I got a box of those "Santa's Favorites" cookies, which are the current version of those "Jingles" cookies I...
I got a box of those "Santa's Favorites" cookies, which are the current version of those "Jingles" cookies I remember from my yout. They are a sad imitation of the original. They are tiny, like, almost dollhouse tiny. This is not, I think, separable from their texture, which is dry and crumbly. They disintegrate when you bite them. There is no, for lack of a better term, snap when you bite; they just crumble. Lastly, the anise flavor is somewhat faint. It's there, but not a lot, and I think there is something about the underlying cookie that is wrapped up into that taste thing, as well. Who knows. Maybe the original recipe contained lard. Anyway, I have tried and been disappointed and now nostalgia has likely increased my butt. In fact, I think a large portion of my butt is made of nostalgia. Oh, well. Guess I'll just go hipster and make my own cookies anymore. From my own hand-milked cows, and my own hand-churned butter, and my own hand-extracted, sun-d...