Hey, Good Lukken!

Our tasty cookies have deep Belgian roots! With Belgian ancestry on both sides of my family tree, I grew up surrounded by rich traditions, but richest of all was our family's "lukken", or Belgian waffle cookie, recipe. My great-great-grandmother, Flavie Dewaele, emigrated from Belgium with the recipe, making her cookies one-by-one with an iron heated over a wood stove. We still use Flavie's original recipe today and I have fond memories of gathering in my grandparent's home each November to produce thousands of Belgian cookies to gift to our family and friends for the holidays.

We went from tradition to business during the holiday season of 2021-2022, bringing Belgian lukken cookies to markets along Colorado's Front Range. Rather than pressing cookies over an oven, we're currently making our cookies in small batches and griddling them on an Italian Pizzelle press, but a more traditional Belgian press is on the way! Our original recipe produces a thin, crunchy, buttery cookie with just a hint of whiskey that is great with coffee, hot cocoa, ice cream, and more! We're currently working to develop other flavor additions (chocolate, whiskey double-shot, orange blossom, etc.) to our line-up so we can have a changing menu throughout the upcoming market months.

It's been a treat to see how many people enjoy these special cookies at markets so far. "Lukken" means "to succeed" in Dutch, so from my family to yours, we wish you luck and love with every box!