About Tish Boyle

Tish Boyle is the editor of “Dessert Professional” magazine, a trade magazine for the pastry industry. Formerly the editor of “Chocolatier” and “Pastry Art & Design magazines,” Tish is a graduate of Smith College and La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in Paris. She’s the author of nine books, including “The Good Cookie” and “The Cake Book.” She lives and bakes in Brooklyn Heights, NY. Visit her at Tish Boyle Sweet Dreams @tishboyle

A snowflake cookies frosted with royal icing on a granite background.

Snowflake Cookies

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Snowflake cookies—no two exactly the same—that are enhanced with vanilla and orange zest. Lovely regardless of whether you go all glam and fancy them up…or not.

2 dark chocolate sandwich cookies filled with white cream filling, leaning against a glass of milk.

Whoopie Pies

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This updated version of Devil Dogs is chocolate-y, cake-y cookies sandwiching a creamy, vanilla-y filling.

Two stacks of wedges of glazed lemon ginger shortbread.

Lemon Ginger Shortbread

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Shortbread cookkies made with the warmth of ginger and the puckeriness of lemon are baked to buttery, crumbly magnificence.

Several espresso chocolate chunk cookies in a paper container.

Espresso Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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Just like Tollhouse cookies but with the amp turned up. Way up. Think of them as a more mature version of a classic. (Finally, something you don’t have to share with the kids!)

Orange and Cream Cake

Orange and Cream Cake

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This orange and cream cake will remind you of a Creamsicle. Just one bite of the intense orange cake and orange-cream frosting is addictive. A great cake.