~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ At the age of 16, I started really getting into baking cookies.  Prior to that age, I ate my fair share of store-bought cookies but when I made them at home, I usually ran out of patience and just ate the dough.  Shew, glad to have that off my chest.  I have been carrying that cookie sin on my shoulders far too long.  :) But as I was saying, at around 16 I really dove deep into the world of Christmas baking.  A good friend of mine at the time would come over on a…