Homemade Cookies Author:Nichols, Nell B. 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 a favorite food always on hand - especially in American homes with children - cookies are commonly used as gifts, hospitable treats hand-carried from one home to another, or packed and mai... more »led to students and servicemen. Cookies also form a chief money-raising contribution to bake sales.« less