cookies

Cookies are the sweet baked treat people reach for with tea, coffee, or a quick snack, and they range from crisp and plain to soft and packed with chocolate or spice. By our assessment, their strength is simple comfort: they travel well, keep reasonably well, and give a fast hit of sugar and texture. The downside is just as plain, because most of them are not subtle and they can be easy to overeat once the tin is open. In practice the category is broad enough that one cookie can feel homey and another almost like a small dessert bar. Against cakes they are less formal and easier to portion, and against biscuits they usually lean sweeter and richer. The Astrina catalogue files cookies under Distri, which is a very generic shelf for a very familiar thing.