Chocolate Chip Cookies
are made with butter and a combination of white and brown sugars
which produces a rich and chewy cookie with caramelized edges.
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Scottish in origin, these rich, tender and crumbly straw colored
cookies were once only served during Christmas and New Year's Eve.
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Loaded with oats, this
version produces a crisp and chewy cookie that can be filled with
chocolate chips (white or dark chocolate), dried fruits, and/or
chopped nuts. more
Two almond meringue cookies
flavored with pumpkin pie spice, sandwiched together with a delicious
pumpkin flavored cream cheese filling.
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French Macarons take two
almond flavored meringue cookies and sandwiches them together with a
delicious filling. The outside crust is crisp yet inside they are
wonderfully soft. more
This cookie contains
lots of chocolate chips. Its texture is wonderfully crisp with a
flavor that is sweet and buttery.
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Chocolate Macarons take two almond
flavored meringue cookies and sandwiches them together with chocolate ganache.
Delicious. more
Two almond
meringue cookies flavored with dried strawberries, sandwiched
together with a delicious strawberry flavored cream cheese filling.
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Macarons taste of
almonds and have a crisp crust yet are soft and chewy inside. Paired
with a tart and tangy raspberry filling you have a delicious Raspberry
Macaron.
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The Italians use the term biscotti to
refer to any type of cookie. In North America, biscotti is used to
describe a long, dry, hard twice-baked cookie with a curved top and
flat bottom designed for dunking into wine or coffee.
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Unlike cookies where the
batter is dropped in mounds, or formed into rounds, or rolled out and cut into shapes, a batter for
squares is simply spread into a pan. It is only after baking that they
are cut into individual portions.
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Snickerdoodles are an
old fashioned cookie that have a sugar cinnamon coating and a sweet
and buttery flavor. more
Melting Moments are a
delicious shortbread-like cookie covered with confectioners sugar that
literally melt-in-your-mouth. more
These sweet and buttery
cut-out cookies are always a favorite. You can also dress them simply
with granulated or colored sugars or make them very decorative with royal icing. more
A sweet tasting cookie that
is soft and fluffy with wonderfully crisp edges.
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Coconut Macaroons have a
wonderfully sweet coconut flavor with a crisp exterior and a soft and
chewy texture. more
Chocolate Coconut Macaroons
are bursting with flakes of sweetened coconut and have a wonderful deep
chocolate flavor. more
Combining the subtle
flavor of Dutch-processed cocoa powder with dark and white chocolate
chips produces a chocolate filled cookie that is chewy yet has nice
crisp edges. more
Peanut Butter Cookies
are instantly recognizable by their crisscross pattern. They have that
'sweet and salty' flavor combination that make them irresistible.
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This cookie is a
chocolate lover's delight. Not only are they made with a whole pound of
chocolate, but they also contain both white and dark chocolate chips.
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Meringue Cookies are so
airy, sweet and crisp that they seem to almost melt in your mouth.
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Chocolate Meringues have a
powdery crisp outside crust with soft marshmallow centers that are both
sweet and chocolately.
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Chocolate Dipped Coconut
Macaroons have wonderfully crispy edges and soft and chewy centers. They
are lovely when dipped in melted chocolate.
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These melt-in-your mouth,
shortbread-like cookies go by many names; a Russian Tea Cake, a Mexican
Wedding Cake, an Italian Butter Nut, a Southern Pecan Butterball, a
Snowdrop, a Viennese Sugar Ball and a Snowball.
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Cowboy Cookies are sweet and
buttery and loaded with chocolate chips, rolled oats, raisins, sweetened
coconut, and walnuts. more
Crispy Oatmeal Cookies have
lots of oats which makes them chewy and they also contain rice cereal
which gives them a delightful crunch.
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Financiers are soft and
springy with a domed top and a lovely golden brown crust. Take a
bite and you can taste the moist flavor of butter and almonds.
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Black and White Cookies,
also known as Half Moon or Half and Half Cookies, are
large, sweet and buttery, dome shaped cookies, that are iced with both
vanilla and chocolate fondant frostings.
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Chocolate Chocolate Chip
Cookies use cocoa powder, melted dark chocolate and chocolate chips for
a cookie that is rich with chocolate flavor.
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Fall and Winter baking wouldn't
seem complete without a batch of gingerbread cookies. Fragrant with
ground ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves the amount of which can be
adjusted to suit your own individual taste.
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M&M's cookies have
wonderfully crisp edges and soft and chewy centers. Kids absolutely love
these candy topped cookies. more
Ginger Snaps are a
highly addictive, sugar coated cookie that gets its chewy texture and
spicy flavor from adding brown sugar, molasses, and spices (cinnamon,
ginger and cloves) to the batter. more
Spritz Cookies, also known
as Swedish Butter Cookies or Pressed Butter Cookies, are a very popular
Christmas cookie. They have a lovely vanilla flavor and a rich buttery
texture that is tender crisp. more
Peanut Butter Sandwich
Cookies take two peanut butter cookies and sandwiches them together with
a creamy peanut butter filling.
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Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
are delicious. Each cookie has a miniature peanut butter cup pressed
into the center which makes for a wonderful treat.
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Raisin Cookies have a
soft and chewy texture and a buttery sweet flavor. These homey
raisin-packed, old fashioned drop cookies are a busy mother's
friend. more
Since meringues pair so well
with fruits and creams, for this dessert I have made individual
heart-shaped meringues and topped them with strawberry cream and fresh
strawberries. more
This does seem like a very
long and involved recipe but the meringue mushrooms are really not
difficult to make. more
This highly addictive, sugar
coated cookie gets its chewy texture and spicy flavor from adding dark
brown sugar, molasses, and spices (cinnamon, ginger and cloves) to the
batter. more
Sables, also known as French
Butter Cookie or Breton Biscuit, is a classic French cookie originating
in Normandy France. more
Hermit Cookies
have a soft and chewy texture, are nicely spiced with ground cinnamon,
allspice and cloves, and are jammed with raisins, dates,
and nuts. more
Checkerboard cookies
are appealing not only because they look beautiful but also because they
combine both the flavors of chocolate and vanilla.
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This recipe is one I have
adapted from 'Windmills in my Oven' as it still gives you that wonderful
spicy flavor of the commercial product only with a softer texture.
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Pumpkin Cookies have a
wonderfully soft and spongy texture and taste of pumpkin and its
complementary spices (ground cinnamon, ginger and cloves). Absolutely
delicious with a cream cheese frosting.
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Although there are many
chocolate cookies to choose from, I love to snack on these Chocolate
Wafers. Their texture is wonderfully crisp and crunchy and their
chocolate flavor is rich. more
A stack of these sweet and
buttery Icebox Cookies, dotted with flecks of red candied cherries,
makes you think of Christmas. more
These are known as
Chocolate Crinkles or Black and Whites. Both are perfect names for
this deliciously soft, fudge-like chocolate cookie that is encased
in a coating of confectioners sugar.
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You may know them as
Ladyfingers but these long finger- or oval-shaped cookies are also known
around the world as Boudoir biscuits, sponge biscuits, sponge fingers,
Naples biscuits, Savoy biscuits (Savoiardi) and biscuits la cuiller.
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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are a big and fat, golden brown cookie with a
bumpy surface all dotted with raisins. Their edges are crisp, their
flavor sweet, and their texture is wonderfully soft and chewy.
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Bourbon Balls
are a sweet and chewy,
no-bake confection made from a combination of crushed vanilla
wafers, confectioners sugar, cocoa powder, chopped pecans or
walnuts, held together with a little corn syrup and bourbon.
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Everything Cookies are sweet
and buttery and loaded with chocolate chips, rolled oats, raisins,
sweetened coconut, and walnuts. more
If you are in the mood
for a crispy buttery chocolate chip cookie this recipe fits the bill. more
If you are not of Welsh
descent you may not be familiar with Welsh Cakes. I think the best way
to describe them would be scone-like, albeit in cookie form.
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Linzer Cookies use the same ingredients
as the Linzertorte but present them in a different way. Two cookies are
sandwiched together with a layer of preserves.
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Ginger Cookies are aptly
named, as they are both ginger colored and ginger flavored. They have a
sugar coated crackly surface and when you bite into one you will find
the texture soft and chewy with a flavor that is buttery and spicy.
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Amaretti is the Italian name
for macaroons, which means little bitter things. Crisp and crunchy on
the outside and soft inside, these small domed shaped cookies originated
in Venice Italy during the Renaissance period.
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Their soft buttery
texture is a cross between a butter cake and a cream scone and when iced
with confectioners frosting, you have a cookie that delights both adults
and children. more
Royal Icing is a pure white
icing that dries to a smooth, hard, matte finish. Besides its lovely
finish it also colors beautifully and it is used as a frosting for cakes
and cookies and also for intricate piping of decorations.
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Brutti ma Buoni is a
delicious Italian Hazelnut Meringue Cookie that has a wonderfully crisp exterior,
yet inside it is soft and chewy. more
Christmas baking
wouldn't seem complete without a batch of gingerbread men. Fragrant with
ground ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves the amount of which can be
adjusted to suit your own individual taste.
