The Story of Sugar Cookies

<p>There were sugar and flour and butter and eggs which gave us biscuits and other sweet treats, but there were no sugar cookies.</p> <p>What was missing?</p> <p>True sugar cookies require a leavening agent &mdash; a baking substance that, when mixed with liquids and bolstered by the heat of the oven, creates bubbles. Bubbles magically transform dough from flat and hardened to soft and pillowy &mdash; everything that a splendid sugar cookie should be.</p> <p>But I&rsquo;m jumping ahead too quickly. Let&rsquo;s get back to the world before the creation of those magical leavening agents named baking soda and baking powder &mdash; the world before sugar cookies.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@lindalum_2779/the-story-of-sugar-cookies-357605e971b3"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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