C is for Cookie, the sweet of the season

New books and new recipes from two fave bakers: Jessie Sheehan and Zoë François

Bonjour! Bonjour!

I know that last week I declared it the opening of apple season — pear, grape and squash season, too. This week, I’m ready to make another sweeping pronouncement: Fall 2024 will be all about cookies! You couldn’t hear it, but I gave a little cheer as I tapped out that sentence. There are a clutch of cookie books and baking books with great cookie recipes this season — I’m working my way up to a roundup for you — but today, I’ve got two recipes from two terrific books by two authors I admire, Zoë François and Jessie Sheehan.

While I’m not finished making lists (is anyone ever?), I want you to know about the cookie books I’ll soon be writing about and giving you recipes from.

Today, it’s Zoë Bakes Cookies — I’ve got the recipe for Zoë’s Poppy Seed Cookies for you — and Cheeziest Biscotti from Jessie’s Salty, Cheesy, Herby Snackable Bakes.

On deck are recipes from two new cookie books that I’m loving: Edd Kimber’s Small Batch Cookies and the encyclopedic Crumbs by Ben Mims.