In the early 1960s, Norman Shapiro was walking through New York City when he spotted vendors keeping pretzels warm with small ovens. Shapiro was the executive sales manager at the toy company Kenner Products. Inspired, he later took the idea to his colleagues. The team designed the Easy-Bake Oven, a light bulb-powered functional toy oven that allowed children to emulate their parents and make their own cakes and cookies. It debuted in 1963.

What was the reaction to the baking toy? https://bit.ly/4tYVjsE

📸: Courtesy of the Strong National Museum of Play

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