The Washburn Crosby Company created the character Betty Crocker to answer thousands of customer questions about baking. The surname Crocker was chosen in honor of the company's retired and popular director William G. Crocker, and the name Betty was picked simply because it was a friendly sounding name.
The Girl Scout Brownies group, originally called Rosebuds, was organized in 1914 by Lord Baden-Powell. The girls in this group are between the ages of seven to ten years old.
Closer to the brownies we know and love today, Bangor Brownies were invented by housewives in Bangor, Maine.
The Palmer House Hotel created the Palmer House Brownie with walnuts and an apricot glaze
