If you find yourself randomly eating cookie dough from the bowl & love delicious, creative cookies then you need Hello, Cookie Dough in your kitchen.
Before we dig into the Hello, Cookie Dough review by DŌ founder & CEO, Kristen Tomlan, let me give you some quick context on how much I love DŌ, the edible cookie dough shop in New York City.
Last year, I was traveling to NYC a bunch and became obsessed with DŌ, Cookie Dough Confections in Greenwich village. DŌ serves up bowls of edible cookie dough and it is delicious.
My first taste of DŌ was their fluffernutter creation with a combination of peanut butter, marshmallow fluff & dark chocolate chips. It was love at first bite (because hello, I’m a peanut butter lover through and through). The fluffernutter was beyond good, it pretty much had me melting and doing a happy dance in the middle of the sidewalk in front of DŌ in New York City. I instantly became obsessed.
And while DŌ does ship their edible cookie dough across the country, it’s rather pricey and there are only pre-selected flavors available. So, whenever I was in NYC, I’d have a few cups of cookie dough delivered to me an hour or so before heading to the airport, stuff it in my carry-on and immediately put it in the freezer when I got home to Austin. This ensured I had an everlasting supply of DŌ to get me through until my next trip to NYC. My go-to flavors quickly became the Oatmeal M&M, Brookie, and Fluffernutter.
But now, the days of carryon DŌ are over thanks to the new release of DŌ’s new cookbook Hello, Cookie Dough by DŌ founder & CEO, Kristen Tomlan.
I was one of the lucky few who got to preview the cookbook prior to its release TODAY, October 15th.
Now, not only can I now make my own endless supply of cookie dough, but I also found Kristen’s cookbook to be a real gem cover to cover and a book I honestly enjoyed looking at and reading.
Delicious Recipes
- Kristen offers up 110 different recipes including classic and seasonal DŌ favorites. She provides instructions on how to customize recipes to your own taste with added mix-ins or mash-ups of flavors.
- I’m personally excited to make Dunkadoō, It’s Always Samoa Season and You’re a Goddamn Magical Unicorn (because it’s sprinkle filled and swirled with colors!).
- In addition to cookie dough, there are also recipes for cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, cakes, crepes, donuts and other endless confections that really help round out the book and showcase the full spectrum of edible cookie dough and Kristen’s baking talent.
Kristen’s Story
- To kick-off her cookbook, Kristen shares the story and inspiration behind DŌ including what led her to open the storefront.
- I love getting insight into cookbook authors’ backgrounds and Kristen really had me connecting with her through the obvious passion she has for baking and DŌ.
- Her story was complemented by family photos of her with her siblings and her marriage to husband, Trey. All beautiful touches that really bring the cookbook to life, making it feel as if it was written by a friend.
Thoughtful Touches
- Throughout the Hello, Cookie Dough you’ll find tons of helpful tips for novice and experienced bakers including multiple tips on how to make pasteurize flour which is required for edible cookie dough (don’t worry, it’s super easy so don’t be intimidated!).
- Each recipe is also marked with a specific icon that helps bakers quickly scan and choose a recipe depending on their needs, dietary restrictions, or the time they have to actually make the confections. I found this super useful and appreciate the extra guidance.
- Conversions! As a baker, I hate halving and doubling a recipe. You can very easily make a mistake while measuring each ingredient but Kristen thought of it all — she provided half, one and a half, and double recipe measurements for DŌ’s most popular recipe, the classic Chocolate Chip Cookie.
Spectacular Recommendations
- In Hello, Cookie Dough, Kristen shares a recipe for homemade sprinkles (!!!) but she also provides recommendations on where DŌ purchases all of their eye-popping sprinkles creations — Sweetapolita. So you can make cookie dough as beautiful as what you’d find in the DŌ shop.
- If you’re looking for that Insta-worthy cookie, Kristen teaches you how! Her recommendation for adding extra toppings to cookie dough balls prior to baking or suggesting to cover every square inch of a cookie with sprinkles to really make it pop help us all make eye-catching desserts!
So, after thoroughly reviewing the Hello, Cookie Dough cookbook, I finally settled on making my first recipe (well, two to be exact) the ever-famous DŌ Brookie mix — a magical combination of a chocolate chip cookie swirled with decadent chocolate brownie batter. After precisely following Kristen’s directions for pasteurizing my flour (and letting it properly cool) my Brookie mix turned out O-M-G delicious, just as if I purchased it from the DŌ shop in the city.
While the recipe did make a ton of cookie dough, and because it’s so rich, I chose to freeze the majority of my dough into a bite-sized pieces so I could treat myself when a craving hit. And, because DO’s recipes are not only made to be edible cookie dough but also to bake, I baked off a few as well (<3M declared them one of the top homemade cookies ever).
If you’re interested in hello, cookie dough, you can snag a copy today on Amazon.