Each winter holiday season, Missouri Baking Co. sells 5 to 6 tons of cookies – that’s 10,000 to 12,000 pounds of colorful deliciousness. Butter cookies and Mediterranean macaroons topped with candied cherries, Christmas-colored wreath cookies, and green-topped cocoa mints add extra holiday flair to your Christmas cookie box. Be sure to grab a few cuccidati, a traditional Italian cookie filled with a moist, gooey fig mixture studded with raisins, pine nuts, chocolate chips and a little orange zest. According to owners and siblings Mimi Lordo and Chris Gambaro, they can hardly keep them in stock during the holidays. Don’t let yours get away.
Missouri Baking Co., 2027 Edwards St., St. Louis, 314.773.6566, Facebook: The Missouri Baking Company
This article appears in November 2021.