Cool on baking sheet for 1 to 2 minutes. Use a wide spatula to move cookies to wire rack. Repeat with remaining dough. Store in air-tight container. Pineapples and Eagles decorate a number of front doors in Old Town Marblehead.
Pineapples are the symbol of welcome and hospitality.
This tradition comes from the practice of seafaring captains returning with a pineapple, a sign of the distance they had traveled and of prosperity. Upon their return, the pineapples would be placed by the front door or front gate as an indication that the captain was now home and receiving visitors. Lafayette House is one of the more famous sites in Marblehead. Legend has it that when Lafayette s coach tried to make it around the corner, it could not pass for the narrowness of the way. The homeowner cut off the corner of the house to make way for the French General s coach.