<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Hello Cookie Lovers, </div><div class="gmail_default">It was a tight race with some surprising shake-ups, but some cookies reigned supreme.  We are moving into the semi-finals, and are down to 4 contenders.  Which cookie will be the 2020 LBPD Great Cookie?  We need your vote to move two cookies into the finals.   Here are the results for our first round. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Oven 1</div><div class="gmail_default">Oatmeal   19%</div><div class="gmail_default">Chocolate Chip  81%  *moving to semi-finals</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Oven 2</div><div class="gmail_default">Peanut Butter 48%</div><div class="gmail_default">Ginger Snaps 52% *moving to semi-finals</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Oven 3</div><div class="gmail_default">Snickerdoodle 55%  *moving to semi-finals</div><div class="gmail_default">Shortbread  45%</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Oven 4</div><div class="gmail_default">Sugar  71% *moving to semi-finals</div><div class="gmail_default">Coconut Macaroon 29%</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Move your cookie to the #1 spot.  <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Simply cast your vote and follow "The Great Cookie Bracket" at </span><a href="https://bit.ly/LBPDCookieChallenge" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://bit.ly/LBPDCookieChallenge</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">.  </span>You have until next Tuesday to move two cookies into the final round.  Here are our contenders.  </div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Chocolate Chip  versus  Ginger Snaps</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Snickerdoodle versus Sugar   </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Which will be the 2020 LBPD "GREAT COOKIE"?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Take the Great Cookie Challenge!  <span class="gmail_default">Post and share </span>your <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">favorite</span> <span class="gmail_default">cookie </span>recipes, videos of you being <span class="gmail_default">"</span>Martha Stewart<span class="gmail_default">"</span> in the kitchen, or just fantastic pics of your favorite indulgence.<span class="gmail_default">  </span><span class="gmail_default">Then c</span>hallenge <span class="gmail_default">your </span>friends, family, coworkers, businesses, or even your worst enemy to post their favorite cookies<span class="gmail_default"> too.  </span>  Be sure to tag us using the following social media handles. <span class="gmail_default">Use the following hashtag:  </span><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">#LBPD2020Cookie</b></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Instagram: <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span> @MDLBPD</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span>Twitter: <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span>@MDLBPD</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Facebook: @MDLBPD</p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Best, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">LaShawn</div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:12.8px;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr><td width="102" valign="top" style="width:76.5pt;border-top:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:5pt"><br></span> <img src="cid:ii_14e8cd7de7082e4b" width="90" height="96"></p></td><td width="234" valign="top" style="width:175.5pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style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