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

At the restaurant, Wodder cascades salted caramel over fior di latte gelato and tops it with dehydrated crepe toffee and cinnamon butter cookie crumbles.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 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

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

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

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison