Cookie

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This page is about edible cookies. For "magic cookies" in computer data processing, of which HTTP cookies are a special case, see those articles.

In the US, a cookie is a small, flat baked cake. (British biscuit.) It can be baked until crisp or only long enough that it stays soft, depending on the type of cookie. Some types of cookies are:

Chocolate chip cookies (see Toll House Cookie)
Ginger snaps
Oreos

Cookies are called biscuits in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. A cookie cutter is a tool to stamp out cookie dough in a particular shape. A cookie cutter solution is a solution to a problem that can be applied in many situations without modification, and the phrase is often used pejoratively due to its connotation of "simplistic".