National Sugar Cookie Day: Top 10 bakeries for cookies in western Massachusetts

National Sugar Cookie Day: Top 10 bakeries for cookies in western Massachusetts

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - Wednesday, July 9th is National Sugar Cookie Day! East Village Place residents enjoy ‘Chopped Challenge’ culinary showdown Sweet tooths in western Massachusetts have plenty of reasons to join in, especially with the region’s standout bakeries offering some of the most crave-worthy cookies around. From time-tested traditional recipes to modern twists with local ingredients, these 10 bakeries have earned high ratings…

National Sugar Cookie Day

Not a lot of ingredients go into the making of today’s national observance.  It’s Sugar Cookie Day.  There may always be some debate, but it’s believed the treat can be traced back to German Protestant settlers in the colony of Nazareth, Pennsylvania in the mid-1700s.  The cookies were initially referred to as Nazareth Cookies, and baked in the shape of a keystone, the state’s defacto symbol.