8 ways to make cookies from a store-bought dough or mix taste homemade and look gourmet

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With the right tricks, cookies you make from a mix can taste homemade.

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I'm a professional baker. I tried chocolate-chip cookies from Costco, Walmart, Kroger, and Safeway to find the best.

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I compared chocolate-chip cookies from popular chain's bakery sections.

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I ranked every flavor of Tate's cookies, and the classic chocolate chip didn't make it anywhere near the top

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Tate's has several varieties of thin, crispy cookies.

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Meet WebXray, a Search Engine That Tells You How You’re Being Tracked Online

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Google Won’t Kill Third-Party Cookies After All

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Google Chrome’s Privacy Sandbox was supposed to change tracking forever.

I tried 22 flavors of Crumbl cookies and ranked them from worst to best

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I tried 22 different flavors of Crumbl cookies.

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Sephora hit $10 billion in revenue and workers aren't happy that all they got was a 'stale cookie'

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A sweet treat from Sephora with a confidential note attached found its way to Reddit forums.

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I visited Chip City and could see why this cookie chain backed by Shake Shack's founder is rapidly expanding to new cities

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I went to Chip City in Astoria, Queens, to see why the cookie chain is popular.

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Crumbl's most popular cookies have more calories than a Big Mac, and fans on social media are outraged

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A Crumbl cookie has more calories than a Big Mac.

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I tried chocolate chip cookies from Crumbl and Insomnia and the winner had the best chewy texture

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I tried Insomnia and Crumbl's takes on the classic chocolate chip cookie.

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