History of Cookies

In the USA, a cookie is described as a thin, sweet, usually small cake.  By definition, a cookie can be any of a variety of hand-held, flour-based sweet cakes - crisp or soft.  Each country has its own word for “cookie.”  What we know as cookies are called biscuits in England and Australia, in Spain they’re galletas.  Germans call them keks, or Plzchen for Christmas cookies, and in Italy there are several names to identify various forms of cookies including amaretti and biscotti, and so on.  The name cookie is derived from the Dutch word koekje, meaning “small or little cake.”  Biscuit comes from the Latin word bis coctum, which means, “twice baked.”

According to culinary historians, the first historic record of cookies was their use as test cakes.  A small amount of cake batter was baked to test the oven temperature.

 

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Cookies

Dellicious custom Sugar cookies from Kentucky Sugar - baking the world sweet

Starting at $36 per dozen, our cookies taste as good as they look. Helping to plan your event and work with a theme is our specialty. Click to view a cookie slide show for ideas!

Cakes

Cakes, cupcakes and cake pops are great fun and yummy for any occassion! Click here for a slide show of some of our recent creations!

Bonbons
Bourbon BonBons is a sister company to Kentucky Suga

Bourbon BonBons is our sister company. Our Bourbon BonBons are made with love in small batches from a secret family recipe. Click for more info.

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Sometime in the 1930s it became traditional for children to leave sugar cookies and milk out for Santa Clause on Christmas Eve. Because of how easy it is to cut and shape the sugar cookie dough, custom cookies have become wildly popular. - That's where Kentucky Sugar comes in! Melissa Robinson is Kentucky Sugar. Custom cookies, cupcakes, cake pops and special event cakes are her specialty. How can she bake the world sweet for you today?