butter cookie

American  

noun

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

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butter cookie

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

My mom's parents were German and Slovak, and while we know this is some sort of classic European butter cookie, we're not entirely certain where the recipe originated.

From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2022

The Hershey’s chips would be particularly excellent in a chocolate chip cookie, and we’re very much into the idea of adding caramel chips to a peanut butter cookie.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2019

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

I still had half my peanut butter cookie in my hand, but I dropped it.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri