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2024 Great Cookie Challenge!

Which one will be the 2024 LBPD "GREAT COOKIE"?

Cookies are made and enjoyed all around the world. Chunky, sweet, gooey, or just plain jane, there is a cookie for everyone. Join the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (LBPD) throughout January to vote on the 2024 top cookie!

Starting today, a cookie bracket will be released for the next three weeks to vote for your favorite cookie. We are starting with 8 strong contenders that will battle it out until one is crowned the "Favorite." Simply cast your vote and follow "The Great Cookie Bracket" at: https://forms.gle/yxUcMb5eA7qfLJGu8.

Our 2024 Cookie Contenders are:
(Descriptions of cookies used are from https://www.cheryls.com/blog/cookie-types.)

• Shortbread Cookies: Shortbread cookies offer a crunchy, crisp texture and a delightfully buttery flavor.
• Black and White Cookies: A vanilla-laden cookie topped with chocolate and vanilla frosting.
• Fortune Cookies: Is it a real cookie? This favorite is made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and a dash of sesame seed oil. These crunchy treats are best known for the slips of paper found inside.
• White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies: Roasted macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips nestled in a soft sugar cookie.
• Coconut Macaroons: Shredded coconut, a craggy surface, chewy interior, and moist texture describes this cookie the best.
• Butter Pecan Cookies: Soft and chewy with toasted pecans that are pushed into the top.
• Biscotti: “Biscotti” means “twice baked”. Originating from Italy, these cookies are baked twice to draw out the moisture, resulting in a hard, dry cookie that resists mold, making them a favorite of 14th-century sea travelers.
• Gingersnaps: A thin, crunchy cookie with a taste that zings with ginger.

Voting begins today!

Every Friday, cast your vote to move your cookie to the #1 oven!

The voting will take place as follows:
Round 1: January 12th–18th
Semi-Finals: January 19th–25th
Finals: January 26th–February 1st (voting closes)

"The Great Cookie" winner will be crowned on February 2nd. *This is a correction from the date stated in the youth newsletter.

“Great Cookie” Trivia Question

Answer this week’s cookie trivia question. One question will be posted each week of the cookie challenge. This week’s response must be received by January 18th. The winner will be notified on January 19th. Answer correctly, and win an LBPD gift bag with a treat inside!

Question: Named after famed showman P. T. Barnum, what commercial cookie was introduced and mass produced by Nabisco in 1902?

Enter your “Great Cookie” answer at: https://forms.gle/2Q5txExZLaCABvGN7.

Need a recipe? Check out these “cookie” selections from your library.

Adult
Mrs. Fields Cookie Book: 100 Recipes from the Kitchen of Mrs. Fields
Debbie Fields
DB044172
BR009177

Martha Stewart's Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share
Martha Stewart
DB066148

Rosie's Bakery Chocolate-packed, Jam-filled, Butter-rich, No-holds-barred Cookie Book
Judy Rosenberg
BR010867

Youth
Bake the Best-ever Cookies!
Sarah Williamson
BR014410

American Girl Cookies
DB092940