向美国甜食爱好者致敬的5款饼干

Though the word cookie can be traced back to Dutch origins (koekje means "little cake"), there's something distinctly American about these treats. Maybe it's because they're basically a blank canvas just waiting for inspiration, or maybe it's because their palm-sized portability makes them the perfect dessert for parties and get-togethers.

虽然单词cookie可以追溯到荷兰的起源(koekje的意思是“小蛋糕”)，但这些食物有一些明显的美国特色。也许是因为它们基本上是一张等待灵感的空白画布，也许是因为它们手掌大小的便携性使它们成为聚会和派对的完美甜点。

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Texas' cowboy cookies

德克萨斯的牛仔饼干

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Legend has it that Former First Lady Laura Bush came up with these chunky cookies during a magazine bake-off for presidential candidates. (She beat out Tipper Gore's ginger snap recipe.) Just like the Lone Star State, these cookies are big and full of flavor; they're stuffed with chocolate chips — natch — but also flake coconut, pecans, rolled oats and, sometimes, corn flakes.

据传说，前第一夫人劳拉·布什在为总统候选人举行的杂志烘烤会上想出了这种厚饼干。(她击败了蒂珀·戈尔的生姜片配方。)就像孤星之州一样，这些饼干又大又好吃;里面塞满了巧克力片，当然也有椰子片、山核桃片、燕麦片，有时还有玉米片。

New Orleans' pralines

新奥尔良的果仁糖

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While you can find these pecan perfections throughout the Deep South, New Orleans has a love affair like no other with this sugary sweet. French settlers brought their own version of the candy to Louisiana in the 1700s, where the abundance of cane syrup and pecans made it a natural fit. The signature candy was actually one of the earliest street foods in the country, sold by emancipated black women as a way to make a living after the Civil War.

虽然你可以在南方腹地找到这些完美的山核桃，但新奥尔良对这种甜食的喜爱是其他地方所没有的。18世纪，法国殖民者把他们自己的糖果带到了路易斯安那州，那里丰富的甘蔗糖浆和山核桃使它成为一种天然的糖果。这种招牌糖果实际上是美国最早的街头食品之一，内战结束后被解放的黑人妇女作为谋生手段出售。

California's fortune cookies

加州的幸运饼干

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Though they're a delightful crunchy treat after a meal at a Chinese restaurant, fortune cookies aren't actually a product of China at all. Their origin is still hotly disputed — in fact, San Francisco's pseudo-legal Court of Historical Review tried to settle the matter in 1983 — but it's believed they began in Japan as "fortune tea cakes." It wasn't until after Word War II, in the aftermath of Japanese-American internment camps, that the cookies became a signature staple at Chinese restaurants.

虽然幸运饼干在中餐馆吃过之后是一种爽口的美味，但它实际上根本不是中国产品。它们的起源仍有激烈的争议——事实上，旧金山的伪法律历史回顾法庭曾在1983年试图解决这一问题——但人们相信它们起源于日本的“幸运茶饼”。直到二战后，日裔美国人的拘留营结束后，这种饼干才成为中国餐馆的招牌菜。

Baltimore's Berger Cookies

巴尔的摩的伯杰饼干

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In 2013, Smithsonian.com declared the Berger cookie was "Baltimore’s gift to the chocolate world." Indeed, it is almost more frosting than cookie, with a thick layer of dark fudge spread upon a cake-like bottom. The recipe (and namesake) come from a German bakery that opened in East Baltimore in 1835. Charlie DeBaufre, who worked at the bakery for much of his life and became the owner in 1994, says: "Some people say the cookie is just there to hold the chocolate. They eat the chocolate and throw the cookie away."

2013年，Smithsonian.com宣布，伯杰饼干是“巴尔的摩送给巧克力界的礼物”。事实上，它比饼干更像糖霜，厚厚的一层黑巧克力铺在蛋糕一样的底部。这个食谱(和同名)来自于1835年在东巴尔的摩开业的一家德国面包店。查理•德博弗雷一生中大部分时间都在这家面包店工作，1994年成为店主。他们吃了巧克力，把饼干扔了。”

New York State's rugelach

纽约州的羊角面包

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No matter how you spell it, this Jewish pastry has its roots in Poland and Israel. The crescent-shaped cookies are usually made out of a cream cheese or sour cream dough and served as a treat during Hanukkah. Stuff them with nuts and/or fruit, and don't worry about rolling them perfectly; "Rugelach cookies should look rustic and need not be perfectly uniform," says chef Kate Cavotti, a lecturing instructor at the Culinary Institute of America.

不管你怎么拼写，这种犹太糕点起源于波兰和以色列。新月形状的饼干通常是由奶油芝士或酸奶油面团制成，在光明节期间作为一种款待。用坚果和/或水果填满它们，不要担心完美地滚动它们;美国烹饪学院的讲师、主厨凯特·卡沃蒂说:“羊角面包应该看起来很土气，不必完全统一。”