"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
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>I know I can do a net search and I will - but I am about to ship pralines
>to the hospital in Landstuhl for our wounded military. There's room in the
>box for cookies but most cookie recipes don't have or need much of a
>'keeping' life. Anyone have a suggestion for a tough cookie? Polly

I've shipped a lot of cookies in my day. Most will ship pretty well if you
pack them right. Large, cutout cookies don't ship well. Smaller, thicker
cookies ship well. I used to package them two together, back to back
wrapped in plastic wrap. They used to make colored wrap and I would use
that and seal each little package with a sticker to ensure that the wrap
stayed stuck. I also lined the box with bubble wrap and put a layer in
between each layer of bundled cookies.

I shipped chocolate chip, peanut butter blossoms, Snickerdoodles, shortbread
with and without chocolate, Spritz and Biscotti. Biscotti really ships well
but some people don't like it. However... Shipping these things can get
really expensive in a hurry! Because cookies can get heavy when you put a
lot of them in a box. So in the end when I did ship to the military, it was
cereal treats. They are much lighter in weight.

I don't know where Landstuhl is but if it is hot there, keep in mind that
anything that might melt is not a good choice.