Difference Between A Cookie and a Biscuit??
tiddles_yeah
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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???
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???
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Cookie:
Biscuit:
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Isnt that 'biscuit' a sconne? :P1
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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.1 -
I love to hear an English person say "biscuit". I think they always mean a cookie.0 -
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.2
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hehe touche about the british accent
Same with them saying 'sconne' for that matter
Or basically any word :P0 -
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...0 -
Cookie:
Biscuit:
^^^ This.
Or, if you prefer, this is also a biscuit:
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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:
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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.0 -
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.0
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Got that straight from all sides of the pond?0
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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.1 -
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.0 -
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:0 -
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???
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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.0
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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.0
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@yusaku02 Exactly.0
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Cookies are soft and thicker, biscuits are hard and thinner, therefore less calories ! (UK)0
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If you can put sausage gravy on it then it's a biscuit.1
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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!
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In England we have our scones with jam and clotted cream...2
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A cookie is like a dessert, chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal, etc. A biscuit is something you have for breakfast sometimes with gravy lol0
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