In Britain, if a 'cookie' is a 'biscuit,' what's a biscuit called?!
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Some people seem to be misunderstanding the question!.
Guess it depends where you are from!.
In the US we have cookies!. Cookies are sweet and somewhat to very hard, usually flat-ish!. Like chocolate chip cookie!.
We also have biscuits, which are usually salty and buttery, very soft, somewhat flaky to very flaky and rise a lot during baking!. They are used with breakfast, sausage gravy, or in the south to sop up meal liquids, such as the liquid off of greens!.
The UK calls our cookies "biscuits", whereas here biscuits are obviously very, very different things!. Cookies are not a "type" of biscuit here!. Cookie is a sweet, biscuit is a type of bread!.
From reading, it seems a British scone is similar to a US biscuit, but not the same thing!. It may to be as close as we can get, as UK does not seem to have US biscuits!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Guess it depends where you are from!.
In the US we have cookies!. Cookies are sweet and somewhat to very hard, usually flat-ish!. Like chocolate chip cookie!.
We also have biscuits, which are usually salty and buttery, very soft, somewhat flaky to very flaky and rise a lot during baking!. They are used with breakfast, sausage gravy, or in the south to sop up meal liquids, such as the liquid off of greens!.
The UK calls our cookies "biscuits", whereas here biscuits are obviously very, very different things!. Cookies are not a "type" of biscuit here!. Cookie is a sweet, biscuit is a type of bread!.
From reading, it seems a British scone is similar to a US biscuit, but not the same thing!. It may to be as close as we can get, as UK does not seem to have US biscuits!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Having a step-mom from Birmingham, I can answer the question!. ;3
What we call "biscuits" here in the U!.S!.A!. are called "scones" in Britain!. The famous buttermilk biscuits we use in breakfasts are the "buttermilk scones" and there are different kinds of scones there, like there are different kinds of American cookies!. I'm including a link to a great wikipedia article on it right here:
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/SconesWww@FoodAQ@Com
What we call "biscuits" here in the U!.S!.A!. are called "scones" in Britain!. The famous buttermilk biscuits we use in breakfasts are the "buttermilk scones" and there are different kinds of scones there, like there are different kinds of American cookies!. I'm including a link to a great wikipedia article on it right here:
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/SconesWww@FoodAQ@Com
a cookie is just a form of biscuit!. a biscuit is NOT a cookie, though!. a biscuit is called a biscuit in england!. there are many types of biscuits and to give a common name to it all, they are called biscuits everywhere!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
in australia a biscuit is a generic term and covers everything from cookies to crackers!. Its like cake - which covers muffins, sweet loaves, proper cakes etcWww@FoodAQ@Com
You've answered your own question a Biscuit in Britain is a Biscuit and is the same as a cookie!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A biscuit is called a scone!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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