Last updated: August 27, 2026
These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of The Cookie Library, available at https://cookie.bakerylibrary.com.
By accessing or using the website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.
The Cookie Library provides recipes, baking tips, photographs, reader comments, recipe collections, and related informational content.
The website is intended for a general audience. Its content is provided for personal, informational, and educational use.
You may browse the website regardless of age, subject to applicable law and appropriate parental supervision.
You must be at least 13 years old to submit personal information, comments, ratings, or recipes. If you are under the legal age of majority where you live, you may submit content only with permission from a parent or legal guardian.
Subject to these Terms, The Cookie Library grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, and non-transferable right to access and use the website for personal, noncommercial purposes.
This permission does not transfer ownership of any website content or intellectual property.
Unless otherwise stated, the original text, recipe instructions, photographs, graphics, logos, design, organization, and other creative content published on The Cookie Library are owned by or licensed to The Cookie Library and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You may:
You may not, without prior written permission:
Normal indexing by legitimate search engines is permitted.
Permission requests may be sent to cookie@bakerylibrary.com.
Recipes and baking information are provided for general use. Results may vary because of ingredients, substitutions, equipment, oven accuracy, altitude, humidity, technique, and other conditions.
You are responsible for:
Please read our Disclaimer for additional information about recipe results, nutrition estimates, allergies, and food safety.
The website may allow visitors to submit comments, ratings, questions, photographs, recipes, or other materials (“User Content”).
You are responsible for the User Content you submit. You represent that:
You retain ownership of your original User Content.
By submitting User Content, you grant The Cookie Library a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to edit, reproduce, publish, display, format, distribute, and promote that content in connection with the website and its related email and social media channels.
This permission continues for content already published unless otherwise required by applicable law or agreed in writing.
We may review, edit, refuse, hide, or remove User Content that:
We will not remove an otherwise lawful and genuine review solely because it expresses a negative opinion.
We are not required to publish, preserve, or respond to every submission.
Recipes submitted through the Share Your Recipe page are also governed by the submission terms displayed on that page.
Submitting a recipe does not guarantee testing, acceptance, publication, payment, or an individual response. We may edit submissions for grammar, formatting, clarity, consistency, measurements, and organization.
You must not submit copied recipes, photographs, or stories that you do not have permission to use.
You agree not to:
We respect copyright and respond to valid notices of claimed infringement.
If you believe material on the website infringes your copyright, follow the procedures described in our DMCA Copyright Policy. We may remove content and restrict contributors who repeatedly infringe intellectual property rights.
The Cookie Library may display advertisements, publish sponsored content, receive complimentary products, or use affiliate links.
When applicable, commercial relationships will be disclosed. If you purchase through an affiliate link, The Cookie Library may receive a commission without increasing your purchase price.
Advertisers and third-party merchants are responsible for their products, services, claims, prices, fulfillment, refunds, and customer support.
The website may include links, embedded content, sharing tools, or services provided by third parties.
We do not control and are not responsible for third-party content, products, security, availability, privacy practices, or terms. Your use of a third-party service is governed by that provider’s policies.
Our collection and use of personal information are described in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
By submitting personal information, you acknowledge that it will be handled as described in those policies.
We may change, suspend, restrict, or discontinue any part of the website without notice.
We do not guarantee that the website will always be available, secure, complete, accurate, or free from errors, viruses, or interruptions.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
The Cookie Library disclaims warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including warranties of accuracy, reliability, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so some exclusions may not apply to you.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, The Cookie Library and its owner, contributors, service providers, and representatives will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from:
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded.
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless The Cookie Library and its owner, contributors, and representatives from claims, liabilities, losses, and reasonable expenses arising from:
We may restrict or terminate access to interactive features or the website when we reasonably believe a user has violated these Terms, created a security risk, infringed intellectual property, or engaged in unlawful conduct.
Terms that by their nature should continue after termination—including intellectual property, licenses, disclaimers, limitations, and indemnification—will survive.
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California and the applicable federal laws of the United States, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Except where applicable law gives you the right to bring a claim elsewhere, any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, or the United States District Court for the Central District of California. You consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of these courts.
If any provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect. The affected provision will be interpreted or modified only to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.
Failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not waive our right to enforce it later.
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Disclaimer, DMCA Copyright Policy, and any submission-specific terms, form the agreement between you and The Cookie Library concerning use of the website.
We may update these Terms when the website, services, business practices, or legal requirements change.
The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Continued use of the website after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.
Questions about these Terms may be sent to:
The Cookie Library
Email: cookie@bakerylibrary.com
Website: https://cookie.bakerylibrary.com