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"  Who better than a college student and dorm resident to test cookies? We asked Madison Seely, freshman at Columbia University in the City of New York and GHRI intern to bake up a batch from a new mix and report back. As a college student I&amp;#039;m no stranger to hunting for the newest in thing, even as it applies to flavors. One of the latest food trends, as Sharon told us in her post on what will be hot in the world of food in 2012, is the sweet and salty dessert and I was happy to hit the year running by trying out the new Momofuku Milk Bar Compost Cookie Mix. Christina Tosi, pastry chef of the Momofuku family of restaurants in New York City, is known for incorporating salty components like cereal, pretzels, and potato chips into her desserts to add a contrast in flavor and a satisfying crunch. In particular, she&amp;#039;s famous for her compost cookies, which contain yes, you guessed it, everything but the kitchen sink. Now, for a price, you can create them at home.   Available at Williams-Sonoma, this mix includes packets of cookie mix, a blend of sugars, graham cracker crumbs, and compost, a combination of chocolate chunks, butterscotch chips, oats, and, believe it or not, ground coffee. In addition you need to add an egg, 9 tablespoons of butter, and your own crushed pretzels and potato chips. As the mix by itself is $16, and yields just nine cookies, these are way-expensive treats. Worth it? Well the cookies are yummy and although each one is enormous and I&amp;#039;m tempted to say could feed 3, in truth I gobbled up two in a flash! So if you&amp;#039;re baking challenged and have some extra dough, yes, this mix will help you bake up something super delicious that will thrill your guests if they&amp;#039;re foodies or surprise the kids with all their favorite treats in one scrumptious cookie. But they&amp;#039;re a little rich for my student budget so I&amp;#039;m going to try mixing up my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe and stirring in a healthy dose of extras including potato chips, pretzels, and coffee and who knows what else! Want to learn how we put consumer products to the test and keep you safe? Sign up for a tour of the famous Good Housekeeping Research Institute. If you visit, be sure to say hello when you visit the Kitchen Appliances &amp;amp;amp; Technology Lab. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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