cookies and related stuff

[Benjamin Barrett]

"Black and white cookie" surely merits an entry as the meaning cannot be derived from the words alone.

"Sugar cookie" is a subentry under sugar. "Madeleine" and "macaroon" are both listed.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Aug 20, 2011, at 9:52 PM, victor steinbok wrote:

> Other missing cookies:
>
> butter cookies--cookies where butter (or butter substitute) is a main
> ingredient
> refrigerator/icebox cookies--cookie dough that prepared in advance,
> refrigerated, then sliced and baked; also, cookie dough sold pre-packaged in
> supermarkets
> Christmas/holiday cookies (?)
>
> Sadwich cookies are listed--and one of the quotations mentions "chocolate
> peanut butter cookies". New Year cookies can be found within the definition
> of New Year (attrib.). Springerle and Springerle cookies are in the same
> entry (springerle). But Speculaas--which is the Dutch version that is
> arguably better known--has no entry and not even a single citation.
>
>
> I am not sure if other ingredient-based combinations deserve an entry, such
> as oatmeal cookies, chocolate cookies, vanilla cookies. But ginger cookie is
> listed, so why not others? So is molasses cookie. So is "poppy-seed cookie"
> under attrib. (cake, cookie, roll, etc.). "Chocolate-chip cookie" is under
> "chocolate", right next to "chocolate cream" (see below) and "chocolate
> biscuit".

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