![]() ![]() The English primarily referred to cookies as small cakes, seed biscuits, or tea cakes, or by specific "Early English and Dutch immigrants first introduced the cookie to America in the 1600s. The answer to this is probably twofold: (1) Our early Dutch heritage and (2) Our revolutionary tradition of separating ourselves Why do we Americans choose "cookies" over "biscuits?" usually a small flat sweet cake (a biscuit in U.K.), but locally a name for small cakes of In Scotland the usual name for a baker's plain bun in U.S. The OED states "cookie" was introduced to the Engish language during the 18th century via the Dutch: Small, baked cake, usually fermented, made of flour, milk, etc. Even the characteristic of hardness implied in the name is lost in the sense A kind of The essential ingredients are flour and water, or milk, without leaven butĬonfectionery and fancy biscuits are very variously composed and flavoured. A kind of crisp dry bread more or less hard, prepared generally in thin flat cakes. ItĪccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term "biscuit" debuted in the 14th century. "biscuit" was reassigned to denote a small, soft, quick-leavened bread product served piping hot. In most English-speaking countries, the traditional definition of biscuit remains. ![]() Small cakes andĭelicate wafers were gradually added to the family of biscuits. ![]() Advances in technology permitted a wider range of biscuit products. The original term "biscuit" derives from the Latin "bis coctus," or "twice baked."Īncient Roman armies were issued biscuits as part of their rations.ĭescend from this culinary lineage. What's the difference between biscuits & cookies?Įxcellent question! The answer is an interesting buffet of linguistics, history, and technology. Food Timeline: history notes-cookies, crackers & biscuits FoodTimeline library Food Timeline: cookies, crackers & biscuits. ![]()
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