My guest this week is Stephanie Pixley, Executive Food Editor with America's Test Kitchen. 

If you love baking cookies, this is the book you need in your kitchen.

 

America’s Test Kitchen Ushers in a New Era of Cookie Baking. Irresistible recipes that bring bold flavor, foolproof techniques, and bakery-style appeal within

reach for home bakers. From the trusted team at America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) comes The New Cookie: Creative Takes on the Classics You Love, a deliciously modern collection of cookies, bars, blondies, and more that reflects the way people want to bake now.
Packed with nearly 150 recipes, this new cookbook takes the comforting appeal of classic cookies and gives it fresh life with vibrant flavors, smarter techniques, and the kind of texture and visual payoff that today’s bakers love.

Executive Food Editor Stephanie Pixley shares a few recipes:

Black/Pink Cookies

Salted Malted Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Marble Butter Cookies 

Ginger Citrus Sweet Potato Pie Bars

A follow-up to the bestselling The Perfect Cookie, this new volume captures what makes cookie baking so exciting right now: the mix of nostalgia, creativity, and pure pleasure. These are recipes that feel current without being fussy, impressive without being intimidating, and ambitious without losing the reliability America’s Test Kitchen is known for.

As always, the recipes are backed by America’s Test Kitchen’s rigorous testing process, giving bakers the confidence to try something new and know it will work. Alongside the recipes, the book offers technique-driven guidance and foundational baking know-how that make it just as useful for beginners as it is inspiring for experienced bakers.

Stephanie Pixley is the deputy food editor for ATK's books team and culinary producer of the Cook's Country TV show. She attended the New England Culinary Institute and is most at peace when she's in the middle of a good baking project.