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COOKIES
Cookies are defined as a diverse group of small. Sweet cakes or pastries that are described and categories by how the dough is prepared and shaped for baking.

SIMILARITY
Cookies are similar to cakes in several respects. Just as with cakes, some categories of cookies rely on chemical leaveners to help them rise and some cookies recipes share certain of same cake mixing method, such as creaming, one bowl and egg- foam method.

Cookies are similar to cakes in several respects. Just as with cakes, some categories of cookies rely on chemical leaveners to help them rise and some cookies recipes share certain of same cake mixing method, such as creaming, one bowl and egg- foam method.

CATEGORIES
There are eight categories of cookies. There are:
-Drop cookies
-Refrigerator cookies
-Molded cookies
-Bar cookies
-Sheet cookies
-Rolled cookies
-Piped cookies
-Wafer cookies

DROP COOKIES
Tend to be made from a soft, moist dough that is dropped from the spoon or ice cream scooper onto a sheet pan. Drop cookies need to be spaced out to allow them to spread during baking.
Example : sour cream fudge cookies.

REFRIGERATOR COOKIES
Tend to be made from stiffer doughs.
The dough is rolled into logs, or other shapes, then wrapped in plastic or parchment paper and chilled or frozen before being sliced and baked.
Example: brown sugar pecan refrigerator cookies.

MOLDEED COOKIES
Are made from a moderately stiff dough that can be molded and shaped.
For example, molded cookies dough may be rolled into ball and coated with sugar and chopped nuts.
The ball are then placed on a sheet pan and weight of some sort, such as a flat- bottomed drinking glass, is pressed onto the balls to mold them flattened circles.
Other molded cookies may be left to bake as balls that are not flattened.
Example: truffled peanut butter cookies.

BAR COOKIES
Consists of a stiff dough formed into long, flattened, rectangular bars. There are baked and then cut into slices.
Biscotti is a bar cookies that is sliced and baked again for a short time to make each slice crunchy.
Example: espresso almond biscotti.

SHEET COOKIES
Are one of the easiest and least labor intensive of any category.
A batter, which can be thin or stiff, is made up and evenly spread into a pan with sides.
Some recipes include a cookies or crumb base that is pressed onto the bottom of a pan before a batter is poured over it.
After baking, the cookies are cut into square or triangles or diamonds
There are endless varieties example: fudge brownies.

ROLLED COOKIES
Tend to be made from stiff dough that, very often need chilling to harden the fat within the dough.
The dough is then rolled out ad cookies cutter are used to cut the dough into shapes before baking.
Example: golden coconut cutouts.

PIPED COOKIES
Are made of soft doughs that can be easily pushed through a pastry bag fitted with a pastry tip to form cookies of various shapes.
Example: citrus butter rings and chocolate almond lady fingers.

WAFER COOKIES
Also known as tuiles.
Are much more labor intensive
A thin batter, consisting of egg whites, sugar, flour, butter and sometimes heavy cream, often referred to as tulip or stencil batter.