Editing Cookie (section)

==Terminology==
[[File:Holiday Cookie Tray.jpg|thumb|Traditional American [[Christmas]] biscuit [[tray]]]]
In many English-speaking countries outside [[North America]], including the United Kingdom, the most common word for a crisp cookie is "[[biscuit]]".<ref name=":0" /> Where biscuit is the most common term, "cookie" often only refers to one type of biscuit, a chocolate chip cookie.<ref>{{cite news |title=14 Foods You Didn't Know Were Called by Different Names in the U.K. |url=https://www.rd.com/list/british-food-names |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Reader's Digest}}</ref> However, in some regions both terms are used. The container used to store cookies may be called a [[cookie jar]].

In Scotland, the term "cookie" is sometimes used to describe a plain [[bun]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9026125/cookie|title=cookie - food|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224235442/https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9026125/cookie|archive-date=2008-02-24}}</ref>

Cookies that are baked as a solid layer on a [[sheet pan]] and then cut, rather than being baked as individual pieces, are called '''bar cookies''' in [[American English]] or '''traybakes''' in [[British English]].<ref name=":0" />