Cookies, Biscuits, and scones

A cookie dessert is a baked snack or dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and some type of fat or oil. Cookies can be flat or slightly raised, soft or crisp, and can include other ingredients like raisins, chocolate chips, nuts, or oats. Cookies are a versatile dessert that can be simple or fancy, and can be eaten on their own or used in other desserts. 

Cookie, (from Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek, “cake”), primarily in the United States, any of various small sweet cakes, either flat or slightly raised, cut from rolled dough, dropped from a spoon, cut into pieces after baking, or curled with a special iron. In Scotland the term cookie denotes a small, plain bun. 

These homemade chocolate chip cookies are packed with chips and loaded with buttery flavor. They walk the line nicely between crunchy and chewy: the edges are crisp, while the center is "bendy." Give them a try: They might just be the best chocolate chip cookies you've ever had. 

www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/classic-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe 

A biscuit, in many English-speaking countries, including Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa but not Canada or the US, is a flour-based baked and shaped food item. Biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also be savoury, similar to crackers. Types of biscuit include biscotti, sandwich biscuits, digestive biscuits, ginger biscuits, shortbread biscuits, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate-coated marshmallow treats, Anzac biscuits, and speculaas.

In most of North America, nearly all hard sweet biscuits are called "cookies" and savoury biscuits are called "crackers", while the term biscuit is used for a soft, leavened quick bread similar to a savoury version of a scone.

Think of these as a shortcut cinnamon roll. Vary the recipe by swapping the spice for a touch of cardamom and orange zest, use a fruit jam for filling, or sprinkle chopped chocolate or nuts over the dough before rolling. This recipe comes to us from Mark Bittman, and is featured in the Holiday 2018 issue of Sift magazine. 

www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/cinnamon-pinwheel-biscuits-recipe 

Patrons of Grand Central Bakery in Portland, Oregon, have the luxury of buying these fresh, buttery biscuits with their signature pool of jam baked inside. We've adapted the bakery's published version so you can re-create them at home. 

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/jammers-recipe

These raisin cookies mimic the late lamented Golden Raisin Biscuits, formerly sold under the Sunshine brand name, and later by Keebler. These flat, not overly sweet, raisin-filled cookies came in perforated strips that you'd break apart into rectangles. 

Keebler purchased Sunshine in 1996, and unfortunately dropped Golden Raisin Biscuits from their lineup; many of us have missed them ever since. Thus this recipe. More evocation than clone, these cookies are sweeter and more crisp than the original, but a tasty reminder of a classic cookie of years gone by. 

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/golden-raisin-biscuit-cookies-recipe

In America, a biscuit is much closer to what Brits call a savory scone but (generally) lighter and fluffier and made to be eaten with a white sausagey gravy we would think of more as a sauce. 

American Biscuits have a few uses, mostly revolving around breakfast, hence why they are also known as Breakfast Biscuits. 

Buttermilk biscuits are a classic American treat. Mix together just a few simple ingredients and in less than 30 minutes, you can have fresh, warm biscuits on the table — perfect for a leisurely breakfast, savory supper, or served with jam and a cup of afternoon tea. Formerly known as "Baking Powder Biscuits," this recipe is now called Buttermilk Biscuits to reflect the historical and beloved nature of biscuits made with buttermilk. 

www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/buttermilk-biscuits-recipe 

These biscuits are perfectly balanced, taste-wise: the tanginess of sourdough complements the sweetness of caramelized onions. End result: total deliciousness! 

www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/caramelized-onion-sourdough-biscuits-recipe 

These tasty cheddar biscuits, ultra-tender thanks to the addition of both heavy cream and cheese, go together in a flash. Amazingly, they include just three ingredients: self-rising flour, cream, and cheddar cheese. Once shaped, they can be baked immediately, or frozen for a later date. This cheddar biscuits recipe is easy, versatile, and delicious — that's a win!

www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/savory-cheddar-biscuits-recipe