List of cookies

== List of cookies ==

Cookies are small, sweet, baked treats that come in a variety of flavors, shapes, and textures. They are typically made from flour, sugar, and some type of oil or fat. This list includes some of the most popular and well-known types of cookies from around the world.

Types of Cookies

• Chocolate chip cookie: A cookie that features chocolate chips or chocolate morsels as its distinguishing ingredient.
• Oatmeal raisin cookie: A type of drop cookie distinguished by an oatmeal-based dough with raisins mixed in.
• Peanut butter cookie: A cookie that is made with peanut butter as a primary ingredient.
• Sugar cookie: A cookie with a simple dough made from sugar, flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and either baking powder or baking soda.
• Snickerdoodle: A type of sugar cookie made with cream of tartar and rolled in cinnamon sugar.
• Gingerbread cookie: A cookie flavored with ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon and sweetened with honey, sugar, or molasses.
• Shortbread: A traditional Scottish cookie made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three parts flour.
• Macaron: A sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and food coloring.
• Biscotti: An Italian almond biscuit that is twice-baked, oblong-shaped, dry, and crunchy.
• Fortune cookie: A crisp and sugary cookie wafer containing a piece of paper with a "fortune" or aphorism.
• Linzer cookie: A cookie made from a dough similar to that of a Linzer torte, often filled with fruit preserves or jam.
• Molasses cookie: A soft, chewy cookie flavored with molasses and spices like ginger and cinnamon.
• Butter cookie: A type of cookie made with butter, sugar, and flour, often shaped into various forms and sometimes decorated with sugar or icing.

Regional Varieties

• Amaretti: Italian almond-flavored cookies that are often crunchy and sometimes chewy.
• Speculaas: Spiced shortcrust biscuits, traditionally baked for consumption on or just before St Nicholas' feast in the Netherlands, Belgium, and around Christmas in Germany.
• Pfeffernüsse: Small, round, spiced cookies, popular as a holiday treat in Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
• Koulourakia: Traditional Greek cookies, typically made during Easter, flavored with vanilla and often shaped into rings or braids.
• Polvorón: A type of heavy, soft, and crumbly Spanish shortbread made of flour, sugar, milk, and nuts.

See Also

• Biscuit
• Pastry
• Cake
• Dessert
• List of desserts

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