Cherish baking cookies with family and friends--for the holidays or any time--with 135 of Pillsbury's best recipes for cookie-jar favorites, holiday treats and more, with 50 full-page photos and lots of new ideas.

Only Pillsbury could assemble this collection of easy and delicious treats, which include a whole chapter of Bake-Off recipes. There are time-tested favorites like Snickerdoodles and Cheesecake Brownies and new twists like My Chai Cookies and Strawberry-Almond Crumble Bars. Turn to the holiday chapter for festive ideas like Halloween Chocolate Pretzels, Easy Santa Cookies and Chocolate-Dipped Heart Cookies--perfect for a special valentine.

Throughout, recipes flagged "easy" use refrigerated cookie dough, for when you want some extra "help" in the kitchen. And special features show clever ideas like using glasses or other kitchen objects as cookie cutters, or making sandwich cookies from common fillings like peanut butter and marshmallow fluff . There's also:

• Nutrition information
• 50 full-page color photos.
• Helpful tips for 70% of recipes and flavor variations for 20%.
• A lay-flat concealed wiro binding so it's easy to consult the recipe while your hands are full.
• Chapters include Family Favorite Cookies, Bake-Off® Winner Cookies and Bars, Holiday Cookies and Bars, Brownies and Bars, and Any Occasion Cookies.