The 8 Types of Cookies Every Baker Should Master

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We're challenging you to try your hand at what we've deemed the 8 essential types of cookies every sweet-lover should master.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Butter Cookies

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Gingerbread Cookies

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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

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Sandwich Cookies

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Shortbread Cookies

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Sugar Cookies

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No-Bake Cookies

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Ready to Bake?

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The 8 Types of Cookies Every Baker Should Master

Chocolate Chip Cookies

AMY NEUNSINGER/MAGNOLIA TABLE

Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie, debuted the recipe in her 1938 cookbook. Its popularity grew from there.

1

Butter Cookies

SALLY'S BAKING RECIPES

Also known as sablés, these cookies are crisp & buttery. They reportedly date back to 1670 when they were invented in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, France.

2

Gingerbread Cookies

ERIN MCDOWELL

Gingerbread folk have been around for hundreds of years (back in the 16th century, Queen Elizabeth I had a royal gingerbread maker on staff, according to Time).

3

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

GRANDBABY CAKES

Experts concur that the divisive oatmeal raisin cookie was invented in 1896 by Fannie Merritt Farmer.

4

Sandwich Cookies

MARK WEINBERG/ERIN MCDOWELL

Consider this your excuse to run wild, baking your favorite cookies, slathering half with frosting and pairing 'em to make little dessert sandwiches.

5

Shortbread Cookies

LIZ ANDREW/ERIN MCDOWELL

Similar in flavor and texture to butter cookies, shortbread is an old-school Scottish treat. Named for both shortening and its crumbly texture.

6

Sugar Cookies

LIZ ANDREW/ERIN MCDOWELL

We're eternally indebted to the German Protestant settlers of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, who crafted this iconic cookie in the mid 1700s.

7

No-Bake Cookies

LIZ ANDREW/ERIN MCDOWELL

There are endless types of no-bake cookies out there, which are refrigerated or frozen to completion instead of baked.

8

Ready to Bake?

get RECIPES

Follow the link for the full recipes