Our collection of our favorite interesting and fun cookie stories from around the web:
Love A Sea Turtle - Limited Edition Casey Kit Adopt a limited edition Casey Kit and receive a special sea turtle plush toy and cookie cutter, plus an oven mitt and a personalized adoption certificate. Your donation will help protect sea turtles from driftnets, long-lines, and other dirty fishing methods.
QREO - A QR Code Made Of Nothing But OREO Cookies The creatives at Redpepper set out to see if it's possible to create a functioning QR code made out of nothing by OREO cookies. Did they do it? Watch now and find out…
Don't Be Fooled By Cookie Claims That They're Low In Calories, Fat And Sugar nola.com, January 20, 2012 Today is the first day of Girl Scout cookie season (and who can say no to those?). The Scouts are introducing Savannah Smiles, a lower-calorie cookie that's been touted as a (somehwat) healthier option. These lemon-flavored, powdered-sugar-covered wedges have 140 calories per five-cookie serving - about 28 calories per cookie. But with white flour, sugar and vegetable oil as the main ingredients, tey're certainly no health food.
Brian Zheng's $80,000 Fortune Cookies At The L.A. Art Show This Weekend LA Weekly, January 20, 2012 The first thing you'll see at the L.A. Art Show: Modern & Contemporary, which runs through Sunday at the L.A. Convention Center, is Brian Zheng's 15-foot fiberglass sculpture, buffed to an impressive cherry red shine thanks to that auto-paint finish. At a show where much of the art is abstract, this sculpture is as unmistakable as last night's dinner. It is a giant fortune cookie.
Baking With A Twist: Felecia Rozansky's Recipe To Help Autism Wantagh-Seaford Patch, January 18, 2012 Fifteen years ago, East Meadow business owner Felecia Rozansky was looking at storefronts to open a new cookie shop, but when her son Eric was diagnosed with Autism, everything came to a halt. "I shut everything down," Rozansky said. "I ended it." Rozansky realized that, while her passion for baking cookies was strong, her commitment lied with her son.
Uncle Biff's 'Killer' Cookies: Non-Lethal, Celebrity Endorsed! San Diego Reader, January 17, 2012 Uncle Biff's "Killer" Cookies has been in business for 21 years now, which is no mean feat along a stretch of University Avenue with doubtlessly high rents and ample competition in the highly congested district. Tucked away in an otherwise unassuming strip mall, the little cookie shop makes its entire business on cookie sales; plus the occasional glass of milk. Cookies - much like pizza or burritos - are largely subject to personal preference, i.e. however Mom made them is obviously best.
It's like Assassin's Creed, But With Japanese Cookies
Girl Scout Launches Cookie Boycott Campaign After Organization's Inclusion Of Transgender Child Huffington Post, January 11, 2012 A California-based teen is hoping to spearhead a national boycott of Girl Scout cookies after the organization's controversial decision to admit a 7-year-old transgender child to a Colorado troop this past fall. The girl, which World News Daily has identified only as Taylor from Ventura County, California, appears in a YouTube video in which she claims her organization is using proceeds from sales of the popular cookies to "promote the desires of a small handful of people."
Blue Ribbon #208 Cookies Raise Money For Shawn Schneider Fund KSTP.com, January 10, 2012 You can help support the family of fallen Lake City Police Officer Shawn Schneider by simply buying a cookie. The Hanisch Bakery and Coffee ship in Red Wing started selling Blue Ribbon #208 cookies on the day of Officer Schneider's funeral. The cookies are $2 each and all proceeds will be donated to the Shawn Schneider Fund. Schneider died on December 30 after being shot on the job.
Disgruntled Ohio Girl Scouts Refuse To Sell Cookies Boston Herald, January 9, 2012 Fourteen members of a Girl Scout troop in Aurora, Ohio, have their own recipes for making money, and they don't involve selling cookies. Unhappy that local leadership has moved to sell four of their seven camps, they have decided not to sell cookies that help pay for their program.
Cookie Maker Spices Up Its Offerings Globe and Mail, January 9, 2012 When you think about cookies, Indian spices might not be ingredients that readily come to mind. But that didn't stop Marshall Tully from developing protein-rich cookies that feature spices such as cardamom and saffron. That may seem like a strange combination for many people who think about Indian spices as being, well, spicy as opposed to part of a sweet confection, but Mr. Tully's cookies seem to be satisfying a hunger.
Cookie College Preps Girl Scouts For The Dough Roanoke.com, January 8, 2012 The session gave Girl Scouts information about safety and goal setting for the cookies sale. The girls gathered at Hollins University, where volunteers talked to them about safety, marketing, handling money and setting goals, just in time for this year's sale.
Kids Clean Up Politics At Hillis Cookie Caucus Des Moines Register, January 7, 2012 They woo support for their candidate, vote and eat their favorite. A school-wide caucus last week at Hillis Elementary School brough sweet victory to one candidate - the chocolate chip cookie. The school held its second cookie caucus on January 3, the day a record number of Iowans went to their precincts to select a presidential candidate.
Sault Ste. Marie Above Average When It Comes To Baking Cookies The Sault Star, January 7, 2012 The survey is in and Saultites still like their ovens, and their home-baked cookies. A nationwide market analysis says roughly 41% of Saultites still bake from scratch, compared to a national average of just under 39%.
Yoakum Man Finds Meaning In Hunt For Special Cookie Jar Victoria Advocate, January 5, 2012 The Cookie Jar is an antique store housed in a ramshackle building on alternate U.S. Highway 77, just outside of town. Surrounded by ancient things, owner Joe Chandler is living his dream. It all started with a cookie jar. When he was a kid, his grandmother kept cookies in a special cookie jar. They weren't anything fancy, those cookies, but taking them out of the ceramic jar, painted red and green, shaped like an apple, that made them special.
Mt. Pleasant Centenarian Feels Fit, Happy Victoria Advocate, January 5, 2012 For more than 50 years, Anne Karaffa was known as the "cookie lady," baking wonderful cookies and sweet treats for festivals and sales at St. Pius church in Mt. Pleasant. "I always loved to bake," Karaffa said. "I used to make pizzelles. I used my own recipe and I would make 400 in an evening."
