Financial and administrative services (FAS) at UCSF
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50% of our featured staff prefer cookies, 25% of those chocolate chip

December 20, 2023

Year in Cookies 2023

We loved hearing about our colleagues' favorite sweet treats, including San Francisco favorites and their own most-cherished recipes (linked below). 

 

Favorite cookies 

  • Almond cookies 
  • ‌Chocolate chip – soft and chewy 
  • ‌Double chocolate chip cookies 
  • ‌Gourmet chocolate cookies 
  • ‌Homemade chocolate chip cookies 
  • ‌Macadamia nut cookies 
  • ‌Oatmeal cranberry white chocolate chip cookies with brown butter (recipe)
  • ‌Oreos without the cream 
  • ‌Peanut butter cookies 
  • ‌Persian cookies with rose water and saffron 
  • ‌Snickerdoodles
  • ‌Sugar cookies
  • ‌‌Toffee Chip Cookies from Anthony's

‌‌Favorite non-cookie treats

  • ‌Almond croissants 
  • Anything dark chocolate 
  • Gluten-free brownies (recipe)
  • Homemade Brown Butter Rice Krispy Treats (recipe)
  • Key lime pie 
  • Kouign-amann from b. patisserie
  • Lemon Madeleines
  • Pastillas (Filipino candy made with condensed milk and sugar; recipe)
  • Peanut M+Ms 
  • Red velvet cupcakes 
  • Russian tea cakes 
  • Trail mix 

 

 

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