Hand mixed, hand rolled, baked in small batches of 20 cookies at a time.
For the Boyfriend Chocolate Chip cookies, we buy a big block of semi-sweet Belgian chocolate and then hand-chisel it into small bite-sized bits. Each batch of cookies has half a pound of smaller pieces of chocolate in the dough, and then every single cookie is hand-topped with a larger chunk of Belgian chocolate at the half-way point in their baking. Dough balls are weighed (every one by hand!) to ensure consistency. These cookies are inspired by the story of that one time I tried to rescue a deteriorating relationship with cookies. Whenever someone comes into the bakery now and asks me WHY they're called 'boyfriend chocolate chip cookies' I look them straight in the eyes, and I say in all seriousness: "They're to recover from a bad boyfriend."
The Orange Gingersnaps have warm spices (ginger, cinnamon, tiny bit of cloves) as well as finely ground black pepper and fresh orange zest. Dough balls are individually rolled in orange sugar before being baked. I've been making this recipe for a LONG time, originally inspired by a cross between Martha Stewart and my Nanny Teresa's molasses 'krinkle' cookies.
Your cookies will be baked and wrapped and shipped the same day. Will arrive to you approximately 2 days later (or so says USPS!). While I cannot guarantee a specific delivery date, I will ONLY ship on Wednesdays and Thursdays to ensure that you have the best possible chance of getting them quickly without it crossing over a weekend.
All best,
Shelley
Belleville Bakery
Burlington, VT
PS. Packages are insured so if they go missing, the insurance pays me to send you new ones! This happens incredibly rarely; despite any stories to the contrary, I've had remarkably good luck using the postal service for delivery of small packages. I wouldn't use the post office to ship a couch, but for cookies - yes 100% :)
PPS. Sometimes you need to bring in European help by way of Belgian chocolate :) Just saying.
