Cookie

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 make them. Cookies are often served with beverages such as milk, coffee, or tea and sometimes dunked, which releases more flavor by dissolving the sugars, while also softening their texture. Factory-made cookies are sold in grocery stores, convenience stores, and vending machines. Fresh-baked cookies are sold at bakeries and coffeehouses. The first cookies are believed to have originated in 7th-century Persia (modern-day Iran) as small test cakes used to check oven temperatures. These early, often honey-sweetened pastries spread to Europe via the Muslim conquest of Spain and evolved into diverse types like Pizzelles (8th-century Italy) and biscotti.