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Product:
Pamela's Cookies
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Chocolate Double Chip
• Lemon Shortbread
• Chocolate Chip Walnut
• Carob Hazelnut
• Pecan Shortbread
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Pamela’s
cookies are wheat-free, gluten-free and can be purchased in many
health food stores or on line at www.pamelasproducts.com,
or by calling (650)952-4546.
 We
taste tested five varieties of Pamela’s cookies with mixed
results. Eaten as stand alone cookies, we found the shortbread
varieties to be the best and closest to the real thing in taste
and texture.
A
wonderful secondary use for these cookies is to use them for crumb
crusts for cheesecake of pies. Just grind the cookies in a food
processor until moderately fine, then use as you would for any
graham cracker or cookie crust. Yum! We particularly like the
shortbread cookies for our cheesecake crust.
Chocolate
Double Chip
Very chocolatey. Although the cookie is not crunchy, it is
somewhat dry.
Score: 2-1/2
Lemon
Shortbread
Tart lemon flavor and almost perfect shortbread consistency.
Score: 4
Chocolate
Chip Walnut
Not much flavor. The strongest flavor is from the walnuts.
Score: 2
Carob
Hazelnut
Very dark in color. Soft and chewy with a dense consistency.
Very little flavor.
Score: 1
Pecan
Shortbread
Great shortbread texture with a lovely pecan flavor.
Score: 3-1/2
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Availability:
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Pamela’s
cookies are widely available in health food stores and some
grocery stores. |
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Storage:
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These
cookies have a long shelf life and will keep for months. |
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Overall
Score: (2.5)
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Although
readily available and therefore convenient, we prefer home-made
gluten-free cookies and feel the added time it takes to
make them is definitely worth the effort. If you do not
bake, Pamela's cookies can satisfy a cookie craving.
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