The G.H. Bent Company, better known as Bent's Cookie Factory is a company in Milton, Massachusetts, specializing in cookies, that has been operating in Milton, since 1801.   Milton is a suburban Boston town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. ... A chocolate chip cookie In the United States and Canada, a cookie (sometimes spelled cooky) is a small, flat baked pastry. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

History

In 1801 Josiah Bent began a baking operation in Milton, selling "water crackers" or biscuits made of flour and water that would not deteriorate during long sea voyages from the port of Boston. The crackling sound occurred during baking, hence the name. This is where the American term "cracker" originated. His company later sold the original hardtack crackers used by troops during the American Civil War. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...

In 1891, George H. Bent, the grandson of Josiah Bent, built the current building of Bent's cookie factory at 7 Pleasant Street. The top two levels of the factory are where the cookies and other baked goods while the storefront is located on the street level.

Trivia

• In early 2006, there was a gas explosion at Bent's, the blast blowing out all of the windows. However within weeks Bent's was up and running again.
• Besides cookies, Bent's sells a number of other baked goods including their George and Martha Washington pies(both have a powdered sugar on the top, the George with a cherry filling, and the Martha with a lemon filling).

2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Confectioners sugar Powdered sugar (in Britain, Australia and most of the Commonwealth icing sugar) is a very finely ground form of sugar that is synonymous with confectioners sugar. ... Species Several, including: Prunus apetala Prunus avium (Wild/Sweet Cherry) Prunus campanulata Prunus canescens Prunus cerasus (Sour Cherry) Prunus concinna Prunus conradinae Prunus dielsiana Prunus emarginata (Bitter Cherry) Prunus fruticosa Prunus incisa Prunus litigiosa Prunus mahaleb (Saint Lucie Cherry) Prunus maximowiczii Prunus nipponica Prunus pensylvanica (Pin Cherry) Prunus pilosiuscula Prunus... Binomial name Citrus × limon (L.) Burm. ...

External Links

• Website of Bent's Cookie Factory