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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 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 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

And he showed me the peanut butter cookie.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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