Cookies can be soft or crisp depending on how long they are baked. There are different types of cookies including drop cookies made from soft dough dropped by spoonfuls, refrigerated cookies made from very stiff dough, hand-shaped cookies made from stiff dough molded into balls, cut-out cookies made from rolled dough cut into shapes, and no-bake cookies made by pressing ingredients into a pan without baking.

2. Cookies are the most commonly
baked until crisp or just long
enough that they remain soft,
but some kinds of cookies are
not baked at all.

3. The softness of the cookie may
depend on how long it is baked.

5. These are made
from relatively soft
dough that is
dropped by
spoonful's onto the
baking sheet.

6. These cookies are
made from stiff
dough that is
refrigerated to
become even stiffer.

7. These cookies are
also made from
stiffer dough that is
molded into balls or
cookie shapes by
hand before baking.

8. These are made
from stiffer dough
that is rolled out and
cut into shapes with
a cookie cutter.

9. These are made
from soft dough that
is extruded from a
cookie press.

10. These consist of
batter or other
ingredients that are
poured or pressed
into a pan.

11. These are rolled or
pressed cookies that
are assembled as a
sandwich with a
sweet filling.

12. The main ingredient
in most cookies is
beaten egg whites.