A biscuit is a small baked bread or cake. The exact meaning varies markedly in different parts of the world, sometimes leading to confusion. The origin of the word "biscuit" is from Latin via Middle French and means "twice cooked".
In British English, Australian English and New Zealand English, a biscuit is a hard baked product like a small cake which in North America may be called a "cookie" or "cracker"; it should be noted, however, that it has become increasingly more common within the UK and Australia for "cookie" to be used to differentiate between... Read More
