An Amanda Gorman Cookie Has Been Created by an Award-Winning Rhode Island Baker

An Amanda Gorman Cookie Has Been Created by an Award-Winning Rhode Island Baker

Amanda Gorman captured the attention — and hearts — of the nation with her powerful poem on Inauguration Day.

Now, she has inspired a Rhode Islander to create culinary art in her honor, in the form of a cookie. 

Baker Katrin Schnippering — who in 2014 won the national King Arthur Flour Cookie Decorating contest — is no stranger to celebrity, with her whimsical, creative cookie sets featuring the likes of Lionel Richie, Harry Styles, and David Bowie. 

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She also has a soft spot for politics, featuring Stacey Abrams cookies, some of which say, “You are a peach.”

With her creation this week of the youth poet laureate baked good, Schnippering is donating a portion of the Gorman cookie sales to Sojourner House. 

"She inspired me to do better," she said. 

Moreover, Gorman captured Schnippering’s heart — and edible imagination.

“I do believe in the power of art. That this nation needed something so unifying as a poem and that it was so brilliantly written and performed by a young woman was even more astonishing,” Schnippering told GoLocal.

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“To me it felt like a new beginning. As if the light was turned back on after some pretty dark and worrisome times,” Schnippering added. “And I can't wait to read her book!”

In the meantime — you can buy Schnippering’s cookies, including the Amanda Gorman sets, here.