July 9. National Sugar Cookie Day
Prepare to warm up the oven! July 9 is dedicated to celebrating the humble, but very tasty, sugar cookie.
The popular baked good was first called the Nazareth cookie, after the Pennsylvania town where it originated.
German bakers may have brought the recipe with them when they immigrated to America in the mid 17-hundreds.
Today the dessert might take different shapes, thanks to cookie cutters.
Some sugar cookie fans add icing, colored sugar, and even edible glitter.
But no matter how you slice -- and bake it, the simplest cookie is often the best -- just pure buttery, sugary goodness.
