Hello!
Are you
A Cookie Eater 🍪
A Cookie Baker🍪
or
are you
both?
an Eater and a Baker?
I am definitely both!😊🍪
Read on to learn more about how the holiday cookie came about!
Like many holiday traditions, the holiday cookies can trace their roots back to solstice
rituals from eons ago.
In the 10th and 11th century, winter solstice festivals were actually celebrated all over the world from Norway to Africa, Ireland and even as far as India.
Typically celebrated as a way to acknowledged the changing of the seasons, most of the ancient rituals revolved around food – gathering, sorting, storing and even feasting because winter was considered a time of famine.
The weather and the terrain did not make it conducive to grow crops or hunt easily. So people gathered to prepare their larders for the winter and sharing the fruits of the last harvest with the community.
Although NOT my personal top 4 favorites, 😏
these are the top 4 holiday cookies:
🍪Sugar Cookie – These are also called Amish Sugar Cookies. The recipe was perfected by the Moravians, Protestant settlers from Germany who made Nazareth their home during the mid-1700s.
🍪Snickerdoodles – Traditional snickerdoodles are coated with cinnamon sugar before being baked. These cookies were originally brought to the United States by English, Scottish, and Dutch immigrants. Earlier names for cookies such as Snickerdoodles and Cry Babies originated with the New England states. Even with its early history, cookies did not become popular until about a hundred years ago.
🍪Spritz cookies – These cookies are a holiday staple for many thanks to their delicious taste and fun appearance. They are essentially butter cookies made with a cookie press, which makes it easier to create the cutest holiday designs. Spritz cookies originate from Scandinavian countries, where they are a traditional Christmas cookies.
🍪Gingerbread men – These are a holiday classic since the 16th century. Rumor has it that Queen Elizabeth 1st commissioned them to represent her favorite people in her court. At the same time, folk-medicine practitioners, witches and magicians, prescribed them as love tokens for young women to help men fall in love with them.
🍪I've included the recipes for my
Top 4 Cookies:
💖(Spoiler Alert: I Love Chocolate)💖
🍪1. Chocolate, Chocolate Chip
🍪2. Chocolate, Chocolate M&M
🍪3. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip
🍪4. Pecan Snowball Cookies
🍪What are your top 4 cookies?🍪
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