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Red Velvet Whoopie Pies take two round
domed shaped chocolate cookies and sandwich them together with a soft
and tangy cream cheese filling. more
These slice-and-bake
cookies are great to have on hand. Full of chocolate chips and nuts they
are buttery sweet with crisp edges and soft and chewy centers.
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Like a shortbread, this Streusel Cookie
has a crisp and crumbly, yet chewy
texture, with a buttery sweet flavor. And its full of crunchy almonds.
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Rum balls are the
perfect adult indulgence for as their name implies, 'rum' balls
contain rum and since we do not bake these cookies the alcohol taste
and content are not lost during baking. more
Spice cookies are a great
tasting spicy almond cookie that is crisp and crunchy.
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Also known as Rugelach,
these spiral cookies are made with a cream cheese pastry that is wrapped
around a filling of apricot preserves and cinnamon sugar.
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A buttery sweet cookie
that's sure to please. Full of granola with crisp edges and a soft and
chewy center. more
Oh so cute are these colorful
shortbreads that are made to look like buttons. Tasty too, with their
buttery flavor and crisp yet tender texture.
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You'll enjoy this tender
crisp cookie with its buttery sweet vanilla flavor. I like to make them
fairly small. Perfect to nibble on or to serve with a fruit salad or ice
cream.
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Two buttery sweet chocolate
chip cookies sandwiched together with a delicious vanilla cream filling.
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Swirls of chocolate and
vanilla batter are combined in this delicious Marble Cookie. Also
known as Zebra Cookies.
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This is like a brownie but in
cookie form. It has a deep chocolate flavor and while the outside of the
freshly baked cookie is crisp, inside it's nice and soft.
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These cookies are soft and chewy with a mild chocolate flavor, and
the chopped peanuts adds a nice crunch.
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These cute French
Macarons are shaped to look like Snowmen. The filling is a delicious
peppermint flavored Chocolate Ganache.
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During
the early part of the 18th century North Americans began to use the word
'cookie' to define a small, sweet, flat or slightly raised confection.
The word 'cookie' appears to come from the Dutch word "koekje
or koekie" and refers to a small cake. Alan Davidson in
The Oxford Companion to Food states that "cookies were originally
associated with New Year's Day....references from the early part of the
19th century show that cookies and cherry bounce (a cherry cordial) were
the correct fare with which to greet visitors on that occasion."
Cookies are now eaten any time of the day - coffee breaks, as a snack,
for dessert, and even given as a welcoming gift.
The arrival of immigrants from all over the world has
had an enormous impact on the variety of cookies now made and enjoyed in
the United States. Our most famous cookie, the chocolate chip, is
of our own invention. Around 1930
Ruth Wakefield, who owned the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, decided
to cut up chunks of Nestle's Semisweet Yellow Label Chocolate bar and
add them to a rich butter cookie dough. The Nestle company
discovered her delicious cookie and made a deal for the rights to her
recipe.
By 1939 Nestle had invented chocolate morsels and packaged them in a
Yellow Label bag and, upon buying the Toll House name, printed Ruth
Wakefield's recipe for "The Famous Toll House Cookie" on the back.
Cookies are one of the fastest
and easiest things to make. Generally they are a simple
combination of all-purpose flour, unsalted butter, granulated and/or
brown sugar, eggs, baking powder/soda and flavorings.
They come in many different shapes, sizes, textures and flavors. They are classified as:
Bar - a soft
batter is spread evenly into a shallow pan, baked, and cut into
individual bars or pieces.
Drop - a
firm batter is "dropped" onto a baking sheet using a spoon or ice
cream scoop. Each cookie should be of equal size and spaced
evenly on baking sheet.
Molded or
Hand-Formed - a firm batter is shaped into balls, logs, etc. or
pressed into a mold. The cookies are then placed on a baking
sheet and baked.
Piped or Pressed
- batter is either put in a pastry bag fitted with a decorative tip
or placed into a cookie press. The batter is then piped onto a
baking sheet or pushed through the cookie press into fancy shapes
and baked.
Refrigerator or
Icebox - batter is shaped into a log, refrigerated until
firm, evenly sliced into rounds, placed on a baking sheet and baked.
Rolled - a firm batter is
rolled into a thin layer, shapes are then cut out using a cookie
cutter, cookies are placed on a baking sheet and baked.
In the U.K. cookies are called sweet biscuits; in Spain they are
called galletas; in Germany they are
called keks; and in Italy they are
called biscotti. Every country has its favorite. In the
United States and Canada it is chocolate chip, in the U.K. its
shortbread, in France its sables and macaroons, and in Italy
biscotti.
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