The molasses bars (on the cover) and ginger cherry oaties are marvelous. The sugar cookies can be taken to the next level if you add a bit of orange zest to the sugar before rolling. The "favorite" chocolate chip cookies aren't as good as Tollhouse, the Flour recipe, or the Good to the Grain whole wheat chocolate chip cookies.

Overall, I think the cakes and bars are excellent; the cookies aren't always a home run, but if you don't have a mixer to cream cold butter and sugar, or the time/patience to chill the dough, they work well enough. The chocolate cookies were very good, though! ( )