The Daily Cookie

365 Tempting Treats for the Sweetest Year of Your Life


365 recipes for cookies that celebrate historic and pop-culture events every day of the year, with anecdotes, trivia, and full-color photos of each cookie.

The Daily Cookie: 365 Tempting Treats for the Sweetest Year of Your Life is a veritable cookiepedia served up with lighthearted historical and celebratory anecdotes, quotes, and trivia designed to inspire the baker in you 365 days a year.

With The Daily Cookie, there’s no need to wait for an occasion to bake a batch of cookies. Every day is cause to celebrate, whether it’s Elvis’s birthday (Peanut Browned Butter Banana-Bacon Cookies), Day of the Ninja (Chocolate "Ninjabread" Cookies), or Squirrel Appreciation Day (Caramel Nut Bars).

While the occasions are sometimes a little offbeat, the recipes are seriously good, with tried-and-true instructions and tips for getting the best results. Best of all, each of the 365 recipes features a full-color photograph of the finished cookie.

Whether you like chewy, crispy, chunky, bars, brownies, supereasy (some even no-bake), sweet, salty, savory, or even vegan and gluten-free options, there’s something for everyone every day in The Daily Cookie.

About the Author


Anna Ginsberg is a self-taught home cook and grand-prize winner of the 41st Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest and numerous other local and national cooking contests. She has appeared on the Today show and has cooked onstage with Oprah Winfrey. She details her cookie-baking adventures in her Cookie Madness blog, cookiemadness.net. You can also find Anna on Twitter @Cookie_Madness.

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