Cookies:
Cookie is a small, flat, baked treat, usually containing flour, eggs, sugar and either butter or cooking oil and includes ingredients such as raisins, oats or chocolate chips. Cookies are made in a various styles including peanuts, dried fruits, chocolates and butter. The softness of a cookie depends on how long the cookie is baked. There are varieties of cookies found in the world. Some of them are: Black and white cookie, Butter cookie, Fortune cookie, Ginger bread house, nice biscuit, Peanut butter cookie, etc.
Biscuits:
The word biscuit derives from the Latin “biscoctus” which means “twice baked” which is essentially what many types of biscuits are. Biscuit is a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties. Biscuits were cooked in twofold process: first baked and then dried out in a slow oven. Sweet biscuits are commonly eaten as a snack food. It is made of wheat, flour and oats and sweetened with sugar or honey. Its varieties may contain nuts, jams, fruits and chocolates.
Differences:
| Basis | Cookies | Biscuits |
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| Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com) |
A sweet biscuit. | A small baked unleavened cake, typically crisp, flat, and sweet |
| Synonyms | Crackers, scones, award, candies, brownies, premium | Hardtack, brown, dough, wafer, pancake, toast |
| Types | Its types are:
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| History | Cookies appear to have their origins in 7th century AD Persia, shortly after the use of sugar became relatively common in the region. They spread to Europe through the Muslim conquest of Spain. By the 14th century, they were common in all levels of society throughout Europe, from royal cuisine to street vendors. | The need for nutritious, easy-to-store, easy-to-carry, and long-lasting foods on long journeys, in particular at sea, was initially solved by taking live food along with a butcher/cook. However, this took up additional space on what were either horse-powered treks or small ships, reducing the time of travel before additional food was required. This resulted in early armies’ adopting the style of hunter-foraging. |
| Word origin | The word cookie was originated in Early 18th century: from Dutch koekje ‘little cake’, diminutive of koek. | The word biscuit was originated from Middle English: from Old French bescuit, based on Latin bis ‘twice’ + coctus, past participle of coquere ‘to cook’ (so named because originally biscuits were cooked in a twofold process: first baked and then dried out in a slow oven so that they would keep). |
| Sweetness | It is sweeter than biscuit. | It is less sweet. |
| Serve | It is a sweet dessert and a tasty treat. | Biscuit is served with food such as lunch and dinner. |
| Hardness | It is soft. | It is equal to cracker too. |
| Refer to | Plain bun | Cookie or a cracker |
| Sugar content | They contain more sugar than Biscuits. | They contain a proper and standard calorie amount of sugar. |
| Mostly used in | A cookie is an American English name. | A biscuit is a British English name. |
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| Weight | Cookies because of the stuffs are little heavy and dense than Biscuits. | Biscuits are much lighter and fluffier than Cookies. |
| Dough quality | They require soft dough. | They require hard dough. |
| Contains | There are stuffing’s like chocolate chips, resins, oats and nuts here. | There are only the basic ingredients, such as the sugar and butter. |
| Enjoyed with | Cookies may be accompanied by ice cream, a glass of milk and chocolate dessert. | Biscuit may be accompanied by jam, butter or cheeses on the table to spread on it. |
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