Sunday, September 21, 2014

September 21, 2014 – Wife Appreciation Day – National Pecan Cookie Day




                                                  NATIONAL PECAN COOKIE DAY
Each year on September 21, people across the United States celebrate National Pecan Cookie Day.
This delicious cookie can be (and is) eaten, and enjoyed, morning, noon and night by hungry snackers everywhere.
In relationship to National Pecan Cookie Day,  National Pecan Day is a food holiday celebrated each year on April 14.
“The pecan is a species of hickory.  In the United States pecans are native to Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana  Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.”
“Pecan” is from an Algonquian word, meaning a nut requiring a stone to crack”
To celebrate National Pecan Cookie Day, try one of the following”tried and true” Pecan Cookie recipes:
http://www.landolakes.com/recipe/764/doris-pecan-powdered-sugar-drops
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/butter-pecan-cookies/
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/raisin-pecan-oatmeal-cookies-recipe/index.html
HAPPY NATIONAL PECAN COOKIE DAY!

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