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butter cookie

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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

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 outcome is bright and exhilarating in its depth of flavor, and a perfect contrast to a crust that’s closer to butter cookie than pie.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2022

At the cookie counter we focused on our longtime favorites, traditional torchetti — twisted ribbons of a butter cookie — and chocolate-chip Toll House.

From Seattle Times Jul. 21, 2016

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

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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