A decent-tasting cookie  within limits

If you don’t eat dairy, wheat and egg products, trying to find a decent-tasting, commercially produced cookie is like trying to find tofu at a steak house.

But the large, moist oatmeal-raisin cookie with walnuts from the Alternative Baking Co. of California is pretty darned good, considering the challenge of baking without eggs, milk, butter or white sugar.

The company also makes a “traditional” chocolate chip, an espresso chocolate chip and a choco-cherry chunk.

Compared with the oatmeal-raisin, these can be overly dense and gummy, although the big chocolate chips help make up for the unfortunate texture.

Warning: These cookies may have no eggs or butter, but that doesn’t mean they’re low-calorie. One large cookie has nearly 500 calories, although it’s fairly low in fat.

The cookies can be ordered online at www.alternativebaking.com.

It’s two for one

Cuisinart has introduced the first ice cream and sorbet maker that allows consumers to create two flavors at once.

The Flavor Duo Ice Cream and Sorbet Maker will be available in stores in May at a suggested price of $99.99.

For more information, see www.cuisinart.com.