Saturday, March 12, 2011

Family Life

One of the highlights of every month used to be when the mailman delivered our latest issue of the Family Life magazine.  Published in the Old Order Amish community of Aylmer Ontario but well know through out almost all Amish communities.

Written by and for the Amish, each issue contains quite a selection of stories that wives and mothers enjoy, as well as a section devoted to recipes, nature, children's stories, health, and an advice column. There are poems and puzzles sprinkled throughout. A fun publication that the whole family enjoys!

If you would like a chance to win a one year subscription of this magazine leave a comment telling me what your favorite kind of cookies are.

For an additional entry post a link to this giveaway on your blog and come back and leave another comment.

I will draw a winner on Monday March 14th using Random Generator.
Giveaway is now closed.
Disclaimer: The only compensation I get from doing this giveaway is the warm fuzzy feeling I get from knowing someone else will get to enjoy this publication.

115 comments:

  1. My favorite kind of cookies is oatmeal chocolate chip. Homemade of course:)thanks Lisa

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  2. Sounds wonderful...as for my favorite cookie....it would have to Chocolate Chip....I know its not a fancy cookie but,it is my favorite :) I do like to add nuts to mine though. You are so generous with your give aways.... blessings to you,Shelley

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  3. Lets see I think my favorite cookie is my niece's Italian lemon cookies. I only get to eat them at Christmas time.

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  4. My favorite cookie is oatmeal raisin on the Quaker oatmeal box lid. So good with milk. Yum!

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  5. Gosh I have so many favorites! I LOVE cookies! :) I like Lemon Buttermilk, Chocolate Chip, Toffee, Brownie, and Oatmeal Creme Pies. :)

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  6. The magazine sounds delightful. My favorite cookie is chocolate chip fresh from the oven. Pecan sandies are second. And wouldn't you know I just posted on my blog and won't have the opportunity, again for a few weeks. Ah well, blogging via phone has its perks & its quirks, lol. Have a great weekend!

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  7. Oh my, cookies. I would have to say chocolate chip are my most favorite. Though today I'll be having brownies. Mmm.

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  8. Favorite cookies would have to be peanut butter...fond memories of my grandmothers making sugary-crisp cookies perfect with a glass of milk. We always shared a few after our garden weeding was done.

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  9. My favorite is chocolate chip cookies, especially fresh from the oven. Oh the melty goodness!

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  10. My favorite kind of cookie is anything homemade that someone makes me--that I don't have to bake myself. Haha Would love to win that subscription.

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  11. Hi, I am new here and have been trying to catch up. It has been a pleasant journey. My all time favorite cookie is Chocolate oatmeal no bake. As kids we called it Grannys cookies.
    T

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  12. My favorite cookie is oatmeal raisin. Mmmmm...

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  13. My favorite cookie is snicker doodle!!!! Simply delicious!!!!

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  14. My favorite cookie is snicker doodle!!!! Simply delicious!!!!

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  15. My favorite cookie is snicker doodle!!!! Simply delicious!!!!

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  16. Chocolate Chip Cookies would be my favorites by far - with Cow Chips coming closely behind.
    Have a wonderful day!!
    Lisa :O)

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  17. http://www.stitchednlove.com/2011/03/i-so-enjoy-giveaways.html

    Posted about the giveaway on my blog. Can't wait for the drawing!

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  18. Chocolate Chip are my favorite cookies...my MIL's recipe has oatmeal in the recipe and they are amazing!

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  19. I posted a link to your giveaway on my blog! :)

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  20. Oh my! I grew up with the magazine coming into our home. It brings back so many memories.

    Ah, favorite kind of Cookie?

    I would have to say Spritz Cookies or Chocolate Buttersweets.

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  21. Just call me the 'Cookie Monster', I like all homemade ones! (store bought tastes like the paper packages they come in, to me.) My first choice is chocolate chip, then Mom's peanut butter ones, or her brownines, or the brown sugar brownies (some call them 'scotchies' I think.) I love, love, love lemon bars too!

    Thank you for this give away 'contest'.

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  22. What a wonderful giveaway. I would love to win that!
    My favorite cookies are most definitely chocolate chip!!

