List of cookies

Aachener Printen

Germany (Aachen)

Aachener Printen are a type of Lebkuchen. The term is a protected designation of origin and so all manufacturers can be found in or near Aachen. Printen are made from a variety of ingredients including cinnamon, aniseed, clove, cardamom, coriander, allspice and also ginger.

Abernethy

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Invented by Scottish doctor John Abernethy in the 18th century as a digestive. An adaptation of the plain captain's biscuit or hardtack, with the added ingredients of sugar (for energy), and caraway seeds.

Acıbadem kurabiyesi

Turkey

Traditional Turkish biscuit ("kurabiye") made of almonds, sugar and egg whites.

Afghan biscuits

New Zealand

Traditional New Zealand biscuit and is made from cocoa powder, butter, flour and cornflakes. It is then topped with chocolate icing and half a walnut. The origin of the recipe seems to be New Zealand but the name, while unknown, is likely derived from a 1920s colour description 'Afghan/Afghanistan Brown. The recipe has appeared in many editions of

Alfajor

South America, Philippines

Basic form consists of two round sweet biscuits joined with dulce de leche or jam and covered with powdered sugar. In most alfajores there are two layers of cake, and a filling in between.

Amaretti di Saronno

Italy (Saronno)

Italian biscuit similar to macaroons with a bitter ("amaro") aftertaste

Animal cracker

England

Small cracker or cookie baked in a shape of an animal, especially a lion, tiger, bear, or elephant.

ANZAC biscuit

Australia New Zealand

ANZAC Biscuits are a sweet biscuit made using rolled oats, flour, coconut, sugar, butter, golden syrup, bicarbonate of soda and boiling water. Named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)

Aparon

Philippines

Filipino wafers drizzled with caramelized sugar and optionally, sesame seeds.

Apas

Philippines

Apas are oblong-shaped biscuits that are topped with sugar. Apas is a Tagalog term for wafer. They are a popular part of Filipino cuisine.

Apple cider cookie

A cookie that is prepared and flavored with apple cider.

Baci di dama

Northern Italy

Northern Italian sandwich cookie

Ballokume (from Turkish bal-lokum)

Albania (Elbasan)

Traditional Albanian dessert made of cornflour, butter and vanilla. This dessert is eaten on Spring Day (14 March).

Barquillo

Spain

A crispy rolled or folded wafer pastry originating from Spain. It was spread to Spanish colonies in the Americas and the Philippines, from there entering the cuisines of neighboring Asian countries as "biscuit rolls", "egg rolls", or "love letters".

Barquiron

Philippines

Variant of barquillos filled with polvoron from the Philippines.

Basler Läckerli Leckerli, Läggerli

Switzerland (Basel)

Swiss traditional hard spice biscuit made of honey, almonds, candied peel, and Kirsch. The dough is cut into rectangles while it is still hot and a sugar glaze is then added on top.

Bath Oliver

United Kingdom (Bath, England)

Hard dry biscuit made from flour, butter, yeast and milk and often eaten with cheese. It was invented by Dr William Oliver of Bath, around the year of 1750.

Berger Cookie

Germany

Buttery vanilla wafer topped with thick creamy fudge. The recipe is derived from Germany and are an iconic cultural icon of Baltimore. The recipe was first brought to the US from Germany by George and Henry Berger in 1835.

Berner Haselnusslebkuchen

Switzerland (Bern)

Traditional Christmas cake from Bern in Switzerland, made from ground hazelnuts. It is sometimes confused with another Bernese speciality, Berner Honiglebkuchen, due to its similar appearance.

Berner Honiglebkuchen

Switzerland (Bern)

Traditional Christmas cookies made with honey. It is distinguished from Berner Haselnusslebkuchen as it often has more elaborate sugar decorations.

Biscocho

Philippines

Twice-baked bread from the Philippines with numerous variations.

Biscotti

Italy

A type of hard almond-flavored biscuits traditionally served with vin santo.

Biscuit

Unknown

In the US: small soft leavened bread (scone) In the British Commonwealth: a small and hard, often sweet, baked product with different types of decorations, flavors and toppings. (cookie)

Biscuit roll egg roll (鸡蛋卷), love letters, kueh belandah, crispy biscuit roll, crisp biscuit roll or cookie roll

Spain

Derivative of barquillos. Biscuit snack commonly found in Asia. It is crunchy and can be easily broken into pieces. Made of wheat flour, butter, egg, sugar and vanilla flavor. The traditional Chinese characters (蛋卷) are same for "egg roll".

