Saint Cupcake
1138 SW Morrison & 3300 SE Belmont – Portland
$3
I’d been resisting buying a cookie from Saint Cupcake based on two facts.
1: I am not a big fan of Saint Cupcake’s cupcakes (it’s a frosting issue. That, and I really don’t understand the fuss about cupcakes, in general. Another story, another blog…)
Read MoreHideaway Bakery
3377 East Amazon Dr., Eugene, OR
$2
I found this bakery only 4 years ago while visiting Eugene (my hometown), and I’m pretty sure it hasn’t been around more than a couple of years longer than that. In a town with more (way above average) bakeries per capita than anywhere I’ve lived, The Hideaway is the one I make the biggest point of hitting when I’m in town. After I’ve gotten my pumpkin cookie with brown sugar icing fix at Sweet Life. (I will never get tired of the pumpkin cookie with brown sugar icing at Sweet Life.)
Bakery Bar
2935 NE Glisan St – Portland
$1.50
Ever since Bakery Bar inexplicably stopped making their soft, excellent ginger cookies a few years ago, I haven’t been able to get excited about a cookie at this joint. (The bakery’s strength, imo, is savory and sweet scones -maple bacon and apple, cinnamon pecan, sharp cheddar and scallion, etc – and their breakfast menu. And cakes, which I’ve never actually tasted but are exceptionally cute and beautiful.)
Read MoreWoodlawn Coffee and Pastry
808 NE Dekum – Portland
$1.75
When I asked the barista what was in it (mainly with regard to nuts and dried fruit ‘n’ stuff), she told me: “milk chocolate chunks.” So, first thing’s first: this is not a double dark chocolate cookie. While it does indeed double down on the chocolate, the cookie is misnamed.
Read MoreSweet Life Patisserie
755 Monroe St – Eugene, OR
$1.50
In your basic chocolate-on-chocolate genre, this is a solid contender. While probably not quite as remarkable as the Triple Chocolate Cookie at Grand Central, I would certainly eat this cookie again and recommend it to anyone who digs this type of thing.
Read MoreMacrina Bakery
1943 First Avenue South – Seattle (plus 2 other Seattle locations)
$1.90
At the beach this week – in lovely Manzanita, Oregon. I am with my family, celebrating my mom’s 70th birthday. Knowing that I’d be kicking around here for 5 days with nothing more on the agenda than reading, running on the beach, munching on forty seven different types of snacks that come in bags that I rarely normally eat, drinking too much white wine, and hanging out with my kinfolk, I figured I’d have some extra time to track down and then tell you about a great beach cookie.
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