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Amazingly Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

Sometimes we have an idea for how a recipe should come out and we make it three or four times to get it right. Sometimes we nail it on the first try. We knew exactly what kind of oatmeal cookie we wanted – chewy, with just a hint of cinnamon – and we got it right away by using just brown sugar. High-fives on this one.

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Kid Approved Green Zucchini Bread

We’d never suggest sneaking veggies into food to fool your kids, and yet, if they like this bread – which is very similar to carrot cake – it might make them realize that zucchini is actually very tasty!

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Emma’s S’mores Balls

When Emma isn’t making hundreds of S’mores Balls to sell at bake sales, she’s making beautiful orange bracelets to sell alongside them. The balls are chock-full of s’mores flavors, and Emma says they’re great as a frozen treat, too.

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Faux Re-Os

The packaged variety is known as America’s favorite cookie, but once you make your own you might never go back. 

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Scoops of Rocky Road

We love taking easily recognizable dishes and turning them into something else with the same flavors – hence a cookie that tastes like a scoop of ice cream.

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Meet Dr. Hogarty

Both of my sisters had childhood cancer when I was growing up so I spent more time than most thinking about the impact of cancer on families and wanting to invest my energies in improving outcomes for such children.

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Meet Dr. Rooney

I can still remember my excitement when I discovered research involving humans (rather than the study of animals and plants) when I was an undergraduate in the UK. I immediately wanted to become involved in human research and studied immunology and virology.

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Meet Dr. Maris

Thanks to Cookies’ funding, we discovered drugs that work well against “RAS” mutations, which led to Novartis supporting a clinical trial that is ongoing. 

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10 Pro Tips for Incredible Chocolate Chip Cookies

We want your chocolate chip cookies to be all they can be and more. Our Chef in Residence Melanie Underwood and Pastry Pro Scott Cioe dished up tips on how to make cookies softer or chewier, experimenting with mix-ins and more. Hint: Don’t even THINK of skimping on chips!

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How We Get Through This

On March 11th, we were scheduled to have our 7th annual Chefs for Kids’ Cancer event. After months of planning and coordination, we were hours away from welcoming 600 guests, 70 chefs, a team of sommeliers and mixologists and poised to have a record-breaking night of raising money for pediatric cancer research. The event is now postponed indefinitely.

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