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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 peanut butter cookie sandwiches and chocolate chip cookies transported me right back to my childhood.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2022

As should a peanut butter cookie, and a sugar cookie.

From Salon Nov. 3, 2021

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

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