-worthy batches of cookies at home.

If you are holding this book, Im guessing you are also a self-declared cookie lover. Nice to meet you! Since we are doing introductions, you should know that I am a self-taught baker who learned everything she knows from good ol fashioned trial and error. I spent many years running a confectionary business, which taught me everything I need to know about preparation and production. And through the blog, Browned Butter Blondie , which I started a few years ago, Ive learned how to write recipes that inspire home bakers to get creative in the kitchen and give them the confidence to try something new.