Gearing Up For Girl Scout Cookie Season With A New Cookie! blog.girlscouts.org, January 3, 2012 In honor of the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting, a new cookie is being introduced this year — Savannah Smiles, a cool and crisp lemon wedge cookie with a name that reflects the home of the Girl Scout Founder, Juliette Gordon Low.
Baking With Sweet Alternatives NPR, December 28, 2011 My forays into baking with alternatives to sugar began with a jar of honey my soon-to-be-sister-in-law Emily gave me when I visited the Maine farm where she an my brother lived. She told me it came from a local apiary, and if I couldn't take home some of the candy-like and perfect beets grown in the adjacent field, at least I could take honey.
Cookie Man Bakes Himself A Niche At Larkin Street San Francisco Chronicle, December 24, 2011 Every Thursday morning Roy Francies goes to his garage freezer, where he keeps nothing but cookie dough, 28 pounds of it. Counting out 68 pre-shaped cookies, the exact number he can cram onto four baking sheets, he waps them in newspaper, puts the package in a tote bag and jumps on BART in Pleasanton. His destination is Larking Street Youth Services in San Francisco, where he goes straight to the oven in back and sets to baking triple chocolate, oatmeal raisin and white chocolate macadamia nut cookies.
Make Your Favorite Sugar Cookie Recipe Healthier Mother Nature Network, December 23, 2011 For many of us, sugar cookies play an important part in the upcoming Christmas celebration. Whether you are in the crispy, thin sugar cookie camp, or the cake-like, chewy, sugar cookie camp, they are certainly worthy to enjoy on Christmas day. But what if you wanted to make your favorite recipe just a little bit healthier?
Christmas Cookies Teach Life Lessons, Hope CNN, December 22, 2011 The day after Thanksgiving, our bellies full of all the turkey, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce two slices of toasted bread can hold, I turn to my husband, Dan, lying in bed, the newspaper halfheartedly dangling from his hands. "What are we going to do about those %$#*!-ing Christmas cookies?" I ask. Dan groans, If I had any mercy for my husband, I wouldn't let this question linger in the air. But I let it hand there because, as crazy-making as they are to bake, these cookies remind me of six crucial things about the holidays.
Learn About Yoga From 10 Gingerbread Cookies Bit Rebels, December 22, 2011 If you are like me, and if you are considering venturing into the world of yoga, you might be surprised at what you can learn from these 10 gingerbread men. The yoga poses that these delicious little guys are in include down dog, wheel, savasana, spinal twist, warrior I, plow, tree, triangle, warrior III and lotus.
Cookie Baking Keeps Holiday Spirits From Crumbling Chicago Sun-Times, December 15, 2011 Holiday bakers, pre-heat your ovens! More cookies will be baked this week than during any other time of the year. And most of those treats will be given away.
Cookie Exchanges Enrich Holidays, Friendships HomeTownLife.com, December 15, 2011 Cookie exchanges trace their origins as far back as the 1880s and began as a way for women to socialize with others in their community. As women sought an opportunity to be social and share favorite recipes, their popularity grew. In many circles, cookie exchanges have become a much anticipated holiday event with both formal and informal settings.
For The Best Bar Cookies, Stir In Your Favorite Flavors St. Louis Today, December 13, 2011 Monkey around with a souffle or a petit four, and you're asking for trouble. But brownies - and their freewheeling cousins, the blondie and bar - are a whole different matter. Let's play, they say.
A Food Pyramid Made Of Cookies Boston Globe, December 11, 2011 Harvard scientists build a 3D map of brownies, scones, and other baked goods. To most people, recipes are simple sets of instructions: steps that, if followed, will yield a delicious product. To Michael Brenner, an applied mathematician at Harvard University, recipes are a largely unexplored scientific resource - a kind of collective experiment that home cooks have been running since the baking of the first primordial brownies and cookies.
Nostalgia Rules In Cookie Ad Sydney Morning Herald, December 11, 2011 A TV commercial shown during a children's show, which depicts youngsters sharing Oreo cookies, was not aimed at children, the Advertising Standards Board ruled, because it was appealing to adults' sense of nostalgia.
Which Holiday Cookie Are You? Take Our Quiz Washington Post, December 9, 2011 Choosing what to bake during the holidays offers limitless possibilities. So how do you choose a new recipe to add to your time-tested classics? Take our quiz to see which type of holiday cookies suit you best (and find recipe suggestions), then flip through this season's cookie guide for even more suggestions.
The Surprising Ingredient In Raw Cookie Dough That Could Make You Sick NPR, December 9, 2011 Cookie dough may be one of the joys of the holiday season, but it's dangerous, at least for people who nibble it raw. That's the lesson from a new study of a 2009 outbreak of E. coli bacteria, which sickened 77 people, most of them teenage girls and children. The outbreak was traced back to eating raw Nestlé Toll House cookie dough. It was the first time that packaged cookie dough had ever caused an outbreak.
The Magic Of Swedish Gingerbread Cookies Huffington Post, December 9, 2011 The season of Advent is upon us. In Sweden, Advent is holy, not just because it represents a religious tradition, but more practically it celebrates and honors light. Every Sunday through Christmas a new candle is lit, until the four long candles in the Advent candlestick are burning in unison. And just as candles are an integral part of celebrating Advent, so are pepparkakor. Gingerbread cookies are the staple of Swedish Advent coffee gatherings and celebrations and the must-have baked good of the season.
Seminole Woman Finds Passion, Art In Decorating Cookies Lubbock Avalanche Journal, December 7, 2011 To say Callye Alvarado makes a lot of cookies is an understatement. And to call the three dozen to thousands of ornately designed sugar frosted treats she makes per week anything less than works of art probably would be an understatement as well.
Around The World In Cookies Beacon News, December 7, 2011 Holiday baking has its classic cookies, whether gingerbread or frosted sugar or chocolate chip. But while some traditions are not to be altered, holiday baking benefits from an infusion of new recipes each year, especially when they borrow from other cultures.
Holiday Cookie Emergency Guide America's Test Kitchen, December 6, 2011 Run into a snag with your holiday cookie baking? These 5 lifesaving tips from America's Test Kitchen just might help. They've covered everything from what to do if you don't have enough baking sheets for your marathon baking session to offering some advice if the tops or bottoms of your cookies came out burnt.
$60,000 Worth Of Fundraising In 24 Years, All From Christmas Cookies Press-Citizen, December 6, 2011 When First Presbyterian Church in Iowa City hosted its first cookie walk 25 years ago, Mary Ann Clemons said it was on the "cutting edge." "It was so successful, the woman who was the chairman at the time got phone calls and letters from all over Eastern Iowa, wanting to know what a cookie walk was all about. She told everyone about it, and that's how it got started."
For Better Cookies, Use Cold Butter Chicago Sun-Times, December 6, 2011 Here's a tip to baking up better cookies, use cold butter. Room-temperature butter - called for in nearly every cookie recipe - results in flatter cookies, say Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, authors of Lobsters Scream When You Boil Them and 100 Other Myths About Food and Cooking.
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Marine Thanks Scouts For Morale-Boosting Cookies Northwest Herald, December 5, 2011 Marine Cpl. Nathaniel Lieb remembers the "good-size" package that arrived sometime in the spring of 2009, just a few months into his tour of duty in Al Asad, Iraq. "My name was on it," said Lieb, of Wonder Lake. "It always brightens up the day when you get Girl Scout cookies," he said.
Cookie Cutters Create Holiday Memories Lancaster Farming, December 3, 2011 Many people have cookie cutters that have been in their families for years. It is their holiday tradition. But some people keep cookie cutters without any intent of even turning on the oven, because cookie cutters are highly collectible.
Craving Holiday Cookies Cooking Channel TV, December 2, 2011 From your favorite Cooking Channel chefs' recipes to the sweet treats of all-star celebrities, Cooking Channel has the holiday cookie recipes to keep you baking all season long. Here are the ones I'm adding to my December baking agenda (and you should, too).
10 Homemade Christmas Cookies You Can Mail Huffington Post, December 2, 2011 Mailing cookies to your favorite people is a surefire way to make them feel loved during the holiday season. But there's a catch, if you send the wrong kind of treats, your cookies might become stale by the time they arrive.
Lottery Sells Sugar Cookies For Students Las Cruces Sun-News, November 30, 2011 The New Mexico Lottery - a giant in state scholarship funding - is now selling cookies to help send students to college. The holiday special is six sugar cookies for a buck. The cookies - pictures of them, at least - are available at 1,100 retail stores around the state as part of the Scratchers lottery holiday $1 game tickets, which could net $1,000 in return.
Five Favorite Holiday Cookies From Around The World Gadling, November 28, 2011 I love a good old American iced sugar cookie as much as the next person. Yet there's a whole world of cookiedom out there, and the holidays are the best excuse to do a little experimenting.
10 Holiday Cookie Favorites Chicago Tribune, November 28, 2011 Dedicated to our favorite cookies of the holidays - which maybe store-bought or homemade, eaten only in December or year-round.
Apple Pie Cookies By The Seat Of My Pants The Amateur Gourmet, November 28, 2011 It's considered a hard and true fact in the food world that baking is a precise discipline and that cooking - sauteing, roasting, salad-making - is looser, freer, more of a vehicle for personal expression. Why dies that always have to be the case? Isn't it possible that, if you know a thing or two in the kitchen, you can whip up a batch of cookies with as much freedom and joie-de-vivre as you might enjoy while making an omelet? I decided to challenge the status quo by making a batch of cookies without following a recipe.
The Chocolate Chip Cookie Principle Corrections, November 28, 2011 Sometimes, complexity is necessary. But too often we become bogged down in details, forsaking simplicity over an ornately conceived plan. This is well known in many circles as K.I.S.S. or "Keep It Simple, Stupid". This is the chocolate chip cookie principle. Years ago I attended a holiday party. In this snack area on one plate was a selection of cookies and right next to it was a common plate mounded with chocolate chip cookies.
The Kitchen Sink Cookie, The Chocolate Chip Cookie With Something Extra Nashville Scene, November 28, 2011 The kitchen sink cookie at Fido should be famous. I can't believe I don't hear strangers talking about it, you know, casually on the street, "Hey, how many kitchen sink cookies did you eat today? Just two? Are you not feeling well or something?" This cookie is good. I've never had one like it anywhere else.
Taste Of The Holidays: How To Host A Cookie And Candy Exchange Grand Forks Herald, November 25, 2011 A neighborly cookie and candy exchange saves you lots of time and there is less stress in the kitchen while giving you a chance to gather with family and friends. Hosting such an event is easier than you think with these streamlined tips that I've learned throughout the years.
Mayor Brings Cookies To NYPD, FDNY Near Ground Zero ABC Local, November 24, 2011 Mayor Michael Bloomberg began his day by giving thanks to New York City police and firefighters. "Thank you guys for keeping us safe," he said. He brought along some cookies, a sweet token of his appreciation.
Fox Valley Cooks: Baking Makes For Sweet Friendship Chicago Sun-Times, November 22, 2011 Aurora residents Dawn Saldano and Nadine Chambers both consider cookies to be the perfect dessert. "They are small enough so you can eat several without feeling guilty. They pack lots of flavors in a small size. They are easy to transport," Nadine begins. Dawn adds that cookies are great finger foods and look great when they are decorated.
Cookie Basics The Guardian, November 23, 2011 People are baking cookies. I guarantee it. Across P.E.I., people have started to bake cookies for Christmas. They'll take them to parties, wrap them and give them away and serve them to guests. Parents will try, with limited success, to hide them from children, so that there will be some left for the holidays. Dieters will try, with even less success, to hide them from themselves. Losing at these games of hide and seek will lead to even more cookie baking.
A Mom Who Bakes Cookies Huffington Post, November 22, 2011 "I wish you were the kind of mommy who baked cookies," my little girl said to me one day a few years back, while I was taking dinner out of the microwave.
Not Your Mother's Cookies: 10 Non-Traditional Cookie Recipes For Modern Holiday Baking TreeHugger.com, November 21, 2011 Sure, it's great to bring out all the old family favorite recipes for the holidays, but just because the dessert table is stocked with traditional sweets doesn't mean there isn't room for something new. Try these surprising - and delicious - combos (like bacon with fat and ginger, hazelnut with pepper, lemon with rosemary) and start a new tradition.
Mrs. Fields Near Ceding Control To Creditors Bloomberg.com, November 18, 2011 Mrs. Fields Famous Brands LLC may cede control to creditors including Carlyle Group LP and Z Capital Partners LLC by swapping debt for equity to avoid bankruptcy, said four people with knowledge of the plan. Debbi Fields opened her first cookie store in Palo Alto, California, in 1977 and began franchising in 1990, according to Mrs Fields's website. Capricorn Holdings, a Greenwich, Connecticut-based investments firm, bought Mrs. Fields in 1996 and merged the company with TCBY after acquiring the frozen-yogurt maker in 2000, according to Capricorn's website.
Company's Fortunes Rest On Cookies Voice of America, November 16, 2011 Immigrant success story is now a part of community. The rush begins in the morning at the Tsue Chong factory in Seattle, Washington's International District. Every day, dozens of cars pull up to stock up on the golden brown cookies a saying inside. The business was established in 1917 by Tim Louie's great-grandfather, who emigrated from China.
Vegan Holiday Cookies With Your Flavor Stamp Chicago Tribune, November 16, 2011 Of all the cookie recipes I bake, thumbprint cookies are the most versatile, visually appealing and just plain delicious. Best of all, one recipe can cater to varied taste buds - just fill the cookies with different jams.
Where The Cookies Never Hibernate Pet Product News, November 15, 2011 Canadian Rockies-located Mut Hut Pet Emporium entices customers in with its fresh-baked dog cookies and keeps them coming back with its dedication to quality products and services.
Rocco DiSpirito Offers Healthy Take On The Holiday Spice Cookie Washington Post, November 14, 2011 The holidays are here… and my bathroom scale is getting nervous. Packing on poundes used to be one of my holiday traditions. That is, it was until I figured out how to put certain holiday foods on a diet. And that is the trick to navigating the holidays in a way that lets you enjoy yourself without scaring your scale. Holiday cookies are a great example.
Fashion and Food: Band Of Outsiders Is Cookie-Crazed LA Times, November 14, 2011 "If you don't like cookies, you might not have a soul," reads the header of Scott Sternberg's cookie blog. Sternberg is the designer of the Los Angeles-based clothing company Band of Outsiders. When he's not dressing up celebrity friends in his label's latest getups, Sternberg likes to blog about cookie finds far and wide.
Can't Have Just One The Boston Globe, November 13, 2011 Delectable cookie recipes from the book From Our Grandmother's Kitchens by the editor's of Cook's Country magazine take a sweeping view of the culinary history of our grandmothers.
Two Fifth-Graders Sell Cookies To Heal Turkey's Broken Leg NorthJersey.com, November 12, 2011 Two of the town's youngest come to the aid of a hobbled turkey that has taken up residence along one of the area's busiest intersections. Washington Elementary School students Ava Adamo and Saray Levy decided they wanted to help fix the bird's injured leg. Last week they worked making turkey cookies in an effort to raise money for the bird's veterinary bills.
Lady Gaga Candy And Cookies For Christmas? The Examiner, November 11, 2011 Attention Lady Gaga fans, the Queen of Pop, will be having Christmas candy and cookies on offer as part of her Gaga Workshop at Barney's. Word has it that the entire fifth floor of the Barney's on Madison Avenue will be turn into Gaga's Workshop.
Perfectly Persian At Tabrizi Bakery Public Radio Kitchen, November 10, 2011 "Do you know the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld?" Mohammad asks us laughing. "Yes, he is Iranian, he is from Tabiz! Guess what they call me in New York? I am the Cookie Nazi!" But more seriously he adds, "My dad has one rule: don't make this cookie if you're going to screw it up. Make perfection."
PepsiCo Buys Brazilian Cookie Maker Grupo Mabel Wall Stree Journal, November 10, 2011 PepsiCo Inc. acquired privately held Grupo Mabel, the second-largest maker of cookies in Latin America, in a bid to strengthen the food-and-beverage company's business in key emerging markets.
Star Wars Cookies Using Holiday Cookie Cutters The Sweet Adventures Of Sugarbelle, November 9, 2011 See how Sugarbelle decorated her version of Star Wars cookies using only Halloween and Christmas cookie cutters.
Mother-Daughter Pizzell Bakers Celebrate 10 years Adding Pizzazz To The Holiday Dessert Table Digital Journal, November 8, 2011 BellaPizzelle, one of the few companies that hand-bakes pizzelle and ships them all over the United States, is marking its 10th anniversary creating these traditional, decorative cookies that have long been a staple of celebrations. Comprised of an 87-year-old off-the-boat Italian woman and her first-generation American daughter, BellaPizzelle bakes pizzelle two at a time using an old country recipe.
Shoogie Dadders? From Silly Sayings To Chewy Cookies Bemidji Pioneer, November 6, 2011 On a sunshiny day last summer during a car ride with a few of my grandchildren, we all got a little silly. We'd just made a stop at the local chocolate shop for some candy treats. Giggles escalated to hardy belly-laughs as we sang nursery rhymes opera-style with brief pauses for licks of Sugar Daddy caramel lollipops (the grandchildren) and bites of thick dark chocolate-dipped apricot (me).
Last Year's Winning Cookie NorthJersey.com, November 6, 2011 "Melting Moments," tiny brown butter-guava sandwich cookies, won Phyllis Pette of Manhattan her second consecutive first-prize in The Record's holiday cookie contest in 2010 This year, Pette will serve on the judging panel and here is her winning recipe.
Cookies Culprit Of Scare At Post Office Journal-News, November 5, 2011 The Jefferson County, West Virgina, Police Department has a new entry in its Most Wanted list: Cookies. A package of the sweet confections was revealed to be at the heart of a hazardous materials scare Friday morning at the Ranson Post Office. The incident occurred at 7:47am, when employees called the police to report a possible explosion and release of a white substance.
Taking A Trip 'Inside The Jewish Bakery' J Weekly, November 3, 2011 Reading "Inside The Jewish Bakery: Recipes And Memories From The Golden Age Of Jewish Baking" is like being invited to go behind the bakery counter to learn the secrets and stories behind favorites such as the black-and-white cookie, pumpernickel bread and more.
Cookie-Infused Alcohol? Pour Me A Glass Of Amaretto The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2011 Liquer distillers are an inventive bunch. They'll steep almost anything in alcohol to come up with a bracing beverage: fennel, bark, wormwood, even radicchio and artichokes. But how about cookies? That's the key ingredient in a sweet, almond-flavored liquer popping up on Ontario shelves. It's called Lazzaroni Amaretto and, if you're a fan of the Italian macaroons called amaretti, you may recognize the name Lazzaroni.
Libertyville Woman Claims World Record For Cookie Decorating Chicago Sun Times, November 1, 2011 Amanda Cramer enjoys baking and decorating cookies with her two daughters. The Libertyville mother and her two daughters set a world record in RecordSetter Book of World Records by decorating 1,864 cookies within an hour. The purpose of the event was to raise funds for the Children's Heart Foundation, an organization which seeks to prevent and treat congenital heart disease among children.
Crunching Data On The Best Cookies ABC News, November 1, 2011 Think you know chocolate chip cookies? Consumer Reports tested 18 of the sugary confections and in a new ranking says the cookies produced by Southhampton, N.Y.-based Tate's Bake Shop take the cake. "They were excellent. They had big butter and chocolate flavors and smooth chocolate chips," Consumer Reports' Maxine Seigel told ABC News.
Dear Wall Street Occupiers: Hundreds of Letters, Parcels Bring Encouragement… and Cookies Washington Post, October 31, 2011 Bette Snyder is nourishing the Wall Street protesters from her kitchen in northwester Ohio. For the past three weeks, the 69-year-old woman has sent the occupiers of Zuccotti Park tins of home-baked cookies and messages of support. "Here are some cookies for the demonstrators," she wrote in a note accompanying one of the tins. "I will keep sending them as long as you keep protesting."
The Spy Who Baked Me UCSD Guardian, October 31, 2011 Recent UCSD grad shakes up his mother's chocolate chip cookie recipe with a secretive delivery method.
13 Spooky Halloween Cookie Recipes Babble.com, October 30, 2011 Cookies make the perfect treats for Halloween parties - there are so many ways to make them, from drop cookies to fancy decorate cookies - dolled up or creeped out, depending on how gory/scary/spooky you want your Halloween party to be.
Soldiers Enjoy Midnight Snack During 'Opeation Oreo Cookie' DVIDS.com, October 30, 2011 During this operation, the deployed soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division received a large shipment of Oreo® cookies, compliments of a church group based in Alpharetta, Ga. The program itself was born into fruition by a chance encounter. In 2009, the Senior Minister of Alpharetta 1st United Methodist Church, Dr. Don Martin, was on an airplane and met a young serviceman who was returning from 18 months duty in Iraq. When asked what he missed most while away, the young soldier immediately replied "Oreos®, Double Stuffed!"
Let Your Cereal Bowl Provide Inspiration For Desserts Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 27, 2011 The professional's desire to mimic the personal - to restaurant-ize, if you will, the emotional content of a home-cooked meal - is one of the most powerful trends in contemporary cooking. Includes great recipes for Cornflake-Chocolate-Chip-Marshmallow Cookies, Cornflake Crunch, and Salted Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats.
Florida Medical Duo Offers Children A Healthy And Tasty Cookie That Helps Them Learn PR Web, October 27, 2011 Ten years after Congress passed the "No Child Left Behind Act" to help improve American educational standards, a pair of South Florida physicians and Omega-3 Specialists are encouraging higher school nutritional standards through their "No Brain Left Behind" and Omega Cookie efforts.
Healthy Cookies From Kookie Karma North County Times, October 27, 2011 Juli Novotny has been running Kookie Karma, her vegan cookie and snack company, for seven years, but she's been baking for the masses for 18 years.
Scott DiDomenico Hope 'Cookie' Is A Monster HarnessLink.com, October 26, 2011 HandsOffMyCookie is 15-1 on the morning line, but with eight wins in nine harness racing starts there is no question the filly is accustomed to finding her way to the winner's circle. As for the filly's name, Fucci said there was no particular signficance, other than a love of cookies.
Couple Bake 1,000 Cookies A Month To Feed The Homeless KC Star, October 26, 2011 Some couples spend quality time together playing golf or traveling, while others connect over a shared interest in art, film or music. Tallgrass Creek residents Bunny and Lynn Brown bond together by volunteering at Meals on Wheels as part of a group that bakes 1,000 cookies a month to help feed the homeless.
Can The Smell Of Cookies Make Us Nicer To Each Other? Business Insider, October 23, 2011 In a preliminary study, passersby in a large shopping mall were significantly more likely to help a same-sex accomplice (by retrieving a dropped pen or providing change for a dollar) when these helping opportunities took place in the presence of pleasant ambient odors (e.g. baking cookies).
Diwali Git Packs, With Love From Tihar Jail DNA India, October 22, 2011 The bakery at sub-jail No. 2 in Tihar has been busy. For the first time, the inmates of India's largest prison have rolled out cookies, naan khatal and namkeen in special Diwali gift packs for the market. "It's awesome! I had never imagined that such delicious cookies are made here," Singh said on his visit to Tihar to inaugurate a Spice Unit.
Warning: Cookies So Good, You'll Eat Them All In One Sitting How Stuff Works, October 20, 2011 Jessica from The Novice Chef makes Biscoff Cookie Dough Ball to die for. With crispy outsides and gooey insides, we just had to share. Don't say we didn't warn you!
'Cookie Crunch' Brings Holiday Cheer To Airman At Osan Pacific Air Forces, October 20, 2011 Volunteers closed in on the half-way point of a "Cookie Crunch" October 20, 2011. Just three days into the cookie-baking project by the Osan Officers Spouses Club, more than 30,000 cookies are baked, bagged and ready for delivery to unaccompanied U.S. military personnel stationed on the Korean peninsula.
Bake Your Own Custom Fortune Cookies CNET.com, October 20, 2011 Most speciality appliances try to be something they are not. It may be a case of exaggeration about its feature set, or perhaps a confusing product description that would lead someone to believe it is capable of something that it is not. Not so with the Sunbeam Fortune Cookie Maker. The counterop appliance is even shaped like a fortune cookie!
How To Make Magic Kingdom Halloween Cookies WESH.com, October 19, 2011 Here's a recipe from Tony's Town Square in the Magic Kingdom Park (courtesy of Disney) for Jack Skellington Sugar Cookies.
Smart Cookies: 5 Handy Business Lessons from the Girl Scouts Business News Daily, October 19, 2011 For the last 100 years, the Girls Scouts of the USA has had a winning recipe, and it's not just for the cookies. Accoriding to Girl Scouts of the USA CEO Kathy Cloninger, 70% of women in executive leadership roles got their start with the Girl Scouts.
Chilled Dough Ends Cookies Sprawl Houston Chronicle, October 18, 2011 To keep cookies plump and full when baking, refrigerate dough before placing them in a preheated oven.
Justin Bieber Holiday LP Inspired By 'Christmas Cookies' MTV.com, October 18, 2011 Justin Bieber is about to share his top-secret approach to writing his upcoming holiday album. In order to pen holiday tunes, Bieber forced himself to get in the Christmas spirit, and to do this he turned to Christmas cookies, of course.
Chocolate Chip Cookies and College Classes Wired.com, October 11, 2011 There is no doubt that many institutions are having budget problems. But what are some possbile solutions to this problem? Let me first look at another problem: chocolate chip cookies.
The 7 Best Food Epitaphs For Halloween Babbel.com, October 11, 2011 I'm making a classic brownie graveyard this week and looked up food related epitaphs on the web for ideas of what to put on the cookie tombstones. I found a few great ones and thought I'd share them with you.
QR Cookies Create Unique Personalized Messages Springwise.com, October 10, 2011 We've seen QR Codes put to various uses over recent months, from helping conferences run more smoothly to linking t-shirts labels to MP3 files. Now German company Qkies have given the QR Code the edible treatment, combining them with cookie mix to create munchable personalized messages.
Speculoos Slowly Spreading Through Los Angeles LA Times, September 27, 2011 Some say Speculoos is the new Nutella. It looks like peanut butter but tastes like the gingerbread, cinnamon-flavored cookie it's made from, known as biscoff.
Kurt Cobain's No Bake Cookies Eating the Beats, September 27, 2011 Eating the Beats explores what happens when music and food collide. Blogger Laura Leebove recently found Kurt Cobain's recipe for no bake cookies in his Journals and decided what better way to honor him and the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana's Nevermind - the popular album from the Seattle-based trio that altered the music landscape forever.
Cookies Get Emmy Nod Patch.com, September 25, 2011 What would you do is the Emmy Awars called? Buy a gown, book a salon appointment, and get a massage? If you are Joel and Kim Ansh of Fatboy's Cookie Dough, you start to bake cookies.
At Last! The New Triple Double Oreo Cookie Hitting Shelves PR Newswire, August 17, 2011 After months of anticipation, Oreo launches new "twist" on milk's favorite cookie - the most anticipated cookie on the planet has finally arrived.
Lip Smacker Bakes Up New Girl Scout Cookie-Inspired Lip Glosses Drug Store News, August 8, 2011 Aspire Brand's Lip Smacker has inked a licensing deal with Girl Scouts of USA to develop the new Girl Scout Lip Smackers inspired by the flavors of Girl Scout Cookies.
CustomMade Curator: Oreo Cookie Sculpture DIY Life, July 29, 2011 Exceptionally realistic sculptures by Robin Antar - but these Oreo cookies are definitely not for eating.
Seeking Comfort In Food Is As Natural As Mother's Milk Seminole Heights Patch, July 13, 2011 Our fast-food obsessed nation should address the underlying causes of obesity, not make those who eat for comfort feel guilty.
Clementine's Chocolate Chip Cookies Los Angeles Times, July 9, 2011 Simply put, it's the perfect chocolate chip cookie - crisp on the outer edge, chewy in the middle and gooey in the dead center. It would be amazing to have the recipe so I can make them for my granddaughter when she comes to visit!
Cookies & Corks Debuts Single Flavor Packs SF Gate, July 8, 2011 Cookies & Corks, a cookie company that creates sweet and savory bite-sized wine pairing cookies, is now offering single flavor packs. Debuting at the 57th Summer Fancy Food Show in Washington DC, the cookie flavors available in the single packs include Apricot Sage, Ginger Molasses, Zesty Lemon, Sea Salt Chocolate Oatmeal, Espresso Chocolate Peanut Butter and White Cheddar Rosemary.
Cookie Jars New York Times, July 6, 2011 Most people aren't surprised to discover that Sarabeth Levine collects cookie jars. She is, after all, the owner of the popular bakery and restaurant Sarabeth's, with multiple locations in New York City and one in Key West, Florida.
BabyCakes Vegan Bakery Owner Erin McKenna Whips Up Timeless Sweets For The Healthy-Minded New York Daily News, July 4, 2011 Iconic desserts are getting a healthy makeover, thanks to BabyCakes owner Erin McKenna. Made from gluten-free flour and sweetened with agave syrup, McKenna's cupcakes, doughnuts and cookies are delicious without being overly fatty or sugary.
Frankfort Dad Asks: Why Not A Cookie Bowl? Chicago Sun-Times, June 27, 2011 It wasn't Mark Valerious' love of cookies that led him to invent the cookie bowl. It was his digged determination to see an idea through to fruition.
Alice Medrich Bakes An Award-Winning Cookie Book Seattle Weekly, June 8, 2011 At last weeks annual conference for the International Association of Culinary Professionals, awards were presented for the best cookbooks of the year. In the Baking category, the award was given to Alice Medrich for her excellent cookie book, Chewy, Gooey, Crispy, Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies.
Crowd-Sourced Molasses Cookies Reveal Very Old Techniques Bangor Daily News, June 7, 2011 Just talking about molasses cookies prompted Peggy Tracy to try a recipe she has had "a very long time." "Your saying that you were looking for a molasses cookie recipe made me want to bake and eat molasses cookies," she wrote.
Why The Inventor Of Girl Scout Cookies Would Be Ashamed Today Change.org, May 24, 2011 Ethel Jenninges Newton invented Girl Scout cookies in 1934. She was a tall and elegant woman who believed her highest calling was to make the world a better place. She was also my grandmother. Knowing my grandmother, whom we called "Angel," I can say this: Today, Ethel Jennings Newton would be ashamed of the destruction her inventiveness is causing in the lives of those powerless to stop it.
Cookie Bar Celebrates Birthday With 850,000 Cookies Sold Scoop.co.nz, May 17, 2011 The world's first Cookie Bar in Queenstown is celebrating its first birthday and a hugely successful year of business - with 850,000 cookies sold and thousands of litres of fresh milk dispensed from its 'beer' tap.
Chocolate Chip Day: A Sweet Excuse To Have Dessert! WTen, May 15, 2011 For chocolate lovers and cookie fans everywhere, May 15 is a day to celebrate – it's National Chocolate Chip Day! A truly American creation, chocolate chips were developed in 1939, following the surprising popularity of an accidental recipe by innkeeper Ruth Wakefield, co-owner of the Toll House in Massachusetts.
Cookulus Reinvents the Chocolate Chip Cookie with 'Ultimate Recipe' Food App SFGate, May 10, 2011 Is the ultimate chocolate chip cookie crisp and chewy? Soft and thick? At Cookulus™ (rhymes with "calculus") the ultimate recipe is the one that lets the cook make it exactly her way: soft or crispy, chewy or crumbly, thin or thick, decadently chocolate or wholesomely whole wheat. Move the sliders on the app's control panel and ingredient amounts shift, the oven temperature rises or lowers, and the cooking time lengthens or shortens -- a completely individualized recipe is ready for baking.
Beijing Cake Shop Whips Up iPhone Cookie and iPad Cake Frenzy NTD Television, May 6, 2011 Beijingers go through crazes for western food, from pizzas to burritos to burgers, and now designer cookies and cakes are their new hot dogs. Chinese American Carol Chow is running the most fashionable custom made dessert shop 'CCSweets' in downtown Beijing.
Otis Spunkmeyer Supports World Wish Day® with Wish Kid's Cookie Creation SF Gate, April 27, 2011 Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc., the nation's leading fresh-baked cookie company, announces a limited time product offering in honor of the Make-A-Wish Foundation® and World Wish Day, April 29, 2011, a global celebration of wish granting.
The 6 Best Cookie Jar Cookies The Huffington Post, April 1, 2011 There's something quaint about the idea of filling the cookie jar. It evokes the days of coming home from school, dropping the backpack, and heading the to the kitchen for a snack. For some of us, those after-school cookies were probably Oreos, Milanos, and Chessman, but homemade cookies are even more magical.
Prince William Chooses Wedding Cake Made Of Cookies CNN, March 26, 2011 Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton's wedding may be full of all the pomp and ceremony of a traditional British state occasion, but when it comes to their wedding cake they've taken their inspiration from the United States and requested a "groom's cake" made of cookies and chocolate to be served alongside the couple's official wedding cake.
Documentary Warns Against 'Killer Cookies,' Other Processed Foods Stamford Patch, March 3, 2011 In the American economy where food production accounts for one-third, trans fats, called a toxic chemical in the film, are big business. A "serving size" of three Oreos contained 5.5 grams of trans fats and won the film's sobriquet of "killer cookies."
Kraft to Bake Canada's Greenest Cookies The Star, February 1, 2011 Kraft Canada has partnered with renewable energy retailer Bullfrog Power on a pilot project that will see millions of boxes of Dad's Oatmeal Cookies baked and packaged using zero-emission electricity and "green" natural gas.
Cookie Cutters: Girls Scouts Trim Their Lineup for Lean Times Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2011 As the annual selling season gets under way for the organization's iconic cookies, Girl Scouts councils are beginning to say adios to Dulce de Leche, no thanks to Thank U Berry Much and farewell to a whole slew of other varieties added in recent years.
Casey's Cookies Creating Treats and Opportunity ABC Action News, January 18, 2011 At a rented commercial kitchen in Largo, Florida, one Pinellas County family is baking cookies that not only taste good, they're changing lives.
Isabella's Cookie Company Thinks Outside of the Chocolate Box this Valentine's Day PRLog.org, January 17, 2011 Isabella’s Cookie Company shows some heart this Valentine’s Day. Home to the most craved cookies in the world, Isabella’s Cookie Company is serving up specialty heart-shaped Sugar Rush cookies, beginning January 24th thru February 16th.
Writing Our History in Cookies CBSNews.com, December 19, 2010 A cookbook tracks the evolution of the cookie during the 68-year history of Gourmet Magazine
The Perfect 10: L.A. Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off Winners LATimes.com, December 16, 2010 Readers submitted more than 350 cookie recipes and cast nearly 80,000 votes for their favorites. Then we tested and tasted them. Here are the top 10.
A $15,000 Gingerbread House? LemonDrop.com, October 8, 2010 Not sure what to get your kids for Christmas this year? Never fear, the Neiman Marcus catalog is here. What better way to tell a child that they're the most important person in the world than to buy them a $15,000 gingerbread house?
Cookie Cutter Convention Breaks The Mold SFGate.com, July 1, 2010 In order to make room for their cutters and molds, many cookie cutter collectors have built custom pantries, hundreds of shelves and have even added on rooms. Moorhouse has a whole enclosed porch dedicated to storing her collection.
Whoopie Pies Becoming A West Coast Sensation Seattlepi.com, June 30, 2010 Not too long ago I was eating at Bruno's in San Francisco with a couple of pals. For dessert we ordered whoopie pies. None of us really knew what a whoopie pie was, but the name sounded too fun to pass up.
Cookie Dreams - The Snack-Caste System HattiesburgAmerican.com, May 31, 2010 A friend of mine dreamt that she could plug an Ethernet cable into a chocolate chip cookie and hear what was going on inside of the cookie's mind. What a great dream. I'd love to dive inside the mind of a chocolate chip cookie.
Cookie Bar To Be 'World First' For New Zealand Opodo.co.uk, May 10, 2010 A cookie bar due to open in Queenstown, New Zealand this month will be the first establishment of its kind in the world, according to the company behind the development.
Stop the Crumbs With The Cookie Safe InventorSpot.com, March 2010 If you are sick of opening a package full of cracker crumbs or a squished granola bar while your child is wailing in the background, then the Cookie Safe may be the solution.
Antiques & Collectibles: Cookie Cutters Rekindle Memories Of A Simpler Time Post-Bulletin.com, March 29, 2010 You reach into a kitchen drawer and discover a flat-tin cookie cutter given to you many years earlier as a gift from your grandmother's collection — memories come flooding back and you vividly recall baking cookies with your grandmother.
Amnesty Cookies DavidLebovitz.com, March 6, 2010 "Compost Cookies" include anything you wish to dump in, from left-over butterscotch chips to Fritos.
Baker Cooks Up Resume Cookies, Biz Card Treats BostonHerald.com, March 3, 2010 Pastry chef Kelly Delaney uses food coloring ink on edible sugar paper and embeds your career highlights into an 8-by-11-inch iced sugar dough cookie.
Family's Cookie Tradition Sweetens Season For Food-Bank Users The Seattle Times, December 20, 2009 Dozens of volunteers — most of them workers at Microsoft — come together to keep alive a tradition of providing something special to those less fortunate.
Top Frozen Cookie Dough Is Immaculate SF Gate, December 20, 2009 This is why pre-formed, packaged cookie dough is one of the best convenience products out there.
Christmas Cookies: Off the Beaten Path Gather.com, December 19, 2009 I prefer my Christmas Cookies to be a little different than everyone else's. Yes, I like the Chocolate Chip Cookies, the Butter Balls and the Springerle, but when I bake, I prefer something no one else (or at least not many) has in their Cookie Repertoire.
How to Ship Decorated Cookies Sweetopia, December 19, 2009 You put oodles of time and love into making decorated cookies for friends, family or children, send the cookies on their merry way via snail mail, only to have them arrive in a broken mess!
Old-World Pastries Offer a Taste of Christmases Past The New York Times, December 18, 2009 Treats from the Copenhagen Bakery in Northport include Linzer, sugar and coconut cookies, gingerbread cookies, pfeffernusse and brunkager cookies.
Bakers Dash to Satisfy a Holiday Sweet Tooth The New York Times, December 18, 2009 At Angela Mia Pastries in Norwalk, the staff works hard between Thanksgiving and New Year’s to keep up with demand for roccoco and pignoli.
Sweet Memories Of Mom's Christmas Cookies Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2009 The Russian tea cakes, pepparkakor and other Christmas goodies -- and the family traditions around them -- are a cherished memory.
Decorating holiday cookies like the Disney experts The Daily Disney, December 2, 2009 This time of year, it’s hard to escape the intimidating line up of food and lifestyle magazine cookie covers at the supermarket checkout.
A Nontraditional Oatmeal Cookie Wows Very Merry Cookie Challenge Judges Star-Telegram, December 1, 2009 The result is a cookie that’s chewy and crunchy, deliciously comforting but not too traditional. The pumpkin pie spice kicks the "holiday-cookie" quotient up a notch, and the toasted pecans and coconut add both texture and taste interest.
New Cookies Hit The Tins JSOnline, December 1, 2009 Looking for a new cookie to try? Just pick up a December issue of a food magazine, consult a new holiday cookbook or troll the Web sites of your favorite food companies selling baking ingredients.
The Ultimate Simple Holiday Cookie Recipe Reuters, October 29, 2009 America's Leading Sustainable Flour Producer Unveils 'Green' Holiday Cookie - Good for Farmers, the Planet and Spreading Holiday Joy
Girl Ticketed for Selling Lemonade and Cookies The New American, August 18, 2009 A 10-year-old girl in New York City receives a $50 ticket for selling lemonade and home-made cookies in the park
The Secret To The Oreo Cookies Success Examiner.com, July 14, 2009 Over 12 billion Oreos have been consumed by the world's population in almost 100 years
Japan Credited With Fortune Cookie Creation Finding Dulcinea, April 8, 2009 The humble dessert has long been thought to be a Chinese contribution, but researchers contend that Japan deserves credit
The Power Of Cookies JellyMom.com, February 16, 2009 A Mom Who Has Cookies Has A Secret Weapon
Cookies From Those Who Care 9News Denver, February 6, 2009 The hardest thing about life, is death. If a few cookies can make that transition a little easier, then Donna Portman will bake them until her oven stops working altogether.
Quest For The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie The New York Times, July 9, 2008 A Sprinkling of Seal Salt Just Before Baking Adds a Distinctive Dimension to Chocolate Chip Cookies
In The Kitchen Of Long Ago, With Grandma The New York Times, December 19, 2007 The Attention to These Cookies Was an Extension of the Way My Grandma Ran Her Household
The $250 Cookie Recipe Exposed The New York Times, July 2, 1997 After Years of Enduring the Myth, Neiman Marcus Has Come Up With a Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe of Its Own
"I have been researching and trying a number of recipes to make a healthy cookie similar to one that our Gym coffee shop sells for $3.50! This particular recipe was adapted so instead of bars I made thick round cookies and cooked them just underdone so they were soft and chewy. They were a hit with all the girls. Thanks for the great recipe."
, which hits shelves on January 10. We called them up to learn more about their new book and to discover what is the most underappreciated in the cookie canon.