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  23. I posted your giveaway in my sidebar.
    Have a great weekend. :)

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  24. I love linzer tortes, I only make them at Christmas, but the entire family looks forward to them. Thank you

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  25. My favorite cookies are no bake cookies. With my first pregnancy, they were my guilty pleasure. I was even known to make them in the middle of the night;)

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  26. My favorite cookie ever is peanut butter, pretzel chocolate chip cookies. So So good!

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  27. This magazine sounds like something my kids would enjoy {and me too} My favorite cookies come from a sugar cookie recipe that was my grandmothers, they use sour milk which gives them a less sweet slight tart taste - so yummy!

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  28. My favorite cookie is raisin filled -- yum!

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  29. my favorite cookies are what my mother in law calls mexican wedding cookies. she makes me a whole batch every year for Christmas - delicious!

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  30. I'm back to let you know I am posting your give away on my blog...

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  31. That sounds like a wonderful magazine!! My favorite is chocolate chip....although the carrot cookies Mom made when I was growing up was yummy too. :)

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  32. my favorite type of cookie is any type of girl scout cookies..

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  33. My favorite cookies are Venetians(tri-colored Italian cookies made with almond paste)...my husband makes them each Christmas...I'm in charge of the rest of the cookie baking for the year!
    Busy Hands...Happy Heart
    Patricia

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  34. Sounds like a really nice magazine. My favorite cookie is frozen holiday magic bars, but I only get them at Christmas.

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  35. I would love that magazine! My favorite cookie is the Oatmeal cookie I know nothing fancy but it always brings me back to Grandma's Kitchen.

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  36. Mmmm! Chocolate No Bakes!! With an extra half cup of peanut butter!!

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  37. My favorite type of cookie is homemade chocolate chip.

    ~Cheryl

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  38. My favorite would have to be buttermilk cookies with carmel icing!

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  39. My favorite is oatmeal-raisin. I would love to be entered :) Thank you, Mary Ann. ~Karen

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  40. My favorite cookies are Grasshopper Cookies; dark chocolate cookie dough studded with green-colored white chocolate pieces that are mint flavored.... yummy!!! They are the mascot cookies of Spring.

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  41. The Magazine sounds delightful! I would love to have a years subscription and I would share it with my oldest daughter!
    My favorite homemade cookie is Chocolate chip (I prefer the dough to the baked cookie! :~P) I do love the Carmel and Coconut cookies that the Girl Scouts sell (They are always changing the name so not sure what it is) and store bought cookies is a toss up with Fig Newtons and the chocolate covered marshmallow cookies sometimes called Pinwheels. But, hey, if it has chocolate, I love it! ;~D
    Thanks for hosting the sweet giveaway!

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  42. So many cookies mentioned here that my mouth is watering. My favorite is oatmeal cookies with butterscotch chips. 2nd runner-up is snicker doodle.

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  43. I'd have to say my favorite cookie is oatmeal chocolate chip...warm from the oven is best!

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  44. My favorite cookies are frosted sugar cookies!

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  45. And I'm back to let you know that I posted about it over on my blog!
    http://laura-asimplehappylife.blogspot.com/2011/03/really-neat-contest.html

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  46. My favorite cookie is frosted sugar cookies made all year around by my good friend Stacey.

    Blessings
    Janet

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  47. I love snickerdoodles! What a fun giveaway, thank you! madebymyrnie(at)gmail(dot)com

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  48. I would love a chance to win this. My favorite cookie has to be Gingerbread!

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  49. I'd love to be a w inner...sounds like an interesting magazine.

    My favorite cookies are oatmeal cookies with raisins in them!
    ~~marilyn

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  50. My favorite cookie is White Chocolate Chip and Macadamia.

    Sam

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  51. My current favorite is oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!

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  52. Love my Aunt's recipe for Frying Pan Cookies...yup, the whole recipe is done in a frying pan...YUM!

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  53. Funny you should ask that question. My husband brought home two wrapped cookies for our children, one for each. What should I find inside!?!? My ABSOLUTE favorite: white chocolate macadamia nut cookies! I know he doesn't know that because we never buy cookies out and i have never made them at home.

