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  • The Oldie

    ELISABETH LUARD

    Mar 09, 2022 2 minutes

    BISCUITS V COOKIES

    For a mouthful of sunshine on a damp spring day, raid the cookie jar or stick your hand in the biscuit tin. The difference between a cookie and a biscuit is that the first is chewy, squidgy and American, while the second is crisp, snappy and English.

    As a general rule, soft brown sugar delivers squidgy

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