WWII wasn’t just felt by the soldiers on the beaches of Europe or depths of the Pacific Islands, it was felt back on American soil, where people — many in the absence of their drafted loved ones — adapted life to fuel the US military machine. People took up unoccupied manufacturing jobs and adhered to strict rationing of basic staples. And while government-backed food manufacturing fed soldiers through military rations, this food did not taste like actual food. Outside of cigarettes and the occasional chocolate bar, soldiers longed for a taste of home, even if it wasn’t a hundred percent like the way it used to be. A box of these Wartime Ration Cookies would’ve been a mental reprieve from the food-like substances of military rations. These cookies are a taste in time that really embody the feeling of home with a caramelized sweetness and a slightly soft, tender crumb.
