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Sign in to saveA cookie is a sweet biscuit with high sugar and fat content. Cookie dough is softer than that used for other types of biscuit, and they are cooked longer at lower temperatures. The dough typically contains flour, sugar, egg, and some type of oil or fat. It may include other ingredients such as raisins, oats, chocolate chips, or nuts. Cookie texture varies from crisp and crunchy to soft and chewy, depending on the exact combination of ingredients and methods used to create them.
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A cookie is a sweet biscuit made from soft dough containing flour, sugar, egg, and fat, often with added ingredients like chocolate chips, nuts, or oats. Cookies are baked longer at lower temperatures than other biscuits, resulting in textures that can range from crisp and crunchy to soft and chewy depending on their ingredients and preparation.
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- Food.name
- Cookie
- Food.image
- Choco chip cookie.png
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.caption
- Chocolate chip cookie
- Food.alternate_name
- Biscuit
- Food.place_of_origin
- Persia, 7th century AD
- Food.served
- Often room temperature, although they may be served when still warm from the oven
- Food.commons
- Category:Cookies
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A cookie is a sweet biscuit with high sugar and fat content. Cookie dough is softer than that used for other types of biscuit, and they are cooked longer at lower temperatures. The dough typically contains flour, sugar, egg, and some type of oil or fat. It may include other ingredients such as raisins, oats, chocolate chips, or nuts. Cookie texture varies from crisp and crunchy to soft and chewy, depending on the exact combination of ingredients and methods used to create them.
People in the United States and Canada typically refer to all sweet biscuits as "cookies". People in most other English-speaking countries call crunchy cookies "biscuits" but may use the term "cookies" for chewier biscuits and for certain types, such as chocolate-chip cookies.