Since 1934, Linden’s Cookies has baked individually wrapped cookies using the original recipe, the kind remembered from high school cafeterias. The Sturz family has run the company since buying it in 1960, while its holiday Stollen is still produced in limited quantities with the handcrafted care of founder Alois Linden’s German baking tradition.
Otterbein's CookiesSince 1881, Otterbein’s Cookies has baked Maryland’s signature thin-and-crispy cookies, using the same original recipe and method that made the brand a regional staple. The family’s six-ingredient sugar cookie and unmistakable paper-thin crunch remain central to a Maryland tradition now more than 140 years old.WINDSOR MILL, MD
Otterbein's CookiesSince 1881, Otterbein’s Cookies has baked thin, crispy cookies in Maryland, preserving the signature crunch that began with the Otterbein family’s original recipe. The company still uses that same style of bake and, for its sugar cookies, a deliberately simple six-ingredient formula that has made Otterbein’s a Baltimore-area staple for generations.WINDSOR MILL, MD
Berger CookiesSince 1835, Berger Cookies has baked Baltimore’s signature soft, cake-like cookies and half cakes from a homemade recipe developed in the 1800s. Its cookies are still hand-dipped in fudge icing, while the bakery’s history includes the DeBaufre family’s purchase of Berger Cookies in 1969 and Charles DeBaufre Jr.’s continued ownership since 1994. The company describes its products as a Baltimore and Mid-Atlantic classic, with distribution focused on keeping them fresh.BALTIMORE, MD
Blue Chip Cookie Company, IncSince opening on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf in 1983, Blue Chip Cookie Company has baked made-from-scratch gourmet cookies and turned them into personalized gifts for homes and businesses. Donna Drury-Heine and Bob Heine purchased the company in 2005 and have preserved its original recipes, including the signature White Chocolate Macadamia, while the Milford, Ohio operation now fulfills cookie gifts nationwide. Blue Chip also serves local customers through certified licensee locations, including a Leawood shop that has been a Kansas City-area tradition since 1996.MILFORD, OH