National Cookie Month
Accidents are usually not any good, but this accident I am going to tell you about isn’t so bad at all. Did you know the first cookies were created by accident? Bakers used to test
their ovens by putting little bits of cake batter to test the temperature of their oven. In Dutch, these tiny cakes were called “koekje”. So by accident, this is how the first cookies came to be.
We all know that a cookie is a small little baked cake. I learned at http://www.recipezaar.com/ that outside of North America, the most common word for it is biscuit.
I also discovered that there are many different kinds of cookies…
Drop cookies are made by dropping spoonfuls of dough on a baking sheet. While they bake, the dough spreads and gets flat. Chocolate chip cookies are one of the best examples of drop cookies.
Refrigerator cookies are made from a stiff dough that is refrigerated to become even stiffer. The dough can be formed in tubes and sliced in cookie shapes. You can find store bought cookies like this.
Molded cookies are made from dough that is very stiff. These can be formed into balls or different shapes before cooking. Snickerdoodles are really good molded cookies that are rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking.
Rolled cookies are made from a very stiff dough that is rolled out. You can then use a cookie cutter to make whatever shaped cookie you want.
Bar cookies are really easy because you just spread the dough into a pan and then let it cook like a cake. After they are cooled you can cut them into cookie sized pieces.
Here is a poem I wrote about cookies…
Here is a poem I wrote about cookies…
Cookies chewy and sweet
So good to eat
Chocolate, peanut butter all so nice
Warm with milk and some spice
Cookies big and small
In winter, spring, summer, or fall
So good to eat
Chocolate, peanut butter all so nice
Warm with milk and some spice
Cookies big and small
In winter, spring, summer, or fall
Make sure you stay tuned for a new cookie recipe in my Creative Kitchen article for this month!
(photo from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/975800)
Can’t wait for the cookie recipe!
Handmaidenalli