Get out those index cards and red string to prep for the holidays. Today we dive into the ol' holiday cookie tin for a taxonomy lesson and find out a curious teenage obsession of Matthew's. Do you think Blackstrap Twinkles is a DJ, Stripper or Grade School Principal's name?.

Links:

• Ginger Twinkle Cookie
• BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking with Over 200 Magnificent Recipes: Shirley O. Corriher
• Soft and Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies | Cook's Illustrated
• M & M at karaoke
• Molly's Ginger-Molasses Cookies
• Molly's Chocolate Chip Molasses Cookie

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