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Originally Posted by CarylB

It means cookie .. and cooies are cooked only once. Chewy, tending to be soft rather than crisp and crunchy. We have cookies in Britain. Just like those in the USA, usually higher fat content, they're different to biscuits; and moister, so aren't much good for dunking.

Biscuits are as Andy said, just that. Meaning twice cooked, so they are dry and crisp; perfect for dunking as they can absorb liquid without dropping to bits. And they soften when they go stale; the basis of why Jaffa Cakes are cakes, as they go dry and harden when they get stale.

And as Andy says, a wafer isn't a biscuit .. it's a wafer, also cooked once.

Caryl

I thought all cookies are called biscuits...then I guess we call it biscotti...which is the same crap only in Italian...