Translation: leave in fridge overnight. My impatience got the best of me and I refused to wait that long for cookies. I stuck it in the freezer for 25 minutes, probably not the best idea in hindsight.

Only five days into the 25 Days of Cookies, and we're breaking out the booze. A baker's life is hard—we live in self-made prisons of fluffy dough, subsisting on diets of sugar and butter.

I made a big mistake when Times Test Kitchen Manager Noelle Carter was testing this Culinary SOS request for the walnut praline shortbread cookies from Mountain Restaurant in Idyllwild.

80g T55 flour 2.5 tbsp dark brown sugar 2 tbsp white sugar 1 tbsp oats 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp milk powder 1 tbsp unsalted butter 1 medium egg 1.5 tbsp white chocolate ...