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 — 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 — everything that a splendid sugar cookie should be.</p>
<p>But I’m jumping ahead too quickly. Let’s get back to the world before the creation of those magical leavening agents named baking soda and baking powder — the world before sugar cookies.</p>
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