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Article: GIVE COOKIES; Here Are Five Easy Pieces Just Made to Go Together
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- The Washington Post
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- December 15, 2004
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During my "cookie baking life," I have made thousands of cookies,
produced hundreds of recipes and written hundreds of thousands of
words about them, in magazines and cookbooks. But it takes a certain
kind of cookie to make it onto my holiday platter.
Although the collection always includes some of my traditional
favorites and some new ideas, this assortment of five looks and
tastes as if it was made to be together. The cookies can go from
instant gift basket to office party to festive dinner without
dropping a crumb.
The five make a good mix for several reasons. The first one is the
time, or rather the lack of time, it takes to make them. It's a
baker's given that cookie-dough mixing takes ...