# Dendarii Dame vs. the Christmas Cookies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075 "2012-12-15T00:34:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075/1 "2012-12-15T00:34:32Z")
When some women hit middle age, they decide to run a business, run a marathon, or run for office. More power to them, I say. I aimed for a smaller, first-time-ever accomplishment: making cookies from scratch. Today, I did it. And I’m extremely proud, because: not all of the egg I cracked splattered all over my apron, not all of the vanilla extract spilled, not all of the cookie dough splattered all over the counter and the floor when I used the wrong setting on my mixer, not all of the cookies burned, and not all of the unburned cookies broke into bits when I touched them! :smack::smack::smack: They do taste surprisingly good, though. As a Dalek would put it, NOM, NOM, NOM. (They were peanut butter cookies, by the way, and I got the recipe from last week’s _Parade_.) ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075/2 "2012-12-15T20:07:53Z")
Congratulations! Next, oatmeal! Or maybe the Ginger Burst cookies from [here](http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/12/06/3574865/our-other-top-rated-cookie-recipes.html). (I use less plain sugar and more of the brown. YMMV.) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075/3 "2012-12-15T20:18:39Z")
Grats! Though with your [name](http://www.dendarii.com/), shouldn’t they have been [spiced maple cookies](http://chefmom.sheknows.com/articles/971401/spiced-maple-cookie-recipe)? :dubious: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075/4 "2012-12-17T14:51:43Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Grats! > > Though with your [name](http://www.dendarii.com/), shouldn’t they have been [spiced maple cookies](http://chefmom.sheknows.com/articles/971401/spiced-maple-cookie-recipe)? :dubious: > 😛 I could barely manage a recipe with a grand total of four ingredients. Spiced maple cookies have more than a dozen! Ma Kosti, come teach me to cook! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075/5 "2012-12-17T17:28:27Z")
Where did you find the Bug Butter? I understand that’s the\* real \*secret ingredient! StG ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075/6 "2012-12-18T18:18:43Z")
I used peanut butter, not bug butter. (Sadly, my supermarket doesn’t carry it yet.) When my son spotted vanilla extract in the cupboard, he knew I’d be making cookies! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075/7 "2012-12-18T19:03:21Z")
What kind of bugs are used in making Bug Butter? (High-protein ones, I would guess…) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075/8 "2012-12-18T19:07:00Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > What kind of bugs are used in making Bug Butter? (High-protein ones, I would guess…) Genetically modified bugs that barf up a butter-like substance instead of honey. No stingers, although with the Vor bugs, stingers are appropriate. (THis is fiction, **Doug** ) StG ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dendarii-dame-vs-the-christmas-cookies/644075/9 "2012-12-18T19:34:03Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Genetically modified bugs that barf up a butter-like substance instead of honey. No stingers, although with the Vor bugs, stingers are appropriate. (THis is fiction, **Doug** ) > > StG Specifically, the story of these bugs is told in Lois McMaster Bujold’s novel, _A Civil Campaign_.