Lorna Doone (cookie)

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Lorna Doone
Product typeCookie
OwnerMondelez International
Introduced1912; 113 years ago (1912)
Previous ownersNabisco
Websitesnackworks.com/lornadoone

Lorna Doone is a brand of golden, square-shaped shortbread cookie produced by Nabisco and owned by Mondelez International.

History

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Introduced in 1912, it was possibly named after the main character in R. D. Blackmore's 1869 novel, Englishwoman Lorna Doone, but no record exists as to the exact motivation behind the name.[1][2]

One origin story for the Lorna Doone recipe is that a Nabisco employee from Pittsburgh, Joe Hoawat, sold his Scottish-born mother's shortbread recipe to the company.[3]

An alternate origin story is that the original cookie recipe came from the Malloys, Emily and John, who ran a bakery in Chicago. Emily had created the recipe, but when they closed down the bakery, John sold the recipe to F. A. Kennedy Steam Bakery which had also first produced the Fig Newton in 1891.[citation needed]

Media

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A box of Lorna Doone can be seen, in cartoon form, in Mickey's Surprise Party (1939), a theatrical advertisement/cartoon short produced by Walt Disney Productions for Nabisco.[citation needed].

In Modern Family, character Phil Dunphy exclaims "Sweet Lorna Doone!" in episode The Musical Man

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Candy Land: The History of Candy Making in Cambridge, MA – Nabisco". cambridgehistory.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11.
  2. ^ Smith, A. (2013). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America. OUP USA. p. 520. ISBN 978-0-19-973496-2. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "From animal crackers to Girl Scout cookies: The stories behind 22 popular cookie brands". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
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