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butter cookie

American  

noun

  1. Cooking. a plain cookie whose chief ingredients are butter, flour, and sugar.


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Their surprise ingredient is brown rice miso, which combats the sweetness of a normal peanut butter cookie and heightens the nuttiness.

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2023

The peanut butter cookie sandwiches and chocolate chip cookies transported me right back to my childhood.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2022

When, several years ago, the New York Times' Julia Moskin attempted a "reverse-engineered" version of said "greatest peanut butter cookie in existence," I took a crack at it.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2020

One recent night, Mr. Hynes was sitting in DeSalvio Playground in NoLIta, nibbling on a peanut butter cookie as the sun began to shrug.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2016

And he showed me the peanut butter cookie.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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