This star-shapped cookie was created by Chef, Wolfgang Puck for an Academy Awards dinner. I made his Chocolate Shortbread “Hollywood Stars” recipe, in February and decided it would fun to serve on July 4th too. These rich and chocolaty cookies are sandwiched together with a creamy Mascarpone cheese filling. When sto...
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That’s a lot of cookies, and they’ve all come from the initiative of Jeanette Cram and her “crumbs,” a corps of volunteer of bakers and helpers. Why did they bake all those cookies? To send to soldiers serving on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan. Through the Treat The Troops program, Cram has created a nationwide network to fulfill cookie requests made by and for deployed American soldiers living on the fronts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Treat The Troops’ Mission Statement explains that “‘...
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