In these trying times, take some time to enjoy the little things when you aren’t phoning your reps and submitting public comments. (If you want more of my reposting action items, check out my Bluesky.) Maybe your “every day, once a day, give yourself a present” includes cookies today. Maybe it also includes LGBTQ+ Twin Peaks fan’s content:

• The Detective and the Log Lady features Gaylords of Darkness‘s Stacey Ponder watching Twin Peaks for the first time, guided by Evolution of Horror‘s Mike Muncer, a Twin Peaks superfan.
• Trans.Peaks (trans-peaks on Bluesky, formerly on Instagram as trans.peaks)
• “This Is the Girl: David Lynch (1946 – 2025)” by Jude Doyle (this is a subscriber-only post, but if you like the part you can read for free, please join me as a subscriber!)

In honor of Twin Peaks Day, here are some Agent Cooper/Double R Diner inspired cookies. This post is sponsored by my patrons, and first appeared on my Patreon on February 24, 2022.

Twin Peaks-Inspired Coffee-Flavored Butter Cookies, 2 Ways

Adapted from Pam Anderson. “1 Dough, 1 Dozen (Very Different, Very Easy) Cookies.” USA Weekend, November 8-10, 2002. pp. 18-19.

(Yes, I clipped this recipe as a teenager and fully said, “I’ll see you again in [almost] 25 years.”)

This recipe makes two flavors. It’s easier to mix in flavorings like spices and extracts with a mixer paddle or a handmixer, so I included the coffee with the dry ingredients. If you’re making half without coffee, set aside the plain half and then use your stand mixer or a spare hand-mixer to beat in the ground coffee so it distributes evenly.

For the dough:

Whisk 

• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

in a small bowl and set aside.

In the bowl of a stand-mixer using the paddle attachment, or using a hand-mixer, cream together

• 16 oz (2 sticks / 455 g) unsalted butter, at cool room temperature
• 1 cup (7 oz/ 200 g) granulated sugar

Add egg mixture and mix on low speed until incorporated.

Add

• 2.5 cups (11 oz, 313 g) all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp finely ground coffee (optional, decaf is okay too) – see note above

and mix on low speed  until a smooth dough forms.

Divide dough in half and stir in flavorings: 

Half 1: The Agent Cooper: dried cherries, chocolate, coffee

Stir in

• 1/2 cup (2.5 oz / 70 g) tart or sour dried cherries, chopped
• 1/2 cup (3.2 oz / 90 g) dark chocolate (~70%) chunks 

Set aside.

Half 2: Cinnamon Citrus Coffee

Stir in 

• 1/4 cup (1 oz / 28 g) minced candied citrus (I like yuzu or orange)
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Roll each dough into a ~9 (23 cm) inch log, then roll in plastic wrap. 

Wrap in cling wrap and set logs in freezer; chill until solid, about 30 minutes. (You can also refrigerate for 2-3 hours instead.) 

Logs will keep for 2 months double-wrapped – I usually place the log in a plastic bag to keep out freezer smell/burn.

When ready to cook, slice cookies on a slight angle, about 1/4 inch thick. Bake at 375° F (190° C) for 12-14 minutes. Use the upper-middle and lower-middle racks and switch halfway through to cook two cookie sheets at a time.

Cool on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container for about 1 week.

Other Twin Peaks Posts

• Twin Peaks Spritz Cookies
• Twin Peaks Cocktail and Pie Crust
• Twin Peaks Cake Design (cool designs on badly laid fondant)
• Twin Peaks Food and Snoqualmie Falls