Americans call them cookies, and the English call them biscuits.  The Spanish call them galletas.  The Germans call them kels.  No matter what they are called, cookies are a favorite snack food everywhere, and there is definitely not a shortage of wonderful cookie recipes.  This site features a few tried and true classic cookie recipes that our family really enjoys.

People enjoy eating cookies, some even on a daily basis, but have you ever wondered just who came up with the first cookie recipe?  The first cookies in history were nothing more than miniature cakes used to test oven temperatures before the baker cooked the final cake.  These miniature cakes were called "koekje" which means little cookie in Dutch.  As time went by "koekje" morphed into the word we recognize today as cookie. 

Early cookies were known as tea cakes to Americans since some of them were derived from the English tea cakes.  Our shortbread cookies clearly resemble the Scottish shortbreads of early history.  It makes no difference where they came from, but rest assured every country has a favorite cookie recipe of its very own.  For Americans and Canadians, the cookie recipe of choice is Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Be sure and try all of the easy cookie recipes listed on this site.  They add a little bit of fun to our every day lives, and they are very yummy cookie recipes!  Our no bake cookies are the ultimate easy cookie recipe.

Read more about the history of cookies and learn how these tasty little treats were transformed from early tiny cakes into the cookies of today!