{"id":1000803,"date":"2021-11-11T22:13:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T03:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1000803"},"modified":"2021-11-11T22:13:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T03:13:51","slug":"study-basic-christmas-cookie-ingredients-cost-more-than-9-in-at-least-10-u-s-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-basic-christmas-cookie-ingredients-cost-more-than-9-in-at-least-10-u-s-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Basic Christmas Cookie Ingredients Cost More Than $9 in at Least 10 U.S. Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudy-basic-christmas-cookie-ingredients-cost-more-than-9-in-at-least-10-u-s-cities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1000803&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-107711281-e1636665303321-639x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A study shows the cost of Christmas cookie ingredients this holiday season could run Americans anywhere from $2.23 to $12.40 depending on where they live, as food prices have risen substantially at grocery stores across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Meal-kit company HelloFresh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellofresh.com\/grocery-delivery\/2021-christmas-cookie-price-index\">conducted<\/a> a study that details the cost of a homemade batch of Christmas cookies in 60 U.S. cities and territories ahead of the holiday season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>HelloFresh\u2019s study examined prices of five key ingredients based on a Preppy Kitchen \u201cclassic butter cookie recipe.\u201d Costs of baking soda, butter, eggs, flour, and sugar, were assessed in each location included in the study. Combined prices of the ingredients in a particular location account for the cost to make a batch of 100 cookies in a specific city or territory.<\/p>\n<p>The top ten most expensive cities and U.S. territories to bake Christmas cookies this holiday season, according to HelloFresh\u2019s \u201cChristmas Cookie Price Index,\u201d are listed below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span>San Diego, California \u2013&nbsp; $12.40<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span>Burlington, Vermont \u2013 $12.08<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span>Virgin Islands \u2013 $11.87<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span>Los Angeles, California \u2013 $11.41<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span>Salt Lake City, Utah \u2013 $11.40<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span>Wilmington, Delaware \u2013 $10.00<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span>Bridgeport, Connecticut \u2013 $9.92<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span>Milwaukee, Wisconsin \u2013 $9.79<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span>Phoenix, Arizona \u2013 $9.21<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span>Detroit, Michigan \u2013 $9.00<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span>Based on the study, The ten most cost-friendly cities and U.S. territories to bake a batch of cookies this Christmas season are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span>Charleston, South Carolina \u2013 $2.23<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span> Charleston, West Virginia \u2013<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;$<\/span>2.90<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span> American Samoa \u2013 $3.10<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span> Des Moines, Iowas \u2013 $4.13 <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span> Portland, Maine \u2013 $4.62<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span> Dallas, Texas \u2013 $4.76<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span> Charlotte, North Carolina \u2013 $4.92 <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span> Lincoln, Nebraska \u2013 $4.97<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span> Albuquerque, New Mexico \u2013 $5.05<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span> Cleveland, Ohio \u2013 $5.20<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span>The meal-kit company\u2019s study also investigated the cost of a batch of Christmas cookies throughout 30 different countries. The study revealed that Sweden ($12.83), the Dominican Republic ($11.74), Denmark ($10.97), New Zealand ($10.57), and Russia ($9.81) are the most expensive countries to bake Christmas cookies in.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Conversely, the most cost-effective nations to make cookies in are Ecuador ($3.50), Poland ($3.62), Spain ($3.80), Germany ($4.04), and Chile ($4.20), according to the study.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>HelloFresh\u2019s study used the following quantities of ingredients for the study:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p><span>\u2013 Flour: a 2lb package of flour (32oz \/ 1kg)<br \/>\u2013 Eggs: a box of 12 eggs<br \/>\u2013 Butter: an 8oz serving of butter (200g)<br \/>\u2013 Baking soda: a 1lb packet (16oz \/ 0.5kg)<br \/>\u2013 Sugar: a 2lb package of sugar (32oz \/ 1kg)<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Christmas looms around the corner, Americans must first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/09\/no-thanks-turkey-prices-up-41-home-heating-oil-up-115-food-prices-up-10-5\/\">make<\/a> it through a Thanksgiving that \u201cis shaping up to be the most expensive in history,\u201d per a November 9 article by Breitbart News\u2019s John Carney. As of Tuesday, processed turkey prices were up 40.7 percent in comparison to last year, according to the Department of Labor\u2019s&nbsp;<span>Producer Price Index.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Moreover, on Wednesday, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/10\/bidenflation-for-breakfast-milk-cereal-bacon-eggs-muffins-juice-and-coffee-prices-soar\/\">reported<\/a> on inflated prices revolving around breakfast foods. Since last year, bacon prices have skyrocketed 20.2 percent, breakfast sausage is up 8.3 percent, and eggs climbed 11.6 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Food prices, in general, are up 10.5 percent in comparison to last year, Breitbart News reports.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study shows the cost of Christmas cookie ingredients this holiday season could run Americans anywhere from $2.23 to $12.40 depending on where they live, as food prices have risen &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1000803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1000803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}