July 9: Enjoy Sweet Cookies on National Sugar Cookie Day!
The simple sugar cookie has a long, complex history, which makes celebrating National Sugar Cookie Day even sweeter! The idea for sugar cookies originated in the Medieval Arab world, although sugar cookies as we know them today were created by German settlers in Nazareth, Pennsylvania in the 1700s.
Today, the sugar cookie is the official cookie of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania thanks to a house bill passed in 2001. However, sugar cookies are popular throughout America, especially around holidays like Halloween, and there are lots of online food recipes. if you want to whip up an old fashioned sugar cookie recipe or something more inventive, to help you make your own.
Did you know that the prototype for the sugar cookie was called the Jumble? It was hugely popular in Europe in the 1600s and 1700s because it could be dried out and kept for many months without going bad. Why not look up a recipe and enjoy your own sugar cookies made from scratch?
Swirl Sugar Cookies
Fun and festive Swirl Sugar Cookies - a great mix between a butter and a sugar cookie
by Runs With Spatulas
Sugar Cookie Bracelets
Wear your heart on your sleeve, and eat it, too! A simple, fun and adorable Valentine's DIY for sweet sugar cookie bracelets!
by foodpluswords
Frosted sugar drop cookies
A classice sugar cookie recipe with a sour cream frosting. A perfect Valentine's cookie.
by Taste Inspired
Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
Bird, chick or duckling sugar cookies decorated with royal icing (recipe!)
by bakeandbait
Cookie Monster Sugar Cookies
Fun cookies that will impress kids and adults alike.
by TryItYouMightLikeIt
Eggnog Lattice Sugar Cookies
Make any dessert presentation extra special this holiday season!
by TraceysCulinaryAdventures
Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies
I found the recipe in Alice Medrich newest cookbook. CHEWY GOOEY CRISPY CRUNCHY COOKIES
by Michael's Kitchen
Lemon sugar cookies
Colorful lemon sugar cookies to ring in spring. Perfect for Easter celebrations!
by bakedbyrachel
Applewood Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies
A baked good made for the grill: An impossibly chewy, whole grain sugar cookie infused with the richness and complexity of apple wood smoke.
by somethingedible