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  54. My favorite cookies are Oatmeal Raisin...yummy! ;)

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  55. I love Monster Cookies! That way I don't miss out on anything! :-)

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  56. I'm not sure what my favorite cookie is called. I've heard them referred to as Mexican Wedding Cakes, Russian Tea Cookies, and Snowballs. They have ground up nuts in the dough, and are rolled, twice, in confectioner's sugar after baking. They melt in your mouth and, in my opinion, are just yummy!

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  57. Chocolate Chip with black walnuts in them! Also Dainty Strip...Not sure if that is the real name or not but they melt in your mouth. My great-aunt used to make them with a cookie press. About two inches or more long and little grooves and ridges running the length of them.

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  58. Oh My I'm a baker and I make so many I would have to say I like them all...
    I would like to have the address would love to start getting this.. Thanks Blessings

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  59. I would have to say my favourite is the florentine. Thanks for a great giveaway.
    God bless

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  60. Lately my favorite is oatmeal raisin, I finally found a recipe I really like that makes chewy cookies instead of crispy ones!

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  61. Hi Just to let you know I posted it on my blog if you would like to check it out... Again.. I like all cookies...
    http://sisterbrenda-backintimethecfarm1.blogspot.com/

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  62. My favorite cookie is Oatmeal Scotchies! I guess they are my favorite because my daughter, of 32 years, get so excited when she finds that I have baked a batch of them. She will visit everytime!!!!!

    Thanks for the chance and Blessings to your family,

    Debbie S.

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  63. Chocolate chippers....followed by chocolate peanut no bake....then mint chocolate chip. YUM YUM!

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  64. My favorite cookies are called Grassroot Dream Cookies. I found the recipe in a book I have and had to try it. They have oats, cornflakes and coconut in them and are so soft, even after they've sat for a few days...and yes, that's all they last.

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  65. Just to let you know, I left a link within my blog about this!

    I hope you're enjoying your day!

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  66. I think my favorite kind of cookie would have to be snickerdoodles....nice thick chewy ones. :)

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  67. I came across your blog linking from one site to another and enjoyed reading a little about your farm.

    Favorite cookie? It would have to be the Finnish prune tarts that my mother always made at Christmas time.

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  68. I love all kinds of cookies no bakes, oatmeal, chocolate chip as long as they are homemade, fresh from the oven with a glass of milk. If I had to pick one it would be soft molasses cookies. I am enjoying reading your journey to where you are now in your life. Every ones lives are similar and yet so vastly different. We all want what is best for our family. Take care, Natalie

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  69. I really liked a recipe I tried not too long ago I think I found online, but I can't find it again. It was like an everything cookie (which I have searched for in various ways) with coconut, raisins, oatmeal, chocolate chips, and I think nuts.

    I would be interested in the subscription information for those of us who don't win.

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  70. Oh! What a fun and unique giveaway!
    I am posting about your giveaway on my blog.
    My favorite cookie is rather different, I found the recipe last year, Blackberry Sage Cookies.
    I just adore them!!!

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  71. There are so many kinds of cookies that I like. M&M cookies, I will say is my favorite kind of cookie.

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  72. So nice!

    I love peanut butter no-bake cookies, but they're REALLY bad for the waistline!

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  73. As long as it is a cookie, sweet, it's mine! Chuckle! You take anything away from me but NOT my sweets.

    Oatmeal, chocolate chip, peanut butter in that order.

    Great giveaway, sweetie.
    Happy St. Paddy's Day ~
    Have a wonderful weekend ~
    TTFN ~
    Marydon

    CSN GIVEAWAY ENDS 3/17

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  74. I love sugar cookies. Love your blog. Would love to win the subscription :)

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  75. My favorite cookies are oatmeal. :)


    Please enter me.

    Thanks for this opportunity.

    Blessings,
    Cammy
    Hopefulheart77

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  76. I love most any homemade cookies, but my very favorite is Molasses Sugar Cookies - I make them every Christmas (if I made them more often I would eat them!) and I also have a recipe called Amish Sugar Cookies that I love - they are very buttery and not too sweet. YUM! Now I think I have to go plan a cookie baking session! Karin

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  77. Mmmm I am now so hungry for cookies! :-) If this were my husband I would say Chocolate chip all the way! HOWEVER I am not my husband! I think chocolate crinkles are my favorite -- so soft and chewy with the fun cracked top, from rolling them in powdered sugar before baking. I've heard many wonderful things about Family Life, and I think it's so kind of you to offer a lucky reader a subscription.

