During WWII, everyone in the US wanted to send chocolate chip cookies to the boys at the front. With wartime rationing in effect, we get a recipe that doesn’t use butter or sugar, but shortening, ...

The history of early American cookie recipes starts with the first printed cookbooks. These early written and published recipes are inextricably linked with wartime conservation: During World War I, ...

Because of sugar, flour and butter shortages during World War II, Girl Scout calendars replaced cookies until after the war. 1951: Girl Scout Cookies came in three varieties: Sandwich, Shortbread, and ...

Simple sugar cookies need not be boring. We love punching up their flavor with ginger, cinnamon or apricot jam, and topping them with everything from colorful sprinkles to sticky-sweet icing.