For those who know Amy Pollokoff, they know of her kindness, her commitment to family and community and, of course, they know about her legendary cookies. The more than 60 batches of peanut butter, candy bar cookies, mandel bread and more that she traditionally bakes for family, neighbors and friends each High Holiday season.

True to her grandmother’s recipes, each year she travels to countless stores and markets for the 30 pounds of flour that is needed, that special Damson plum jelly that she uses in her favorite strudel. She spends weeks in the kitchen, recreating the recipes — recipes held in a green metal box that hold special meaning. For she learned their secrets sitting side by side in the kitchen with her grandmother who, at the time, was stricken with Alzheimer’s and didn’t know who she was.