BISCUITS Vs. COOKIES
Confused. In the U.S. we call chocolate chip cookies... cookies. The same applies to all other types, like, for example: sugar cookies, vanilla cookies, raison cookies, gingerbread cookies, etc etc.
On the other hand if we make a biscuit, made with flour, baking powder, dash of salt, bit of sugar, solid veg shortening and buttermilk... a BISCUIT. This is lightly rolled out and cut into rounds. These are baked at a very high temp until it rises from aprox 1.6 cm to about 3 -4 cm. and the tops turn a medium golden brown. The result is a type of "quick bread". This is often served for breakfast with a sausage gravy poured over the top.
Apparently the reverse is true in the UK. What we call cookies you lot call a biscuit.
So, what do you call a biscuit ? Or do you even make a biscuit ?