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    Name the Cookies Formerly Known as Spider Cookies

    I do not think I have ever posted about cookies before, but here goes (and yes today was a slow news day around the House of Brent). The other day I mentioned making spider cookies and received a few ‘gross’ comments, people thinking that I was maybe eating sugar-coated spiders, I guess. Which would be kind of yucky. But in fact I had made a type of cookie I used to eat as a kid. We always called them spider cookies (I don’t know why). What follows is the recipe I used. Let me know in comments what you think would make a better name (chocolate macaroon cookies might be…