Babyfood, cookies

Fun Facts

1. The first commercial cookie in the U.S. was the Animal Cracker, introduced in 1902.
2. The Oreo, the best-selling cookie of the 20th century, was developed and introduced by the American company Nabisco, in 1912.
3. The U.S. leads the world as the biggest cookie bakers and eaters, spending more than $550 million annually on Oreos alone.
4. In 1989, New Mexico named the ‘bizcochito’ its official state cookie. Bizcochito, derived from the spanish word ‘bizcocho’ which means biscuit, is a delicious shortbread cookie flavored with anise and topped with cinnamon sugar.
5. The U.S. has a National Cookie Cutter Historical Museum located within the Joplin Museum Complex in Joplin, Missouri.
6. Early American tinsmiths began making cookie cutters by hand back in the 1700s.
7. American cookie jars evolved from British biscuit jars and first appeared on the scene during the Depression in the 1930s when housewives began making more cookies at home, rather than buying them at the bakery, and needed containers for them.