The Rundown on the Peanut A Tasty History Timeline Chocolate Chip Trip:

Butter Cookie
The peanut butter cookie has been making Circa 7 A.D.: The first cookie was formed A History of Cookies
people’s mouths water since the early 1900s. It is
estimated that close to 90% of Canada and the 1100s: Shortbread is invented
United States have a jar of peanut butter on their
shelves. Food researchers have determined that Late 1300s: Cookies are sold at street shops in
the first recipe for these delicious cookies came Paris
from George Washington Carver’s cookbook
where he used peanut chunks instead of actual 1400s: The first ginger snap cookie is made.
peanut butter.
1533: Macaroons are invented in France by King
Henri II’s pastry chefs

1596: One of the earliest cookbooks is published

for middle-classes in England

Circa 1600: Cookies start being made in the

household

1600s-1700s: English and Dutch immigrants start

to bring cookies to America

Mid-1700s: First sugar cookies were made in

Peanut butter cookies with fork hash marks
Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Since 1936, people have wondered about the Delectable sugar cookies
tradition of fork marks in the peanut butter 1800s: Affordable sugar and flour starts to be
cookie. Many people speculate that it is a sold, letting more households bake cookies and
mixture of three reasons: tradition, better baking,
and nut allergies. Traditionally, ever since
other pastries The Difference Between a
Pillsbury instructed to make fork marks on the top 1858: William Mellis Christie of the Mr. Christie Cookie and a Biscuit
of the cookie, people have passed this down cookie company starts his first bakery
through generations of baking. Another reason The difference between a cookie and a biscuit is
that is commonly heard is because it may bake 1890s: First fortune cookies were seen in North something that most people have wondered at one
the cookies more evenly. Peanut butter makes America time or another. The answer is linguistics and history.
cookie dough thicker than usual so it takes longer The term biscuit originates from Latin and were given
to bake all the way through. Fork marks can 1892: Fig Newtons are invented to Roman soldiers in their rations. It is known today as
expose the inside, letting the heat reach the a kind of crisp bread prepared in thin flat cakes. The
center more quickly. The last reason is for nut Early 1900s: Peanut butter cookies were created cookie originally was a type of biscuit and was known
allergies. Even if people love desserts, there are by the same name, however after the revolutionary
those who are allergic to peanuts. The shape and 1930-1967: Toll House made the first chocolate war in the United States, settlers tried to distance
color of the cookie can be confused with a chip cookie themselves from their British heritage. The word cookie
different kind of cookie so the fork marks help to comes from the Dutch language and so the small flat
identify which are made with peanuts. sweet cake became known as a cookie.

FULTZ HOUSE
MUSEUM
 Cookie History: A Bite of Sugar Cookie History Wonder Chocolate Chip Delight
Deliciousness The invention of the chocolate chip cookie is
The sugar cookie by definition consists of sugar, given to a Mrs. Ruth Wakefield. She and her
The history of the cookie is one that is unclear flour, eggs, vanilla and either baking powder husband Kenneth owned a restaurant by the
and full of deliciousness. Culinary historians or soda. Many people like to decorate them name of Toll House between the years of
believe that the cookie was first used as test with frosting or sprinkles. In North America, 1930 and 1967. Wakefield ran out of nuts to
cakes. A small amount of cake batter would sugar cookies are common sights during use in her cookies and replaced them with
be baked to test the temperature of the oven. holidays such as Halloween and Christmas. The chunks of a chocolate bar. Below is Ruth
modern idea of a sugar cookie can be traced to Wakefield’s original Toll House cookie recipe.
the mid 1700s to a town called Nazareth,
Pennsylvania. This is where the German settlers
had created the Nazareth Sugar Cookie. Non-
leavened food was very popular in the 17th
and 18th centuries because it could be dried
and stored for many months. A delectable
recipe for a sugar cookie can be found below.
What you’ll need is listed below.

 1 cup of butter or margarine, softened

Mixing bowl, spoon, sifter, and cookie
 1 teaspoon of vanilla
cutter seen in the Fultz House Museum
 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract
 1 egg Mouth-watering chocolate chip cookies
 2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
The cookie seems to date back to sometime  1 teaspoon of baking soda
 1 cup of unsalted butter
in 7 A.D. in what is presently Iran. This was  1 teaspoon of cream of tartar
 3/4 cup of brown sugar, firmly packed
one of the first places to ever cultivate  Granulated sugar or colored sugar
 3/4 cup of white sugar
sugar. Many cakes and small pastries were  2 eggs
made at this point in history. By the end of Directions  1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
the 14th century, cookies were being sold in Mix powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, almond  1 teaspoon of soda dissolved in 1
various venues throughout Europe. In Paris, extract and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining teaspoon of hot water
it was common for street venders to sell ingredients except granulated sugar. Cover and  2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour
small cookies or wafers to passersby refrigerate at least 2 hours.  1/4 teaspoon of salt
because of the ability to be single serving  1 cup of chopped walnut nuts
and portable. Heat oven to 375ºF. Lightly grease cookie  2 packages of semisweet chocolate
sheet. morsels (use one 12-ounce bag of Nestle
As people started to explore the Earth, semi-sweet morsels)
food such as cookies became increasingly Divide dough in half. Roll each half 1/4 inch
thick on lightly floured surface. Cut into desired Directions
popular because of the ability to ration
shapes with 2- to 2 1/2-inch cookie cutters. Preheat oven to 375ºF. Line a doubled up
them and store them for a relatively long
Sprinkle with granulated sugar. Place on cookie baking sheet with parchment paper.
period of time. For many years, these
creations of delight were referred to as sheet.
Arrange oven rack to middle position.
“small cakes” in many areas. The word
“Koekje” which is of Dutch origin, is Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until edges are light
brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire In a mixer bowl, cream the butter and sugars.
pronounced relatively the same and is
rack. Blend in the egg and vanilla, then soda. Fold
where the modern word “cookie” is derived
in the flour, nuts and chocolate chips.
from.
Drop teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie
sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12
minutes.