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12 Cookies That Ship Beautifully: My Tested Mail-Order Cookie List

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12 Cookies That Ship Beautifully: My Tested Mail-Order Cookie List

Let me tell you about the Great Cookie Catastrophe of last December, which is what my sister now refers to as “the incident.” I had spent an entire weekend baking what I believed were gorgeous, perfectly iced sugar cookies — little snowflakes, mittens, the whole festive lineup — and shipped them off to my college … Read more

How to Package Homemade Cookies as Gifts: Presentation That Makes People Actually Cry

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How to Package Homemade Cookies as Gifts: Presentation That Makes People Actually Cry

I almost didn’t give them away. It was the night before my mother-in-law’s retirement party, and I had spent an entire Saturday baking four dozen brown butter chocolate chip cookies — the kind with sea salt flakes on top and crispy edges and a center that stays soft for days. I had flour in my … Read more