Family traditions can make any cookie taste extra special

Photo by Moryt Milo (author)

Sunday is the first night of Hanukkah. Jewish families light a menorah for eight days to remember a tiny amount of oil that continued to burn beyond expectations after the Maccabees defeated a powerful Greek army to retake the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

But that is not the story I want to tell you. My story is about a 50-year-old cookie-cutter box, where all but one…