butter cookie

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

A classic sablé might have eggs or might not; it has sugar, but it shouldn’t have too much; and it always has butter — it might just as well be called a butter cookie.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2019

And he showed me the peanut butter cookie.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri