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Sending Cookies Overseas

What is a good cookie to send to our boys in Afghanistan? Is there anything that will not spoil? --Kathleen
Hi Kathleen, How nice to hear you want to send a little love to our soldiers overseas! The best cookies for shipping are sturdy cookies, like brownies and other bar cookies, shortbread, and gingersnaps. If you think that the cookies will take more than a couple of weeks to get to their destination, stay away from buttery cookies (shortening is OK though) or cookies that have honey, brown sugar or molasses. And anything with chocolate chips or chunks probably isn’t a good idea in the summer months. Here are some cookies that are good candidates for sending to our troops overseas: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Golden Coconut Bars Fruity Oat Squares Gingerbread Shapes

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    When making an old-fashioned cherry pie with cherries you just picked, do you cook your cherries with sugar and cornstarch or flour before putting it in the pie crust?
    --Barbara

    April 2012
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    My mother used to make 'scalloped corn' when we were little. She has passed away and I can not find this receipe. Can you help me find one? --Laura
    March 2012
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    Please add a recipe for meat loaf.
    --Denise

    April 2012
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    Would you please add a chocolate cheese cake? Thanx so much! --Merrianne
    March 2012
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    There was a recipe in the original Grandma’s Kitchen recipe cards for Fettucine Alfredo. Can you add this recipe to your site?

    –Lisa

    May 2012
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    Do you have a microwave version of your Chocolate Nut Fudge?

    --Judy

    August 2012
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    I have a nice size ham bone left from the ham I baked and wonder if you have an easy recipe for some soup with beans. --Marilyn
    March 2012
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    How do you take the bitter taste away from blackberries…please, please, PLEASE give me a helpful answer??? --Joelean
    March 2012
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    I love your green casserole that was published in a magazine years ago! For years I've made it for Thanksgiving, but after moving to another state, I lost the index card recipe. Can you please post this recipe on your website? After making your version of this traditional dish for my family, I refuse to make this dish any other way! Thank you so much:) --Rachel
    March 2012
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    Do you have an apple dumpling recipe? They are too expensive to buy at the store and I would love to make them myself. --Amanda
    March 2012
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