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A '''cookie''' (or '''biscuit''' in the UK) is a small flat or slightly raised cake. In the USA cookies are generally large and chewy in texture. | A '''cookie''' (or '''biscuit''' in the UK) is a small flat or slightly raised cake. In the USA cookies are generally large and chewy in texture. | ||
The name 'cookie' derives from the Dutch ''koekje'', which is a diminutive of ''koek'', cake. | The name 'cookie' derives from the Dutch ''koekje'', which is a diminutive of ''koek'', cake. | ||
Revision as of 01:20, March 7, 2009
A cookie (or biscuit in the UK) is a small flat or slightly raised cake. In the USA cookies are generally large and chewy in texture. The name 'cookie' derives from the Dutch koekje, which is a diminutive of koek, cake.
In the UK, a cookie is not usually called a cookie. It is called a biscuit, from a French word for twice cooked bread. In the UK biscuits are generally small and crispy in texture. The UK term for a US-style biscuit is a scone.