Learn about the tools and tips you need to bake the most delicious cookies each and every time from expert baker Zoë François.

Fundamentals of Baking: Cookies

Take a tour of Zoë’s pantry as she guides you through common cookie ingredients and how they each work together to create the perfect cookie.

Essential Ingredients

You don’t need a ton of equipment to make great cookies, but it does help to know what kitchen tools will help make the process a little bit easier and more enjoyable.

Essential Tools

Learn how to bake the perfect cookies, batch after batch, with expert baker Zoë François’s favorite tips and techniques.

Baking Tips

Learn all about the different types of cookie textures and experiment with three types—chewy, soft, and crispy—as Zoë shows you how to perfect each one.

Perfecting Texture

Bake along with Zoë as she guides you through her favorite recipe for chocolate chip cookies—gooey and soft in the center with crispy edges.

Chocolate Chip Cookie

Learn to bake lemon-scented, roll-out sugar cookies with Zoë as she guides you through her recipe.

Roll-Out Sugar Cookie

Whip up a batch of classic peanut butter shortbread cookies with Zoë as she guides you through her recipe.

Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookie

Bake along with Zoë as she guides you through her recipe for delicious, bite-sized brownie cookies.

Brownie Cookie

Master the tips, tricks and secrets for baking the perfect cookies from pastry chef and cookbook author Zoë François.

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Homemade Vanilla Extract

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Roll-Out Sugar Cookies

Zoe Francois's Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookies

Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookies

Brownie Cookies

Homemade Vanilla Extract Recipe from Zoe Francois' "Fundamentals of Baking: Cookies" Course.

Homemade Vanilla Extract Recipe

Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe from Zoe Francois' "Fundamentals of Baking: Cookies" Course

Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe from Zoe Francois' "Fundamentals of Baking: Cookies" Course

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Crispy Edges Recipe from Zoe Francois' "Fundamentals of Baking: Cookies" Course

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Crispy Edges Recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe from Zoe Francois' "Fundamentals of Baking: Cookies" Course.

Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Roll Out Sugar Cookies Recipe from Zoe Francois' "Fundamentals of Baking: Cookies" Course.

Roll Out Sugar Cookies Recipe

Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookies Recipe from Zoe Francois' "Fundamentals of Baking: Cookies" Course

Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Brownie Cookie Recipe from Zoe Francois' "Fundamentals of Baking: Cookies" Course

Brownie Cookies Recipe

Celebrated pastry chef and cookbook author Zoë François makes baking accessible and empowering to all skill levels.


Fundamentals of Baking: Cookies

Chapters

IntroFundamentals of Baking: Cookies

Ch 1Essential Ingredients

Ch 2Essential Tools

Ch 3Baking Tips

Ch 4Perfecting Texture

Ch 5Chocolate Chip Cookie

Ch 6Roll-Out Sugar Cookie

Ch 7Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookie

Ch 8Brownie Cookie

Meet The Creator

Zoë François