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Classic Christmas cookies are really time-consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a blondie or a shortbread, which still has that Christmas vibe.

The best cookies of all in the world are the ones my daughter Sally makes. They come out all uniform with nice little air holes.

I think cookies are sort of the unsung sweet, you know? They're incredibly popular. But everybody thinks of cakes and pies and fancier desserts before they think cookies. A plate of cookies is a great way to end dinner and really nice to share at the holidays.

Plain sugar cookies, no matter how well they are made, are a bit boring to me.

I love cookies baking. During the winter, they have these candles that smell like cookies, and I always buy like a hundred of them.

I like cookies, any cookie you put in front of me - animal cookies, sugar cookies, anything crunchy.

Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness.

I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!

So, fortune cookies: invented by the Japanese, popularized by the Chinese, but ultimately consumed by Americans. They are more American than anything else.

Baking can be done with a few simple ingredients, so it's about simplicity and nostalgia - people are reminded of their childhood.