Sugar cookie
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A sugar cookie is a cookie made from sugar, flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and either baking powder or baking soda.[1][2] Sugar cookies may be formed by hand or rolled and cut into shapes. They are commonly decorated with frosting, sprinkles, or a combination of both. In North America, decorated sugar cookies are particularly popular during holidays such as Christmas and Halloween.
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[edit] Legends
Sugar cookies were viewed as having magical powers in rural Idaho in the early 20th century. They reportedly could make potatoes grow "tastier" if planted with them.[3]
[edit] History
In the mid-1700s, German Protestant settlers in the Nazareth area of Pennsylvania perfected a sugar cookie recipe called the Nazareth Sugar Cookie. On September 5, 2001, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania adopted the sugar cookie as its official cookie.[4]
Sugar cookies probably derived from an earlier, unleavened cookie called a jumble.[5]
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[edit] References
- ^ Easy Sugar Cookies from Allrecipes.com Retrieved February 12, 2009.
- ^ Sugar Cookie Recipe from the Food Network Retrieved February 12, 2009.
- ^ Idaho Press-Tribune
- ^ History of Cookies Retrieved February 12, 2009.
- ^ "historic recipe for jumbles, Fort York". http://www.foodandheritage.com/jumbles.htm. Retrieved on 08 June 2009.
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