This cookbook is amazing! I tried about 8 recipes so far and it was fun baking all those sweet treats. It includes not only America's most favorite cookies but also other favorites like brownies and heirlom recipes from Tina Casaceli's family. The good thing (that also makes the baking easy) is that most recipes have a "base dough" which can be altered with various ingredients (e.g. nuts, extracts, dried fruit). This gives you a big variety of recipes and when you start feeling more comfortable with your favorite ingredients, you can always create your one-of-the-kind cookies. This is why it's so much fun baking from this books: it shapes your baking skill and encourages you to bake as you wish at the same time. I wish all cookbooks were like this.