The 5 Basic Cookie Categories
By Jeff D McQueen
Most people love cookies which are fresh and cooked to perfection at homes because it gives a very homely and nice atmosphere in your house. It also serves as therapy because of its delicious and relaxing aroma.
The cookie history was traced during the seventh Century in Persia. But during the 1800”s, cookie recipes started to get published on cook books. However, the name used was small or tiny cakes. The name cookies actually came from this Dutch term: koekje/koekie which denotes small or tiny cakes.
During the first part of 1900s until today, recipes for making cookies vary in flavors and styles. These little bites of sweetness are usual goodies baked inside one”s kitchen, and it is assessed that 50% of the entire homemade cookies were choco-chips.
However, there are numerous tasty cookie flavors which have not yet been tested or baked at homes. Cookie recipes on cook books are categorized according to their manner of preparation and cooking. The five cookie recipe categories are as follow:
1. Drop Cookies: This is one of the usual categories of home-baked and yummy cookies. It is prepared and baked by pressing and dropping the dough or cookie mixture from your spoon down to the parchment or wax paper. This type is actually easy to bake. You just combine all the ingredients, scoop, drop and cook. The famous examples are peanut spread , choc-chip cookies and oatmeal cookies.
2. Cookie Bars, Squares/Pan Cookies: These are probably the simplest and the easiest cookie recipe. You surely can make it without dropping a sweat. The cookie mixture is placed inside a container or mold and then sliced in small sizes right after cooking. Brownies fall in this category even if it”s a batter cookie and it has many variations.
3. No-Bake Cookies: This category does not need any oven. It is one of the best ways to familiarize children to baking. Among the known samples of this type are krispies, coconut-date balls, peanut spread/butter squares/bars and rum rounds or balls.
4. Shaped Cookies: This cookie category is usually designed and molded by hands. Shortbreads and spritz cookies are samples of shaped cookies.
5. Ice Box/Refrigerator Cookies: This cookie is done by freezing or chilling the batter/cookie mixture before cutting and cooking/baking them. Some books classify this as the slice-and-bake cookies. Just keep small logs of your desired cookie mixtures inside the freezer or fridge, and then cut prior to baking and best eaten fresh out from your oven. This is good especially when you suddenly have cookie cravings.
Everybody in your family or even your friends will appreciate your effort regardless of the category that you would like to bake. Baking your own homemade cookies will always an extra special treat.
About The Author
Jeff is a food fanatic! You can check out his very popular Cookie
Recipes website where he shares some of his Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes and Pumpkin Cookie Recipes