"These aren't so much cookies as what you left-ponders would call biscuits. They're more like what we in the UK would call a scone, except smaller. In Wales, you buy them in bags fresh from the bakers oven.

They're not as sweet as normal cookies, and are as someone else said best eaten warm slathered with butter with a cup of tea.

An excellent savoury alternative is to omit the sugar and add grated cheddar cheese and a bit of mustard powder.