Forget chocolate chip! 20 delicious cookie recipes – from custard yo-yos to a tiramisu sandwich

From cookies masquerading as seashells to multicoloured pinwheels and salty savouries, there is something here for everyone

Biscuits - like so much of life post-lockdown - may never be the same again. We are no longer content with a stale Hobnob for our tea break. Now, we want homemade gooey, chewy perfection.

The obvious crowd-pleaser is the chocolate chip biscuit. But, home-bakers, it is not your only option. (By biscuits, we mean everything from chocolate digestives to custard creams - including cookies and, controversially, jaffa cakes - but not the soft and flaky scone-like biscuits" often plonked on plates in the US.) With that in mind, and baking trays at the ready, here's a roundup of delicious and unexpected biscuit recipes - and not a chocolate chip in sight.