The recipe looks wonderful, and I truly appreciate the work that went into it. It looks like they likely are better. Unfortunately, time and money are the two things even King Arthur can't develop a replacement for. I have the time now, but when I was a young working mother making an icebox cake for my kids one of the things about it was convenience. It took little of my time and money, both of which were precious commodities in those days. I know my daughter in law won't be able to make one anymore, and I am on the other side of the country. A cookie this brittle simply will not ship well. In all fairness, though, they had become insanely expensive in recent years.

It is a small thing in the larger scheme of the world's problems, I know, but it is sad nonetheless.

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