Bizcochito biscochito

United States (New Mexico)

Crispy butter cookie flavored with anise and cinnamon. It is served during special celebrations, such as wedding receptions, baptisms, and religious holidays. It is usually eaten with morning coffee or milk.

Black and white cookie Half-Moon cookie

United States (New York City; Utica, New York)

Iced on one half with vanilla and on the other with chocolate as to resemble a half moon.

Boortsog boorsoq, or bawyrsak

Central Asia

Made by deep-frying small pieces of a flattened dough. Often eaten as a dessert, with sugar, butter, or honey. Mongolians sometimes dip boortsog in tea.

Bourbon biscuit Bourbon cream or Bourbon

United Kingdom (London, England)

Sandwich biscuit consisting of two thin oblong dark chocolate biscuits with a chocolate fondant filling. The biscuit was introduced in 1910, originally under the name "Creola" by the Bermondsey biscuit company in London.

Bredela Bredele, Bredle or Winachtsbredele

France (Alsace)

Many varieties can include anisbredela (cake with egg white and aniseed) butterbredle, schwowebredle (orange and cinnamon), spritzbredle, small pain d'épices and spice cakes that are made with sugar rather than honey.

Broas

Philippines

Filipino ladyfinger biscuits

Butter cookie

Denmark

Danish cookies consisting of butter, flour and sugar. They are often categorized as a "crisp cookie" due to their texture, which is a result of specific quantities of flour and sugar being used. They are often flavored with vanilla, chocolate and coconut.

Butter pecan

United States

Cookie made with roasted pecans, butter, and vanilla flavor

Camachile cookie

Philippines

Filipino ladyfinger cookies that are characteristically shaped like the fruits of the camachile tree (Pithecellobium dulce).

Caramel shortbread Millionaire's Shortbread

Australia

Rectangular shortbread based biscuit that consists of layers of caramel and chocolate. It is commonly known as caramel shortcake, caramel squares, caramel slice, or millionaires' shortbread. The term Millionaire originated in Scotland where it is also popular.

Carrot cake cookie

Prepared with ingredients that provide a flavor and texture similar to carrot cake.

Cat's tongue cookie (langues de chat, kue lidah kucing, lengua de gato)

Europe, Indonesia, Philippines

A sweet and crunchy cookie prepared in the shape of a cat's tongue.

Cavallucci

Italy

Chewy anise biscuit that contains almonds, candied fruits, coriander, flour and uses Tuscan millefiori honey. The version of these cookies sold today is similar to a pastry which was originally served to servants who worked in the stables of rich Italian aristocrats.

Caycay

Philippines

A Filipino crunchy layered cookie coated in syrup (latik) or honey and rolled in coarsely ground toasted peanuts.

Charcoal biscuit

United Kingdom (England)

Biscuit based on a powdered willow charcoal or activated carbon mixed with ordinary flour, and made into dough with butter, sugar and eggs. They were originally made to cure stomach trouble and are nowadays enjoyed with cheeses.

Chinese almond biscuit

China

Small biscuits with no filling by default, with a crunchy texture, but sometimes crumbling on first bite. When they are sold in different countries, they are usually imported from Macau, where it is one of the most popular specialty products.

Chinese walnut cookie

China

Traditionally served at Chinese New Year.

Chocolate biscuit

United Kingdom

One of several types of biscuit not containing chocolate, such as a Digestive biscuit or Shortbread, coated with chocolate on one side or sometimes entirely encased in chocolate. They can be round, rectangular or finger-shaped. These differ from biscuits such as the Bourbon biscuit and the Chocolate chip cookie which contain chocolate in the biscui

Chocolate chip cookie

United States (Whitman, Massachusetts)

A drop cookie which features chocolate chips as its distinguishing ingredient, also containing flour, shortening, eggs, and sugar. Variations include recipes with other types of chocolate or additional ingredients, such as nuts or oatmeal.

Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats Chocolate Teacake

Scotland

Tunnock's teacake is made with a shortbread base topped with marshmallow and coated in chocolate. There are regional variations.

Chocolate crinkle

United States (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

A chocolate cookie covered in white powdered sugar.

Christmas cookies

Europe

Sugar biscuits and cookies from various types of doughs. They all have in common that they are shaped and decorated in a way that has something to do with Christmas and its traditions. See also Gingerbread, Pfeffernüsse, Springerle and sugar cookies.

Cowboy cookies

United States

Drop cookies made with oats, chocolate chips, pecans and coconuts.

