Seventh Century AD, Persia - the world as we knew it changed for the better.

Cookies have been around for so long that we don't often think about their origin. Most culinary historians agree that cookies originated in the 7th century AD in Persia shortly after the cultivation of sugar, as a test cake for bakers to test the oven temperature. 

Fast forward, during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe, baking became a controlled profession, managed through a guild and professional associations. In order to become a baker, you had to complete years of an apprenticeship - working up the ranks of apprentice, journeyman, and eventually master baker. 

Then, as technology improved during the industrial revolution in the 19th century, more varieties of cookies became available, but the essential ingredients haven’t changed much: soft wheat flour(which is lower in protein), sugar, and fats - namely butter. 

As cookies moved to early America Cookbooks, they were not given a space of their own, instead, they were listed at the back of the cake chapter, holding on to their origins as a test cake perhaps? And they were called such silly names like “Jumbles Plunkets, and Cry Babies” 

Today, there are literally hundreds, dare I say, hundreds of thousands of cookie recipes. If you search Amazon for Cookie Cookbooks, you get over 6000 results (Ask Alexa). 

Cookies have come a long way from the test cake and established themselves as a force to be seen, heard, and tasted. Some still hold on to their whimsical names, like the snickerdoodle - especially if we have something to do with it.  

We love a cookie that can tell a story and share a smile.