What Can Cookies Be Made from Besides Dough?

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I'm asking this question because I had wanted to make palmiers (a type of french cookie). I noticed that while they seem easy to make, that it's not like a regular cookie, as it's made from pastry sheets instead of cookie dough. So, I'm wondering, what else can cookies be made from? And what is used?

Palmiers (type of french cookie)

[FreyaRed]

Finely ground poppy seeds + sugar + butter + eggs. Just be careful, drugwipe test will be positive after eating that stuff. I think sesame or pine seeds will work as well

[purplepoppy]

What about florentines, discs of nuts held together with caramel with a chocolate base

or sesame seed snaps,

Or even just flapjacks

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I've never seen any of these before.

[purplepoppy]

Tonnes of different recipes and very easy

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I hate to tell you this, but your sesame ones look like rice krispie treats.

[NathanDavis]

there's at least two types of cookies that I know to be made in Mexico... and of course, they're corn based...

coricos, and pemoles...

coricos

pemoles...

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I've never seen those before. They remind me of a mini donut, but they look delicious!

[NathanDavis]

at first, with the pemoles... I thought they would be a bit dry, but they are not...

and they're VERY tasty, and with just enough the hint of sweet as well

both of these, people love with some coffee

[PBandJ_Nerd]

Do they also do it with tea? Or does it not go good with it?

[NathanDavis]

it would go good with it, yes...

[OlderAndWiser]

There are "cookies" that are made from meringue.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I've had meringues before, but I didn't know they could be considered a cookie. Same with palmiers. I just knew meringue as a baked sweet treat very similar to roasted marshmallows. And palmiers as that one sweet flaky treat. As you can tell by now, I might not notice what is & isn't a cookie. 🍪

[OlderAndWiser]

If you define a cookie as something made from a flour-based dough, then it's not a cookie. But if a cookie is a sweet treat shaped like a thin disc or square, then it qualifies.

[OlderAndWiser]

Thanks for MHO!

[AI Opinion]

As someone who's always on the hunt for unique flavors and culinary experiences on Girls Ask Guys, your question about alternative bases for cookies grabs my attention. While traditional cookies start with dough, the culinary world is vast with creativity. Palmiers, as you've noticed, kick off with puff pastry, which gives them that delightful, flaky texture. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. You can also dive into cookies like no-bake options, which often rely on oats, nuts, and dates to form their base, eliminating the need for traditional flour-based doughs. Or consider macarons, those little French beauties made from a meringue base of whipped egg whites and almond flour. The variety is endless and always inviting for a taste adventure. 🍪🧁 So, cookies can indeed be made from a myriad of bases beyond just dough, each offering a unique texture and flavor profile to explore.

[chefmaster]

There are actually quite a few options other than cookie dough. For example, once upon a time, when I was in a sweet tooth and had almost no ingredients at home, I tried to make cookies with rice crackers. How? I added rice crackers the size of a watermelon seed to melted chocolate, shaped them with a spoon and left them in the fridge. If you ask me how they tasted, they turned out to be very chocolatey and crispy beauties!

You can also make really nice cookies with chickpea flour or almond flour. You can even use oatmeal at home. A little banana, some oats, maybe a few pieces of chocolate - and there you have it, a healthy cookie option!

[PBandJ_Nerd]

We can't forget the pb in there.

[FunkyMonkee]

I used to make Christmas cookies called, Buckeyes. They consisted of graham cracker crumbs, peanut butter, butter and powder sugar. They were formed into little balls and then they were dipped into chocolate.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I've had those before. I thought it was a pb dough in the center of it. One of my aunts makes them and I love them. Along with any other pb treats.

[FunkyMonkee]

Yeah, I figured YOU'D love `em. I do, too. I forget the recipe but, you have to use maybe half a box of crackers, a stick of butter, maybe a good part of a jar of peanut butter and a few scoops of powder sugar.

[BetaBucks]

I make peanut/almond butter cookies with chocolate chips 🔥

[pinkCadillac2]

Almond flour
Coconut flour

[LillyRedrose]

jam chocolate sugar

[Massageman]

Corn, masa, egg whites, oats, peanuts.

[LazerMan]

i don no maybe other grain

[DrPepper12]

Tempura

[Iron_Man]

Nothing

[Kelly6]

rice