This bakery sells one chocolate cookie. And it’s the best in the world

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What makes a perfect cookie? “A crispy edge, with a soft centre. Dark chocolate dough, but with every bite you taste a white chocolate core,” says Vera van Stapele, head baker and owner of Van Stapele Koekmakerij, the cult cookie shop in Amsterdam. Crucially, for her, “you never have to worry about whether or not you’ll find a chocolate chip in every…