When our brand-new oven died, for the second time, in early December, I was sadly facing down the very real prospect of a cookie-less Christmas. My preferred method for 95% of my cooking is to use actual heat because I think it’s universally agreed upon that you cannot microwave a batch of cookies. (I typically only use the microwave [which I can’t write anymore without thinking about Nigella Lawson] to heat water for my nightly cup of tea.) I even hesitate to warm a cookie in the microwave, though I’ve done it.