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NATIONAL COOKIE CUTTER WEEK

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November 27, 2018 8:53 pm CST

NATIONAL COOKIE CUTTER WEEK

The first week in December, get into the full holiday swing and get ready to start baking! Holiday sweets are a tradition for millions of people around the world. This special week is a time to celebrate all the fun you can have with cookie cutters and pastries.

#CookieCutterWeek

Baking cookies one family gathering that everyone looks forward to. Not only is the activity fun, it also gives you the opportunity to spend quality time with those you love. 

Cookie cutters seem to date back to the 1400s in Italy. However, most people referred to them as "imprint cutters" and not necessarily holiday-themed like they are found today. Like most things during that time, cookie cutters were made of wood. The most elaborate wood cookie cutters hailed from the Black Forest region in Germany. 

German settlers brought cookie cutters over to the U.S. during early immigration to the country. Since then, they have evolved, offering a variety of styles, designs, and materials (copper, plastic, and wood). 

...In the most fun way possible, of course. Whip out the old cookie cutters from every nook and cranny of your home, and get baking! Use #NationalCookieCutterWeek or #CookieCutterWeek to post photos of your beautiful cookies all over social media. Make a day party out of it. Invite friends and family, young and old to join the festivities... Baking and decorating cookies is a hobby suited for anyone. Using cookie cutters makes the whole process a little bit easier, and the more you have, the more shapes you can get creative with! While you're at your cookie party, share these fun facts with your guests:

  1. If you let chocolate chip cookies rest in the fridge for 24-36 hours after you make them, they'll have more flavor. (But, let's be honest, we're not waiting that long and you probably aren't, either.)

  2. 13.5% of Americans admit to eating 20 or more chocolate chip cookies at a time. If you are a part of that 13.5%, we salute you.

  3. A fresh batch of cookies is a trick real estate agents have been using on their clients for decades.

  4. Cookie cutters were created in the 1700s by tinsmiths in America.

  5. Americans consume about 2 billion cookies every year, which averages out at 300 cookies per person, per year.

  6. Chocolate chips were developed specifically to be used in chocolate chip cookies.

HISTORY

National Cookie Cutter Week began in the mid 1990s, and was created by Paula Mullins.