All About Cookies

A cookie is a tasty treat that the young and old all enjoys. It is a round, small flat dessert baked in a warm oven. Outside of Canada and the US, the cookie is called a biscuit. In Scotland, a cookie is referred to a a plain bun while in North America, a biscuit is referred to a type of bread.

There are all sorts of of styles of cookies and they are generally baked until they are crispy golden brown and softy in the inside. There are all sorts of ingredients you can use to make cookies, such as sugar, spices, butter, chocolate chips, raisins, peanut butter, buts, fruits, creams, jelly, marshmallows and the list goes on and on. There are soft cookies and then there are hard cookies. A cookies' softness is created by how long they are baked in the oven.

Cookies are known to be baked until crisp or just long enough that they remain soft, but some kinds of cookies are not baked at all. Cookies are made in a wide variety of styles, using an array of ingredients including sugars, spices, chocolate, butter, peanut butter, nuts or dried fruits. The softness of the cookie may depend on how long it is baked.

The most well known types of cookies includes, chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal cookies, double chocolate chip cookies, ginger bread cookies, cookies with cream centers, cookies with jelly centers, cookies with rainbow chocolate chips. Others include kiss cookies, plain boring cookies, monster cookies, white chocolate cookies etc.

Cookies are thought to be originated in the 7th century AD Persia which later migrated to Europe. As time went on, they became a common type of food in all cultures of the world from street vendors to fancy cuisines. It also makes a good type of food to bring along travels.

Here are the different classifications of cookies: drop cookies, refrigerator cookies, molded cookies, rolled cookies, pressed cookies, bar cookies, sandwich cookies and fried cookies.