Cookie Basics
What ingredient makes cookies rise?
Baking powder or baking soda
What Girl Scout cookie is known for its chocolate, caramel, and coconut topping?
Samoas or Caramel deLites
What cookie is traditionally shaped like a man during Christmas?
Gingerbread cookie
What country is credited with creating the first cookies?
Persia, modern-day Iran
What is the name of the fortune-telling cookie served at the end of meals in Chinese-American restaurants?
Fortune cookie
What is the most popular cookie flavor in the U.S.?
Chocolate chip
Which cookie’s slogan is “Milk’s favorite cookie”?
Oreo
What spicy flavor is key in snickerdoodles?
Cinnamon
Who is credited with inventing the chocolate chip cookie?
Ruth Wakefield
What French cookie is known for its delicate shell and comes in various colors and flavors?
Macaron
What sweetener is most commonly used in cookies?
Sugar
What Italian cookie is twice-baked and often served with coffee?
Biscotti
What jam-filled cookie shares its name with a European capital city?
Linzer cookie
What cookie was used as a wartime ration for soldiers in WWI?
ANZAC biscuits
What German Christmas cookie is made with almonds and spices?
Lebkuchen
What tool is used to scoop evenly sized cookie dough?
Cookie scoop or ice cream scoop
What Danish cookie is famously sold in blue tins?
Butter cookies
What powdered sugar-coated cookie is also known as Russian tea cakes?
Snowball cookies
In what year were Oreo cookies first introduced?
1912
What traditional Mexican wedding cookie is rolled in powdered sugar?
Polvorón
What is the process of chilling dough before baking called?
Resting or chilling the dough
What brand created the first pre-made cookie dough in 1939?
Pillsbury
What festive cookie is rolled in sugar and features a chocolate kiss in the center?
Peanut butter blossoms
What ancient civilization first sweetened baked goods with honey?
Ancient Egyptians
What Middle Eastern cookie is filled with dates and flavored with cardamom and orange blossom?
Ma’amoul