biscuit
noun
a kind of bread in small, soft cakes, raised with baking powder or soda, or sometimes with yeast; scone.
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She has tried a number of them, but her go-to is from her mother’s cookbook “Fifty Years of Cooking 1948-1998” and involves a pat of shortening, giving the muffins a biscuitlike quality.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2017