Planning for a holiday? A birthday or special occasion? Here is the perfect homemade cookie dessert you've been waiting for. And you can even sample your options at the Auction...

The dessert for this year's Auction event will be three types of cookies made by Co-op mom Ruth Kaplan:

• Chocolate-hazelnut macarons


• Almond crisps


• Raspberry-lime thumbprints

Decide which one you like best, and Ruth will make 3 dozen of your favorite and deliver them fresh on the date of your choice.

Ruth has worked as a professional chef, served as an editor at both The Magazine of La Cucina Italiana and Food Network Magazine, and does freelance recipe development for magazines.