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Tar Heel Traveler: Moravian cookies the way they were meant to be made
Scott Mason meets some folks who are making Moravian cookies the old-fashioned way.
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Scott Mason meets some folks who are making Moravian cookies the old-fashioned way.
INTENTION THEN A TRADITIONAL MANNER. >>> TONIGHT WE FIND THE TAR HEEL TRAVELER LYNN CLEMENS, THE HOME OF SOME FAMOUS MORAVIAN COOKIES? >> Reporter: THE TOWN OF CLEMENS IS KNOWN FOR MORAVIAN COOKIES. SOCKETS ALL THAT LOVE AND ALL THAT SUGAR. >> Reporter: MISSES HAYNES MORAVIAN COOKIES. THIN COOKIES, GINGER CRISPS . >> WE SELL MORE GINGER THAN ANYTHING ELSE. >> Reporter: IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SWEET DAY AT THE COOKIE COMPANY IN CLEMENS. >> HANDMADE COOKIES THE SAME WAY THAT HER GRANDMOTHER MADE THEM. >> IT BEGAN AROUND A STOVE EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE. I WOULD DRINK MY BOTTLE AND GO TO SLEEP. >> Reporter: THIS LITTLE HOME WAS KNOWN FOR ITS COOKIES AND THEN THE POPULAR COOKIES TOOK OVER THE HOME. >> WE MADE THEM IN THE UPSTAIRS KITCHEN THEN THE DOWNSTAIRS KITCHEN. EVERYTHING SMELLED LIKE COOKIES. WHEN YOU WALKED INTO A BANK THEY SAID HERE COMES THE COOKIE ONE MAN OR THE COOKIE MAN. TOOK SO THEY BUILT A COOKIE PLANT IN THEIR COW PASTURE AND SINCE 1970 THEY'VE ADDED ON A HALF A DOZEN TIMES. >> I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL BUT I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY GO ALL AROUND THE WORLD. >> WE SAID IT WAS A COOKIE WITH THE PERSONALITY. >> HE TRIED TO GET THAT GINGER COOKIE IS THEN AS YOU CAN. BECAUSE THEY ARE SO THIN AND CRISP. >> JUST ONE OF THOSE FAVORITE THINGS. >> I STILL LOVE THE COOKIES. THEY ARE DELICIOUS AND VERY UNIQUE. >> I LOVE THAT THERE'S NO ONE ELSE LIKE US IN THE WORLD. >> WHO WOULDN'T LIKE SMELLING LIKE COOKIES. PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE DELICIOUS AND GOOD FOR YOU. CHEMOTHERAPY PATIENTS ENJOY THE