The Roman, 'bis coctum' was not sweet. It had no sugar added. 'Bis Coctum' was the origin of the word 'biscuit', which is a flaky quick bread in the US, but in England and other Eurpean countries a biscuit is what in the US would be known as a cookie or cracker.
'Bis Coctum' means 'twice baked'.
Small sweet cakes that are similar to cookies probably originated around India or Persia in the 7th century. Maybe because that's where sugar cultivation started.
Crackers show up in the middle ages and were similar to bis coctum.
Sugar was added by the Dutch and they called it, koekje ( pronounced, 'ko-ek-yay' ), meaning, "little cake". The Dutch took them to America in the 18th century and the word became "cookie". |
