The main raw material of cookie is wheat flour, in addition to sugar, starch, oil, dairy products, eggs, flavoring, bulking agent and other auxiliary ingredients.

The above raw and auxiliary ingredients are modulated into dough by the dough mixing machine.

Then rolled into dough sheets by the rolling machine, pressed into cookies by the molding machine, and finally baked by the oven and cooled to become fluffy and delicious cookies.

There are four main classifications of cookies as follows.

1、Soda cookie

Soda cookie contains less sugar and oil.

It is made by adding yeast to part of the wheat flour, then mixing it into dough, adding the rest of the wheat flour after a longer fermentation period, and then fermenting it for a short period of time before shaping.

2、Whole wheat cookie

Whole wheat cookie is made of wheat flour without removing the bran, which is darker and rougher than the refined flour we generally eat with the bran removed.

But it has a higher nutritional value because it retains a lot of vitamins, minerals and fiber in the bran.

3、Sandwich cookies:

Sandwich cookies are a high-calorie type of food, with significantly increased fat and sugar content.

To make sandwich cookies with different flavors, the key is to add different auxiliary ingredients, such as oil, sugar, milk, eggs, jam and other flavors of seasoning.

4、Nutritionally fortified cookies

There are also cookies on the market that are fortified with nutrients.

The most common varieties are fortified with minerals and vitamins, such as calcium, iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin D, etc.

Others add wheat bran, which belongs to increase dietary fiber.

There are four main ways to properly store cookies.

1、Store at room temperature

Cookies can be stored at room temperature.

However, when stored at room temperature, the environment is also very important, not in a humid place, but in a cool, ventilated, dry and light-proof environment.

The cookies should be kept in a cool, ventilated, and dry environment, not exposed to air, but in a bag or jar.

Generally, if stored at room temperature, there will be no problem within a week.

2、 Refrigeration

It is also possible to refrigerate the cookies.

But when refrigerating, please choose to use special food preservation bags or boxes, and then put the cookies in, tighten the bag or cover the box.

So that the cold air in the refrigerator will not penetrate, and the cookies in the preservation of freshness at the same time they will not return to moisture.

3、 Vacuum preservation

Buy some special food vacuum bags and put the cookies in the bags.

Use special tools to extract the air out of the bag and close the mouth of the bag to ensure that the bag is vacuumed.

This method of preservation can effectively preserve the cookies for a long time, and the quality and taste of the cookies will not be a problem for several months or even a year.

4、 Freezing

Freezing is also possible, just wrap the cookies with plastic wrap and put them in a plastic bag or a plastic box for freezing.

However, the cookies will be hard after freezing, so it is recommended to take them out and bake them twice.