Like so many of the best things in life, our small batch cookies start with an old family recipe. They are meticulously made by hand, from scratch and rolled thick.

I often tell people: I didn’t choose the cookie life, the cookies chose me. And it’s true. If I would have gotten to chose something to be the best at, it probably would have been pastries, or bread, or sandwiches.

Instead, from the very first time I made these cookies, people were asking for them again and again – and all these years later, I have grown to love my role as “The Cookie Lady.”