Cookies and biscuits have been with us since centuries and we love to relish them in variety of flavours and textures. Right from nutty cookies to wheat and oat biscuits we love to eat them all. Well baked biscuits taste simply fabulous. Eating a freshly made biscuit is like heaven for one who loves baked items.

But how did the cookie come into existence? It's said that it was test cake that was used to check the oven temperature before baking the entire cakes and from there we got our favourite cookies. Whereas, biscuits are simply baked flour that was meant for travellers as they are easy to carry, nutritious and long lasting. Biscuit in Latin terminology can be split as €bis coctus€ which means twice baked. Biscuit family has a number of variations such as wafers and small cakes. Cookies and biscuits both come under confectionaries. The debate between which is better cookie or biscuit can never end. Since both are popular variations of baked products, people love their bourbon biscuits as much as they love their chocolate chip cookies.

The art of making cookies and crackers is very simple with basic ingredients that can be built up to make it more exotic in taste. Cookies have been made since ancient times with simple methods of mixing flour with water and baking it on hot stones till it was dried thoroughly. Complete drying was essential for increasing its shelf life. With the increase in the knowledge of culinary, use of sugar, nuts and honey began for making more delicious and better tasting cookies. Since then there has been only improvement in taste and texture.

Previously cookies and biscuits were only made within the households. Nowadays we can get a range of baked products in the market like salted, sugared, vegan, gluten-free so many varieties of them to relish. You name it and have it.

Commercialization of cookies has brought a revolutionary change in food industry. They have opened doors for ready to eat breakfast options at most competitive prices. You can even get products which take care of your health concerns such as obesity and diabetes.

This was about commercial products. Many firms offer cookies and biscuits at customized orders. They add flavours and ingredients as per the customer's choices and shape and design them too according to the customer. This takes off the load to bake our own cookie. During festivals you can see varieties of cookie patterns and designs in the market. At time of Halloween you can see designs that blow out your mind.

Christmas the most popular festival of western countries is also not left out by cookie makers. They bring in new flavours and design every year to please their customers. Such gifts packages are favourite among people during Christmas. Either have homemade biscuits or readymade, they always taste great.
Final word is cookies and biscuits have always been our favourite baked products. Relish them in your favourite flavours such as chocolate chips and vanilla.