Sugar cookie
A sugar cookie is a cookie made from sugar, flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and either baking powder or baking soda. [1] Sugar cookies are often sprinkled with granulated sugar before baking.[2]
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In the mid-1700s, German Protestant settlers in the Nazareth area of Pennsylvania created a sugar cookie recipe called the Nazareth Sugar Cookie. The protestant settlers described this cookie as “round, crumbly, and buttery”.[3] These settlers baked their cookie in the form of a keystone, as it is the state symbol.[4] The sugar cookie was derived from an earlier cookie recipe called a jumble.[5]
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania established the sugar cookie as their official cookie on September 5, 2001. However, there was some uncertainty as a 4th grade class at Caln Elementary School in Coatesville wanted the chocolate chip cookies as Pennsylvania’s official cookie.[6]
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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, sugar cookies are popular during the holidays of Christmas and Halloween.[7]
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[edit] References
- ^ http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Roll-About-Sugar-Cookies/
- ^ http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sugar+cookie
- ^ http://www.smileycookie.com/blog/the-sugar-cookie-2/
- ^ http://www.mahalo.com/sugar-cookies/
- ^ http://www.nationalwhateverday.com/2011/07/09/national-sugar-cookie-day/
- ^ http://www.smileycookie.com/blog/the-sugar-cookie-2/
- ^ http://www.nationalwhateverday.com/2011/07/09/national-sugar-cookie-day/
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