Today's Girl Scouts have it easy compared to earlier in their history. The first cookie program to raise money for scouting activities was in 1917. The scouts had to make the cookies at their homes under their mother's supervision. Those original home baked cookies were sugar cookies that were sold for $.25-$.35 per dozen, the recipe was published in The American Girl magazine in 1922. In the 1930s the cookie making transitioned to bakery made cookies and the licensing of the bakeries to make the special cookies. In the 1940s the scouts pivoted to selling calendars due to sugar, flour and butter shortages. Fast forward to present day where there is a vast collection of flavors to choose from and most are available in vegan, gluten-free and kosher varieties and of course they can be purchased online.
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