Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar????

Sunday Savor

Today's post is more informative

than usual so grab a cup of

coffee, or a glass of tea, pull

up a chair and relax. Enjoy!

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Oatmeal Cookie History:

1896:

Fannie M. Farmer introduces

a recipe for a sweeter buttery

cookie than it's blander cousin

Scottish oatcakes.

1908:

Quaker Oats starts printing

a recipe for the emerging

American version on its

oat packaging.

1930:

Ohio's Brush Pottery Company

introduces the first "cookie jar"

with it's first lidded ceramic jar

that read "Cookies."

1960:

The Little Debbie Oatmeal

Creme Pie is born.

1989:

In "Honey I Shrunk The Kids,"

drooling moviegoers gawk

over the larger than life gawk

at the larger than life oatmeal

cookie on the screen.

1992:

Hillary Clinton wins "Family

Circle's first bake-off for

spouse of presidential candidate's

with her chocolate chip oatmeal

cookie recipe.

1993:

The Girl Scouts first introduce

"Iced Oatmeal-Rasin Cookies."

2003:

"The Joy of Mixology," introduces

The Oatmeal Cookie Cocktail.

2007:

Canadian astronaut Dave Williams

takes oatmeal biscuits--dubbed

"Canasnacks" to space.

2009:

NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg

helps bake a batch of on the

"Martha Stewart Show."

2010:

"Rachael Ray" magazine

publishes "their most divine

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie" recipe.

rachealraymag.com/march.

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Source--Rachael Ray Magazine

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