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My Neapolitan Checkerboard Cookie Fantasy Come True

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Susie Bright
Dec 21, 2023
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The cookie porn at the New York Times did me in.

This year, they made a newsprint CENTERFOLD of Christmas cookies. I was mesmerized! I practically licked the ink.

This kind of centerfold is guaranteed to set me in a frenzy

I decided to make the Gingerbread Blondies (like little ginger girlfriends) and then, for a Bake-Off-style challenge, the Neapolitan Checkerboard Cookies.

The Blondies are easy.

Friends, the checkerboard cookies are hard. I heartily recommend them if you live with a double Virgo who has professional bakery experience. —Yes, thankfully, I pressed him into service. Jon, you are the best.

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