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There are some cookies you’d serve at a bridal shower; some you’d serve at the end of a fancy dinner. There are some you’d travel to France for and some that are weirdly fashionable right now (and some that are all of the above). There are even some cookies that can pass themselves off as “healthy.”

But to me, none of those cookies are as satisfying and perfect as the simple, gooey, buttery cookies of my youth. Forget semolina cookies, goji berry biscotti, red wine and rosemary biscuits – give me a chocolate cookie that I can dunk in a glass of milk and I’ll be my happiest.

Funnily enough, Fresh New England – a dessert blog I’ve known for elegance above all else – recently posted a recipe that appeals to this coarser taste of mine. These homemade Fudge Town cookies, based off an old supermarket favorite, seem like the George Clooney of easy desserts – something that pretty much everyone would enjoy.