Cuchuflís or Cubanitos

Chile, Peru

Variant of barquillos filled with dulce de leche or chocolate from Chile and Peru

Coconut macaroon

Europe

Cookies that consist of a paste of egg whites with coconut that is placed on a wafer and then baked. Its main ingredients are egg whites, sugar and shredded dried coconut. It is closer to a soft cookie than its meringue cousin, and is equally as sweet.

Cornish fairings

United Kingdom (Cornwall)

Soft, chewy biscuits flavored with ginger

Coyotas

Mexico

Large flat cookies usually made with brown sugar.

Cream cracker

Ireland

A flat, usually square savoury biscuit often eaten with cheese

Cuccidati

Italy (Sicily)

Fig-stuffed cookie traditionally served around Christmas time

Custard cream

United Kingdom

Vanilla fondant sandwiched between two plain biscuits.

Digestive biscuit

United Kingdom

Semi-sweet biscuit that typically contains coarse brown wheat flour (which gives it its distinctive texture and flavor), sugar, malt extract, vegetable oil, wholemeal, raising agents and salt. Usually consumed for tea. Sometimes sold under the name Hovis biscuit.

Drabbelkoek

Sneek, Netherlands

Crispy and airy cookie made out of wheat flour, butter, milk or buttermilk, cinnamon and sugar. Made by pouring dripping liquid dough into hot butter.

Dutch letter

Netherlands

Typically prepared using flour, eggs and butter or puff pastry as its base and filled with almond paste, dusted with sugar and shaped in an "S" or other letter shape.

Empire biscuit

United Kingdom

Typical Empire Biscuit has a layer of jam in between two biscuits. The top is covered with white water icing, usually decorated with a glace cherry in the centre.

Fig bar / Fig roll

Various

A biscuit filled with fig paste that dates back to ancient Egypt.

Finskepinner

Norway / Sweden

A biscuit characterized by its long shape, almond extract, and slivered almonds or pearled sugar on top.

Florentine Biscuit

Italy (Florence)

Chocolate base topped with candied fruit and nuts.

Flour kurabiye (Un kurabiyesi)

Turkey

Butter and flour base topped with an almond or other nuts.

Fortune cookie

Japan

Folded sheet sweet cookie with a "fortune" (an aphorism or a vague prophecy) written on a paper slip inside.

Fudge cookie

A cookie prepared with fudge or that has the flavor, consistency or texture of fudge.

Galletas de bato (Rosquillos)

Philippines

Flat disc-shaped cookies from the Philippines. One of the two notable variants of a Rosquillo.

Galletas de patatas

Philippines

Square shaped biscuits from the Philippines

Galletas del Carmen

Philippines

Crenelated disc-shaped cookies from the Philippines. One of the two notable variants of a Rosquillo.

Galletas pesquera

Philippines

Thin disc-shaped crackers from the Philippines.

Garibaldi biscuit

United Kingdom

Currants sandwiched between two oblong biscuits

Gazelle ankles

Algeria

Crescent shaped cookies made of flour, butter and egg, filled with ground almonds, sugar, cinnamon and orange blossom water. Known as Kaab el Ghazal in Arabic and Cornes de Gazelles in French.

Ghorabiye

Iran

Made of almond flour, sugar, egg white, vanilla, margarine and pistachio.

Ghoriba

Maghreb, Middle East

Made with flour, sugar, butter, and often almonds

Gingerbread

Europe

Commonly a soft dough cookie that is made with potassium carbonate and/or baker's ammonia instead of yeast, flavored with ginger and other ingredients such as nuts and succade.

Gingerbread man

Europe

Made of gingerbread and shaped like flat humanoid figures.

Ginger snaps

Europe

Hard twice-baked biscuits that are flavored with powdered ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and other spices, but predominantly ginger. They are also known as Ginger biscuits, Ginger thins or "Ginger Nuts" (a term popular for them in the United Kingdom). They are called "brunkage" in Danish (literally meaning "brown biscuits"), pepparkakor in Swedish, pipa

Half-moon cookie

Philippines

Filipino semicircle or crescent-shaped butter cookies. Not to be confused with the black and white cookie.

Hallongrotta

Sweden

Similar to shortbread and are filled most often with raspberry jam.

Hamantash

Jewish (Ashkenazi)

Triangular cookie featured in holiday of Purim. Shape is associated with Haman, a biblical villain, and his ears or hat. Fruit, cheese, poppyseed or other sweets are used as a filling.

Jacobina

Philippines

Thick square biscuits from the Philippines