butter cookie

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Most recently, that looked like a pie-sized peanut butter cookie.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

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 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

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

Guitar’s eyes rested on the last butter cookie in Milkman’s hand.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison