Difference Between A Cookie and a Biscuit??

tiddles_yeah

I have had this debate several times with various people, and its comes down to this:

Is there a difference between a cookie and a biscuit? And if so, what is it?

Now, the dictionary may define them in certain ways, but how do YOU perceive the difference?

Personally i see a cookie as being slightly softer and it has to have some kind of 'speckledness' to it - eg smarties, choc chips, even coconut, etc
Biscuit seem harder and more likely to break apart with a 'snap'

Thoughts???

xxghost

Cookie:


Biscuit:

tiddles_yeah

Isnt that 'biscuit' a sconne? :P

xxghost

Isnt that 'biscuit' a sconne? :P

From my experience, scones are a lot tougher. Biscuits are light and fluffy, and go well with jelly or gravy.

beachlover317

I love to hear an English person say "biscuit". I think they always mean a cookie.

hailzp

America and English. An American biscuit is an English scone and an American cookie is an english biscuit. We have cookies is England but they are usually from an American cookie shop.

tiddles_yeah

hehe touche about the british accent

Same with them saying 'sconne' for that matter

Or basically any word :P

sairbear8

We call those scones, too. If you're making them hard or not eating them with jam, you're doing it wrong. XD

In Australia (or at least in the part I live), biscuits and cookies are basically the same thing, although they're only called cookies when they have chocolate chips or similar in them. Most of the American's I know call scones biscuits though...

1PatientBear

Cookie:


Biscuit:

^^^ This.

Or, if you prefer, this is also a biscuit:

DrBorkBork

Agree with xxghost. Cookie is sweet. Biscuit is savory (usually served with supper as a transportation device for butter or to sop up gravy or any remaining stew juice). This is a scone:

hailzp

Agree with xxghost. Cookie is sweet. Biscuit is savory (usually served with supper as a transportation device for butter or to sop up gravy or any remaining stew juice). This is a scone:

This is a scone but it is just cut differently from the other picture of a scone, there are a lot of different recipes for a scone and you can have sweet or savoury.

blytheandbonnie

Typically when we in the US say biscuit, we are referring to the classic baking powder biscuit. A scone is different. Cookies are just cookies.

lenoresaari

Got that straight from all sides of the pond?

DrBorkBork

This is a scone but it is just cut differently from the other picture of a scone, there are a lot of different recipes for a scone and you can have sweet or savoury.

Eh? Totally confused. Scones are crispy. Biscuits are soft. Cookies are chewy.

hailzp

This is a scone but it is just cut differently from the other picture of a scone, there are a lot of different recipes for a scone and you can have sweet or savoury.

Eh? Totally confused. Scones are crispy. Biscuits are soft. Cookies are chewy.

Maybe from where you are from... Scones are soft and more like a cake, biscuits are hard or soft and yes cookies are chewy.

My point being it depends where you are.

paygep

Yeah, on this side of the water, we call your biscuit a cookie, what we call a biscuit is salty/savory, and what we call scone over here is always sweet., but very similar to what we call a biscuit.

It's all pretty confusing! I just know I like to eat all 3! :drinker:

Peter_Brady

tiddles_yeah wrote: »

I have had this debate several times with various people, and its comes down to this:

Is there a difference between a cookie and a biscuit? And if so, what is it?

Now, the dictionary may define them in certain ways, but how do YOU perceive the difference?

Personally i see a cookie as being slightly softer and it has to have some kind of 'speckledness' to it - eg smarties, choc chips, even coconut, etc
Biscuit seem harder and more likely to break apart with a 'snap'

Thoughts???

MsAmandaNJ

For me, a cookie is sweet and usually crunchy (sometimes I make soft cookies) and a biscuit is dense, buttery and doughy, goes well with mashed potatoes and gravy.

Packerjohn

In the US biscuits are either what we give to dogs for treats or what they cover with gravy in the South and eat for breakfast.

yusaku02

xxghost wrote: »

Cookie:


Biscuit:

Bingo.

MsAmandaNJ

@yusaku02 Exactly.

StephanieJane2

Cookies are soft and thicker, biscuits are hard and thinner, therefore less calories ! (UK)

diannethegeek

If you can put sausage gravy on it then it's a biscuit.

paperpudding

sairbear8 wrote: »

We call those scones, too. If you're making them hard or not eating them with jam, you're doing it wrong. XD

In Australia (or at least in the part I live), biscuits and cookies are basically the same thing, although they're only called cookies when they have chocolate chips or similar in them.

Yes I agree with what this poster said back in 2013.
In Australia cookie and biscuit are basically interchangeable terms for the same thing.

The other things shown are scones.

Nobody would put gravy on a biscuit here!

ldowdesw

In England we have our scones with jam and clotted cream...

sarahertzberger

A cookie is like a dessert, chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal, etc. A biscuit is something you have for breakfast sometimes with gravy lol