Which cookie makeup method includes shaping dough into flattened cylinders, baking, and slicing crosswise?

• A. Bar
• B. Icebox
• C. Molded
• D. Rolled

Answer: (A)

Shaping dough into a log or cylinder, chilling it, and then slicing crosswise is the icebox (refrigerator) cookie method. Forming the dough into a cylinder lets you harden it in the fridge, so you can cut precise, evenly thick slices that bake into uniform cookies. This approach is ideal for flavors like vanilla, chocolate, or almond, since you can chill a single log and slice multiple cookies from it without spreading too much during baking.

Rolled cookies, by contrast, are rolled out into a sheet and cut with cutters before baking. Molded cookies are shaped by hand into individual forms before baking. Bar cookies are baked in a pan and cut into bars after baking.