A full-fledged collection of gourmet cookies, carefully crafted by expert bakers, awaits in each beautifully packaged tin. Each assortment contains 10 unique cookie varieties, all made with high ...

Ladybird Bakery Assorted Christmas cookies in sugar or gingerbread, $1.85 to $4.50. 1112 Eighth Ave., nr. 11th St., Park Slope; 718-499-8108.

I like cookies as much as the next person, but I am not much of a cookie baker. For years I tried to keep up my mother’s tradition of having large cans of assorted cookies for the holidays.