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Mailing Cookies

I want to mail cookies to friends as holiday gifts. Do you have any packing tips that will ensure their safe arrival?

–Donna Sayers, Marietta, Ga.

To test the best way to mail holiday cookies, we made batches of our New Mexico Biscochitos, Turtle Bars, and Chocolate Brownie Cookies (page 20) and experimented with different methods of

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