Cookies in the US, biscuits in the UK. And for us in Oz? Well, we get stuck somewhere in between. For what it’s worth, ‘biscuit’ comes from the Latin bis meaning twice, and coctus meaning cooked. By contrast, ‘cookie’ is rooted in the early Dutch word koekje, meaning ‘little cake’.
The differences between cookies and biscuits are similar to those between us and our international cousins. Like the Brits, the biscuit displays a thin robustness and is adept at tea, whereas, like Americans, a cookie is larger than life but with a soft heartiness. Thus the avocado, chocolate and pistachio creations here are firmly in the cookie camp and best eaten warm, when their unctuous chunk gives way to melt-in-the-mouth centres.
Using cocoa in all its forms – nibs, powder…
