The softness of the cookie may depend on how long it is baked.Ī general theory of cookies may be formulated this way. 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. DescriptionĬookies are most commonly baked until crisp or just long enough that they remain soft, but some kinds of cookies are not baked at all. There was much trade and cultural contact across the North Sea between the Low Countries and Scotland during the Middle Ages, which can also be seen in the history of curling and, perhaps, golf. Īccording to the Scottish National Dictionary, its Scottish name derives from the diminutive form (+ suffix -ie) of the word cook, giving the Middle Scots cookie, cooky or cu(c)kie. Another claim is that the American name derives from the Dutch word koekje or more precisely its informal, dialect variant koekie which means little cake, and arrived in American English with the Dutch settlement of New Netherland, in the early 1600s. The American use is derived from Dutch koekje "little cake," which is a diminutive of "koek" ("cake"), which came from the Middle Dutch word "koke". From 1808, the word "cookie" is attested ".in the sense of "small, flat, sweet cake" in American English. The word dates from at least 1701 in Scottish usage where the word meant "plain bun", rather than thin baked good, and so it is not certain whether it is the same word. Ĭookies that are baked as a solid layer on a sheet pan and then cut, rather than being baked as individual pieces, are called in British English bar cookies or traybakes.
In Scotland the term cookie is sometimes used to describe a plain bun. The container used to store cookies may be called a cookie jar. However, in many regions both terms are used. The term cookie is normally used to describe chewier ones. In many English-speaking countries outside North America, including the United Kingdom, the most common word for a crisp cookie is biscuit.
Traditional American Christmas cookie tray. Fresh-baked cookies are sold at bakeries and coffeehouses, with the latter ranging from small business-sized establishments to multinational corporations such as Starbucks. Factory-made cookies are sold in grocery stores, convenience stores and vending machines. Cookies are often served with beverages such as milk, coffee or tea and sometimes "dunked", an approach which releases more flavour from confections by dissolving the sugars, while also softening their texture. Some cookies may also be named by their shape, such as date squares or bars.īiscuit or cookie variants include sandwich biscuits, such as custard creams, Jammie Dodgers, Bourbons and Oreos, with marshmallow or jam filling and sometimes dipped in chocolate or another sweet coating.
Chewier biscuits are sometimes called cookies even in the United Kingdom. In most English-speaking countries except for the United States, crunchy cookies are called biscuits. It may include other ingredients such as raisins, oats, chocolate chips, nuts, etc. It usually contains flour, sugar, egg, and some type of oil, fat, or butter. A cookie is a baked or cooked snack or dessert that is typically small, flat and sweet.
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