Origins of Different Desserts
By Meher Singh
By Meher Singh
Desserts are a very delicious thing to eat, but they have a lot of sugar in them, so you can’t eat them that often. However, when you do eat them, there are so many options as to what you can choose. So how did we get some of these options?
Banana Split
The banana split is a classic American dessert consisting of a sliced banana, ice cream, and a sauce and topping of your choosing. It was created in 1904 by David Strickler, a pharmacist in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He would sell it in the back of his drugstore.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
The chocolate chip cookie was created by Ruth Wakefield, a restaurant owner in Whitman, Massachusetts. The recipe was first shown in her cookbook Tried and True, which was published in 1938. As the recipe’s popularity grew, it was featured on Betty Crocker’s radio show, making it even more well known. A year later in 1939, she sold the rights to the recipe and her restaurant’s name to Nestle.
Apple Pie
Despite the fact that this dish is considered a classic symbol of America, it did not actually originate here. The first recorded apple pie recipe was actually written in England, during the late 1300s. When settlers arrived in Jamestown, they brought apples along with them. These were used to make apple pie and the dish quickly became a favorite of the settlers. America’s first cookbook, American Cookery by Amelia Simmons, was published in 1796, and included 2 different recipes for apple pie.
Brownies
The brownie originates in the U.S, and was created by Fanny Farmer in 1905. She was changing her chocolate cookie recipe, opting to bake it in a long pan as a sheet cookie. She published it in a cookbook in 1906.
Sources:
https://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/cookies/cookies2/history-of-the-brownie.asp
https://www.southernliving.com/desserts/pies/history-apple-pie
https://www.sugar.org/blog/the-history-of-the-chocolate-chip-cookie/#:~:text=The%20original%20recipe%20was%20created,intended%20to%20accompany%20ice%20cream.
https://americanprofile.com/articles/two-towns-rivalry-over-who-invented-banana-split-video/
https://www.npr.org/2007/06/06/10744877/late-but-great-banana-split-centenary (image from this source)
Banana Split
The banana split is a classic American dessert consisting of a sliced banana, ice cream, and a sauce and topping of your choosing. It was created in 1904 by David Strickler, a pharmacist in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He would sell it in the back of his drugstore.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
The chocolate chip cookie was created by Ruth Wakefield, a restaurant owner in Whitman, Massachusetts. The recipe was first shown in her cookbook Tried and True, which was published in 1938. As the recipe’s popularity grew, it was featured on Betty Crocker’s radio show, making it even more well known. A year later in 1939, she sold the rights to the recipe and her restaurant’s name to Nestle.
Apple Pie
Despite the fact that this dish is considered a classic symbol of America, it did not actually originate here. The first recorded apple pie recipe was actually written in England, during the late 1300s. When settlers arrived in Jamestown, they brought apples along with them. These were used to make apple pie and the dish quickly became a favorite of the settlers. America’s first cookbook, American Cookery by Amelia Simmons, was published in 1796, and included 2 different recipes for apple pie.
Brownies
The brownie originates in the U.S, and was created by Fanny Farmer in 1905. She was changing her chocolate cookie recipe, opting to bake it in a long pan as a sheet cookie. She published it in a cookbook in 1906.
Sources:
https://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/cookies/cookies2/history-of-the-brownie.asp
https://www.southernliving.com/desserts/pies/history-apple-pie
https://www.sugar.org/blog/the-history-of-the-chocolate-chip-cookie/#:~:text=The%20original%20recipe%20was%20created,intended%20to%20accompany%20ice%20cream.
https://americanprofile.com/articles/two-towns-rivalry-over-who-invented-banana-split-video/
https://www.npr.org/2007/06/06/10744877/late-but-great-banana-split-centenary (image from this source)