By Niveditha Kalyanaraman
December 7th, 2023
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There are so many different types of cookies, that it's hard to keep track. But that's a good thing because it means there's something for everyone. There are the classics, like chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin. Then some cookies are a little more unusual, like fortune cookies and lavender cookies. Here are 10 different types of cookies.
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The chocolate chip cookie only needs a simple ingredient outside of the cookie base: the chocolate chips. Besides the chips, bakers add nuts, brown butter, and pretzels to chocolate chip cookies for added texture.
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Pizzelle cookies are wafer-thin and Italian in origin. Each of the cookies is made using an ornately-designed pizzelle press, a hefty dose of aromatic vanilla, and traditional cookie ingredients like flour, sugar, and eggs.
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These delicious, gingerbread-y cookies are immaculately sweet and were introduced to airlines in 1985. You'll get the same warm notes of vanilla and cinnamon along with the sweetness only a cookie can bring.
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The butter cookie is known for its simplicity, as well as the sheer amount of butter that goes into each batch.
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Sugar cookies are very similar to butter cookies, except they're thinly rolled and cut instead of piped. They are cooled before being decorated with icings and colorful sprinkles.
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Jam thumbprint cookies appear mostly around Christmas time. Swedish thumbprint cookies, as the treats are otherwise known, can be filled with everything from chocolate to your favorite fruit jam, though raspberry jam is the staple filling.
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Macrons and macaroons are slightly different. The macron is a colorful French dessert with a crisp outside and soft, pillowy interior. They're typically made with ground almonds, whereas macaroons typically have coconut flakes.
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The snickerdoodle cookie is a classic staple in the cookie world. The snickerdoodle gets its unique tang from the addition of cream of tartar.
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Although the name may be deceiving, the whoopie pie is technically a cookie made with two pillowy chocolate mounds sandwiching a fluffy, vanilla frosting.
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Wafer cookies are unlike other cookies on this list because of their texture. There are two types of wafer cookies: those similar to the cookies in a banana pudding and the extra-thin, crisp wafers with a thin layer of filling.
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