mAiLiNg A cOoKiE pAcKaGe

One of my sisters was having an awful week a few weeks ago.

She vented a little on her blog, then deleted it but not before I had a chance to read it.

She lives over 2000 miles away so I can't be there for her like I really want

so the best I could do for now was send her chocolate!

Specifically cookies from Paradise Bakery! I packed some extra cookies since my mother and another sister live there too.

My favorite Paradise Bakery cookies are

Coconut Chocolate Chip, Black & White Chippers and Molasses (which they only have in the winter and are my mother's favorite).

I have to share my best cookie packing tip.

These cookies took 4 days to arrive at their destination and I was worried about them getting hard so I put 2 pieces of bread inside the bags with the cookies to keep them soft.

They arrived safe and sound and super soft!

Can I share my 2nd tip for shipping cookies?
This tip goes back decades to a time when

my grandmother packed my grandfather's lunch everyday.
She would take a bite out of one part of his lunch!
She said that when he saw that bite he would definitely be thinking of her.
I'm not one to break tradition so I took a bite out of almost every cookie.
It was a sacrifice!

Really!

I actually started feeling sick by the 10th cookie bite, but it was worth it!