曲奇餅的故事!!!

The name cookie is derived from the Dutch word koekje, meaning "small or little cake." Biscuit comes from the Latin word bis coctum, which means, “twice baked.” According to culinary historians, the first historic record of cookies was their use as test cakes. A small amount of cake batter was baked to test the oven temperature.

The earliest cookie-style cakes are thought to date back to 7th century Persia A.D. (now Iran), one of the first countries to cultivate sugar (luxurious cakes and pastries in large and small versions were well known in the Persian empire). According to historians, sugar originated either in the lowlands of Bengal or elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Sugar spread to Persia and then to the Eastern Mediterranean. With the Muslim invasion of Spain, then the Crusades and the developing spice trade, the cooking techniques and ingredients of Arabia spread into Northern Europe.

曲奇餅（美式英文：Cookie，台灣一般稱為小餅乾）在美國與加拿大解為細小而扁平的蛋糕式的麵餅。它的名字是由荷蘭語koekje來的，意為「細小的蛋榚」。在英式英語中主要用作分辨美式餅乾如「朱古力餅乾」。第一次製造餅乾是由數片細小的蛋榚組合而成。據考證，曲奇是由伊朗人發明的。

滴曲奇（drop cookies），需將餅乾糊用湯匙舀起滴落烤盤上
擀曲奇（rolled cookies），是將拌好的餅乾糊用桿麵棍擀平，再用餅模（切壓餅乾的模型）切壓出各種形狀
冰曲奇（refrigerator cookies），是較乾的餅乾糊滾成棒狀放入冰箱冰過之後才做成餅
有餡曲奇（filled cookies），是餅乾糊用手揉成圓球再包入餡料