16-01-2020, 03:00 AM
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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 ?
16-01-2020, 10:19 AM
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Re: BISCUITS Vs. COOKIES
Ok, I understand it now. The scones, while they look like biscuits, have very much more sugar and are made with cream, not milk.The biscuits made in the U.S. are much more of a bread, and not at all sweet. The scones in the U.K. seem to be almost a pastry.
But, if made in round shapes, they do look identical.
Thanks all
16-01-2020, 10:46 AM
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Re: BISCUITS Vs. COOKIES
Originally Posted by bakerman
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Ok, I understand it now. The scones, while they look like biscuits, have very much more sugar and are made with cream, not milk. The biscuits made in the U.S. are much more of a bread, and not at all sweet. The scones in the U.K. seem to be almost a pastry.
But, if made in round shapes, they do look identical.
Thanks all
16-01-2020, 01:22 PM
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Re: BISCUITS Vs. COOKIES
Originally Posted by bakerman
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Ok, I understand it now. The scones, while they look like biscuits, have very much more sugar and are made with cream, not milk. The biscuits made in the U.S. are much more of a bread, and not at all sweet. The scones in the U.K. seem to be almost a pastry.
But, if made in round shapes, they do look identical.
Thanks all
I make scones with cheese and chives and I put hardly any sugar in sweet scones, they don't need it when served with Jam,
These are cheese scones on the left of my picture
https://www.over50sforum.com/attachm...1&d=1579177262
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