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anise cookie

anise cookie

5.6
A small sweet biscuit made with anise seed that tastes a little like licorice
  • noun
  • /ˈænɪs ˈkʊki/
  • US
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  • My grandmother baked a batch of anise cookies for the holidays every year.

Examples

  • He served anise cookies with tea, delighting his guests with their unique taste.

  • I love anise cookies during the holidays.

  • The anise cookie has a delicate licorice flavor that sets it apart from other treats.

  • Do you want an anise cookie?

  • My grandmother's recipe includes a batch of anise cookies that are perfect for the holidays.

  • Every summer, we bake anise cookies for our family gatherings, filling the kitchen with their unique aroma.

  • For dessert, she served fresh anise cookies, which were both sweet and fragrant.

Surface Forms

anise cookie singular
anise cookies plural

Morphology

anise + cookie

The meaning 'a cookie flavored with anise seed' is directly and compositionally derived from 'anise' (a flavoring seed) + 'cookie' (a small sweet baked good). This noun–noun compounding pattern (flavored X) is cross-linguistically common and follows straightforward product-naming logic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.

Etymology

Anise cookie comes from a simple baking picture: bakers crushed small anise seeds into plain dough and baked crisp cookies that smell 'licorice-like'. So today anise cookie means a 'cookie' flavored with 'anise'.