On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:00:52 -0600, "Polly Esther"
> wrote:

>I know I can do a net search and I will - but I am about to ship pralines to
>the hospital in Landstuhl for our wounded military. There's room in the box
>for cookies but most cookie recipes don't have or need much of a 'keeping'
>life. Anyone have a suggestion for a tough cookie? Polly

Depends on what you mean by 'best'.<g> I got a tin of rum balls in
1969 that had been tossed and turned across the ocean and sat on a hot
[temperature-wise] LZ for several hours before I got to them.

The fumes nearly took out a squad of Marines.<g>

Go for home-made flavor over ship-ability. This is one case where
presentation doesn't matter. First it is the thought-- next it is
taste-- No matter how small the crumb, it will not be wasted.

Jim