National Cookie Day: Cookies are for all seasons
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National Cookie Day: Cookies are for all seasons

Cookies are the most beautiful invention in terms of food; they can lift anyone's mood with their heavenly taste. Cookies make excellent gifts, and the heavenly aroma they emit in the kitchen is a bonus. They come in various flavours, shapes, and textures that differ depending on where you are in the world. Here are some of the most popular types of cookies to know, ranging from light and crisp to chewy and soft.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are the most loved cookies, whether you are eating them with milk or separately. Both the ways it's incredible. The chewy texture of the tiny choco-chip makes it incredibly yummylicious. This is the best to start.

Monster Cookies

It combines peanut butter, M&M, butterscotch and several flavours, making it monstrous and huge.

Ingredients
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup butter, softened
1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup M&M's
1 cup butterscotch chips
1 cup salted peanuts
2 cups all-purpose flour
Steps

1. Cream peanut butter, butter, and sugars in a big bowl. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add baking soda and vanilla. Add oats, M&M's, butterscotch chips and peanuts. Let it rest for 10 min. Stir in flour

2. Shape by 1/4 cupfuls into rounds. Put on greased baking sheets, about 9 cookies per sheet. Gently flatten cookies. Bake at 325° for 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned edges.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

These cookies are almost virtuous, thanks to their generous serving of old-fashioned oats and raisins (keyword: almost). Just don't skimp on the cinnamon and overbake to keep your treats chewy rather than rock hard.

Spritz Cookies

This tender spritz cookie recipe stands out on my Christmas cookie tray. Because the dough is easy to work with, it's enjoyable to shape these pressed cookies into various festive shapes.

1. Preheat the oven to 375° F. Cream butter, 1-1/4 cup confectioners' sugar, and salt in a large mixing bowl for 5-7 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Incorporate the egg and extracts. Gradually incorporate the flour into the creamed mixture.

2. Press dough 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets using a cookie press fitted with a disc of your choice. Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until the cheese is melted (do not brown). Remove from the oven and place on wire racks to cool completely.

3. Dip in melted chocolate and set aside until set, if desired, or in a small bowl, combine remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar and enough water to reach desired consistency. Dip the cookies in the glaze and decorate as desired. Allow standing until set.

Whoopie Pies

The Jim jam cookies are different from the ordinary ones; they have filling inside them that separates them from the regular ones.

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup 2% milk

filling:
1 jar (7 ounces) marshmallow creme
1/2 cup shortening
1/3 cup seedless raspberry jam
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl for 5-7 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg and vanilla extract. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; alternately add to the creamed mixture with the milk, beating well after each addition.

2. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until the tops spring back

when lightly touched. Remove from the pans and place on wire racks to cool completely.

3. In a large mixing bowl, combine marshmallow creme and shortening until well combined. Mix in the jam and vanilla extract. Mix in the confectioners' sugar gradually until smooth. Spread on the bottoms of half of the cookies, then top with the remaining cookies.

Black and white cookies

The Black and White Cookie has a vanilla or chocolate cake base that is half iced with white frosting and half with chocolate frosting. It's an iconic treat to try in New York City, but if you're not planning a trip anytime soon, you can bake these treats at the comfort of their homes.

Waffle Cookies

Gingerbread men have been around for hundreds of years (Queen Elizabeth I had a royal gingerbread maker on staff in the 16th century, according to Time), and they don't have to be limited to the holiday season. If all of the frosting and decorating is too much for you, try making a lattice weave from the dough and then cutting out your dough with cookie cutters. The result is just as impressive—and far less messy.