Erika Alexander The Great: Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookie (Vegan, Gluten-Sensitive)

Sold by the half-dozen. Born near the Hopi Nation in Arizona to evangelist parents, and “discovered” while living in Philly, it feels beautifully right that the woman we first met as Pam and came to love as Maxine Shaw Attorney at Law began signing her school work “Erika Alexander the Great” when she was a child. A nearly prophetic title, Ms. Alexander has truly spent her life playing characters who taught people how to live lives full of excellence, joy and laughter, while living a life in which she speaks up, speaks out, innovates, pivots, and shows the world that living into one's passions is both necessary and POSSIBLE. We were elated when Ohio Wesleyan University (Dee's alma mater) commissioned this cookie in celebration of Ms. Alexander's participation in this year's Melvin Van Peebles Symposium. The cookie we’ve designed in Ms. Alexander’s honor has a vegan and gluten free peanut butter cookie base (a nod to her dietary practice, and love for PB & J sandwiches). There is jel