Every year for Christmas, my great-grandmother would prepare dozens of cookies to share with the family, separating them into shoeboxes so that each family could take some home with them; thus, we began calling them the Shoebox Cookies. She always used five of the same recipes, and tried out two new ones (including a fudge) every year. In the past few years since we lost her, I have been trying to recreate the five recipes she always used based on the recipe card notes she left with me. Last year, I was given the unanimous vote of approval from all who could remember them, and I thought I would share them as I prepare to make them again this year. Here is the Chocolate Joints recipe. Note that this recipe needs to be refrigerated overnight and refrigerated an additional hour or so before serving, time which is not accounted for in the prep/cooking time.