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  78. Our favorite is snickerdoodle!! So good.
    meadow1994@yahoo.com

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  79. Definitely choc chip! :)
    X Lois

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  80. My favorite cookies are buttermilk cookies with caramel icing. I don't make them very often because it's hard for me to keep out of the cookie jar.
    And I used to love reading Family Life, although I haven't for years. Would love to win!
    timburk@verizon.net

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  81. This sounds delightful.

    I would hve to choose apple or pumpki cookies I love them both.

    Thanks

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  82. At present my favorite cookies are fruitcake cookies. I had then for the first time this Christmas.

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  83. Chocolate Chip Cookies, but they have to be fresh out of the oven!

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  84. I love chocolate chip the best.

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  85. My favorite cookie is anzacs just love them :) I'd love to win this as I have just signed up for an online Annabaptist site which was the closest I could get to the true amish people and not just other folks wroting about them.

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  86. I love cookies, but I think my favorite would be chunky chocolate chip with coconut and walnuts!

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  87. My favourite cookies are chocolate chocolatechip cookies. My second favourite is gingerbread cookies during christmastime.

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  88. I am new here, and I have a lot of reading to do to get caught up on your blog! My favorite cookie would hands-down be a peanut butter cookie! YUM! But anything homemade is good, esp. right out of the oven! :)

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  89. My favorite cookie? Round, flat ones!

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  90. Hi - back again to let you know that I posted about your giveaway on my blog!

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  91. My favorite cookies are chocolate chip! This looks like a wonderful magazine.

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  92. I grew up on Family Life, Young Companion and Blackboard Bulletin:)
    Magazine's where God given gifts shine! ....oh, and I love oatmeal cookies!!!...with 'ladvarg!'

    (pennsylvania dutch for apple butter:)

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  93. I love chewy oatmeal raisin cookies. Yum!

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  94. lol..do I have to pick just ONE favorite cookie?!......I'd say...white chocolate/cranberry cookies...YUM!
    Great giveaway! :)--S

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  95. Girl Scout's Thin Mints. Wish I could find the recipe for these.

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  96. Wow, a very generous giveaway! Please count me in, and my favourite cookie would be gingersnaps...mmmm. Thanks for having this prize...if I don't win, I just may have to subscribe myself :)

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  97. Love Family Life and I also love No-bake cookies :-) I'm making some tonight actually!

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  98. My favorite cookie is a homemade chewey chocolate chip cookie. Love your blog!

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  99. Ok...I'm back for my second entry...please see http://simplyseekingjesus.blogspot.com/2011/03/giveaway.html for my link back to your giveaway :)

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  100. Oh, my... I LOVE cookies! It would have to be a tossup between Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies and Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies!

    It would be fun to win this subscription!

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  101. I just linked to my facebook and my own blog ... more readers on facebook, I'm afraid LOL!!!!

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  102. My favorite cookies are the homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

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  103. I so enjoy your blog! As for my favorite cookie...plain old sugar cookies....YUM!

    mgriser001@yahoo.com

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  104. White chocolate macademia nut cookies are my favorite. I rarely get to enjoy them, however, because no one else in the family likes them.

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  105. My favorite cookie would be chocolate chip, warm out the oven.
    Kristena

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  106. I'm a dark chocolate peanut butter chip girl! So yummy!

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  107. Definately peanut butter with chocolate chips!

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  108. I'm going to have to go with monster cookies, although that's partly because my mom is gluten-sensitive. But because she's not that bad, she can still have regular oats, so we can enjoy monster cookies and still get our chocolate-peanut butter fix.

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  109. My favorite are Ranger cookies. My husband loves cookies and is constantly asking for them after supper. His favorite are oatmeal raisin.

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  111. Peanut Butter Windmill cookies- not sure if they sell them anymore..

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  112. I have to say I am just so sorry to have missed out on the giveaway. This looks like a precious publication. I love reading your beautiful words. Blessings.

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Thank you so much for taking time to comment. I love hearing your thoughts.