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Rick’s Chocolate Apricot Espresso at Macrina Bakery

Posted by on Sep 7, 2012 in Chocolate Chip, Fruit | 2 comments

Macrina Bakery
Multiple locations – Seattle
$1.90

This was certainly not my first visit to Macrina. But for some reason, it was the first time I decided to pick up one of these bad boys. In fact, I’m pretty sure that my brother – who lives in Seattle, is often my cookie cohort when I visit the city, and is coincidentally named Rick (no relation to the cookie) – once told me that this cookie was either strange or bad or not awesome. Or something like that.

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Oatmeal Raisin and Fig* at Macrina Bakery

Posted by on Jul 8, 2011 in Oatmeal, Snickerdoodle, Chocolate Chip | 0 comments

Macrina 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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