Homemade Cookies Author:Nell B. Nichols By the Food Editors of Farm Journal. Hundreds of delicious cookie recipes -- sure to please your family and delight your guests. Cookies are the most popular snack food in America. Besides being also a favorite food always on hand -- especially in American homes with children -- cookies are commonly used as gifts, hospitable treats hand-carried ... more »from one home to another, or packed and mailed to students and servicemen. Cookies also form a chief money-raising contribution to bake sales.« less