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ABOUT BIG COOKIES:  HOMEMADE COOKIES FOR SALE—THE BRILLIANTLY BIG STORY Homemade cookies for sale by Big Cookie -- the story is like the taste sensation itself.   Unexpected.   Extraordinary. Decidedly decadent.  They were not concocted by a top chef, a culinary master or a famous bakery. Instead Big Cookies are the handiwork of a civil engineer named Aaron Brilliant — a guy who started baking on a dare, and became fascinated with figuring out how to perfect the right combination of ingredients and baking processes to create the ideal taste sensation. It all began a few years ago, when Aaron arrived at a Pot Luck dinner with store-bought cookies.   After being ridiculed for not bringing something homemade, he arrived at the next get together with a 30-pound vanilla cake he put together from scratch. The cake was so-so, but the process of making it kick-started Aaron’s engineering mind.   He was fascinated by figuring out how ingredien...

The Farm Press  is predicting a great season for yummy peaches.  Wisconsin is not a peach growing state but Texas sure is reporting a great bloom this season.   Peach cobbler is a healthy dessert alternative – it’s mainly fruit.  T o make it even healthier try using Lucy’s Ginger Snaps or Cinnamon Thins to make the crust and crumble.   Lucy’s Cookies use non-GMO, organic ingredients, and they’re gluten-free and vegan. For fun facts about peaches, more images you can use, a cool peach cobbler recipe using a cookie crust and a video from Lucy about peach cobbler, please  visit our newsroom: http://news.drlucys.com/news. php?include=144346 I was blessed to receive more cookies from Dr. Lucy's.  I had good intentions of creating a tasty Peach Cobbler with the cookies for the crust but we had teenagers over and they ate them!!  Dr. Lucy's cookies are so crunchy and tasty you can't resist eating them.   Are ...

The maple tree's in Wisconsin are not quite flowing yet due to the cooler spring temperatures.  Soon very soon I do hope the temperatures adjust to normal as we watch the snow disappear and can enjoy the fresh maple syrup.   Dr. Lucy's Cookies are amazing and celebrating Maple Syrup month with Maple Bliss cookies was priceless.   Here are some fun facts and statistics about maple syrup • Maple syrup is produced from the sap collected from the Sugar Maple tree • Sugar Maple trees are grown in the northern states of the US and in Canada • It takes 30-50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup • Usually a maple tree is at least 30 years old and 12 inches in diameter before it is tapped • Maple sap is clear, watery and contains only 2-4% sugar.  • The season for tapping the trees begins in late February and runs through March  • The sap begins to flow when temperatures begin to rise above freezing during the da...

A big thank you to Andy who sent me some amazing cookies to try to conduct my review.  :)  All opinions expressed are 100 % mine and I was not paid for this review.   About Sweet Andy's Cookies: The “Thank You” Cookie In 2009, Andrew (Sweet Andy) found himself in a position like so many others at that time in our past; the economy was quickly spiraling downward and he had left his job in the financial services industry. Although Andy had an MBA in Banking and Finance and had even written a book entitled, “A Guide to Taking Control of Your Investments”, he found himself to be disenchanted with the financial industry and left to pursue “other work.”  The “other work” that Andrew pursued was with the Church and did not provide financial support for the family.  During this time Andy and his wife, Lissa, struggled to find other forms of income. They did what they could for themselves and their five children but often it was not enough. But there were...