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January 25, 2008

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Jennie and Vera’s Cookies

Online shopping is a hit-or-miss game.

Clothes rarely fit; the description reads cerulean, but you’d call it mold; and all too often, what you get is straight up fugly.

Try surfing the Net for something that’s guaranteed to satisfy. Like Jennie and Vera’s Cookies, a new website dedicated to delivering high-quality sweets directly to your doorstep.

Made by a European-bred, Chicago-based mother-daughter team, the cookies are baked to order and rich in tradition.

Using family recipes, the pair whip up fresh confections with imported, all-natural European ingredients (chocolates, cocoa, spices, liqueurs, jams), dried sweet Michigan cherries, and premium Madagascar vanilla.

We double-clicked for Decaf Latte Cheesecake, You Are a Peach (peach and pear marmalade, peach liqueur, walnuts), pecan pie (roasted pecans, caramel, sugar cookie, salt), and chocolate spice (Hungarian paprika, black pepper, ground chocolate, cocoa).

Call it love at first site.

Available online at jennieandverascookies.com.