Classification of cookies There is a lack of understanding of what types of cookies fit the 4H classes for drop and rolled cookies. As a result cookies are disqualified at judging because they do not fit the class in which they have been entered. I hope this will help solve some of the mystery. You may need to work with 4H youth and volunteers to make sure cookies fit into a class. This would best be done prior to arrival at the fair. Class of cookie Description Examples Made from a soft dough and Chocolate chip cookies, Drop dropped by spoonfuls onto baking oatmeal cookies, macaroons sheets Made from a stiff dough that is Gingerbread men, some sugar Rolled rolled out using a rolling pin and cut cookies, any cookie made into shapes with a cookie cutter with a cookie cutter A stiff dough is rolled between the Peanut butter cookies, hands to form a ball and/or shaped snickerdoodles, almond using a mold or other shape or tool Molded, hand shaped crescents, some biscotti (fork, cookie stamp, bottom of a cookies glass) A stiff dough is forced through a Pressed Spritz, Spritzgebäck cookie press into decorative shapes. Pinwheels, shortbread, some Made from stiff dough that is rolled Refrigerator or icebox sugar cookies, some biscotti into a log, chilled, sliced and baked. cookies Mixture may or may not be cooked Chocolate No Bake Cookies, No Bake on a range but these cookies are not Rice Krispies Treats baked in an oven. Dough or batter is baked in a cake or sheet pan and cut into bar shapes Brownies, chocolate chip bar Bar after cooling. Many varieties of drop cookies cookie dough can be baked this way. September, 2011
Classification of cookies There is a lack of understanding of what types of cookies fit the 4H classes for drop and rolled cookies. As a result cookies are disqualified at judging because they do not fit the class in which they have been entered. I hope this will help solve some of the mystery. You may need to work with 4H youth and volunteers to make sure cookies fit into a class. This would best be done prior to arrival at the fair. Class of cookie Description Examples Drop Made from a soft dough and dropped by spoonfuls onto baking sheets Chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal cookies, macaroons Rolled Made from a stiff dough that is rolled out using a rolling pin and cut into shapes with a cookie cutter Gingerbread men, some sugar cookies, any cookie made with a cookie cutter Molded, hand shaped A stiff dough is rolled between the hands to form a ball and/or shaped using a mold or other shape or tool (fork, cookie stamp, bottom of a glass) Peanut butter cookies, snickerdoodles, almond crescents, some biscotti cookies Pressed A stiff dough is forced through a cookie press into decorative shapes. Spritz, Spritzgebäck Refrigerator or icebox Made from stiff dough that is rolled into a log, chilled, sliced and baked. Pinwheels, shortbread, some sugar cookies, some biscotti cookies No Bake Mixture may or may not be cooked on a range but these cookies are not baked in an oven. Chocolate No Bake Cookies, Rice Krispies Treats Bar Dough or batter is baked in a cake or sheet pan and cut into bar shapes after cooling. Many varieties of drop cookie dough can be baked this way. Brownies, chocolate chip bar cookies September, 2011
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