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spice cookie

spice cookie

1 2.5
A sweet baked treat flavored with warm spices like cinnamon
  • noun
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  • Spice Cookies
  • pumpkin spice cookies
  • spice cookie recipe

Examples

  • I love spice cookies, and these look like beauts.

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  • The notes mention that they're very loosely inspired by Pfeffernusse (my mom's favorite dark and spicy Christmas cookie) but are more like an Italian spice cookie.

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  • I'm making pumpkin spice cookies this afternoon.

  • Baking tip: If you've ever had gingerbread or spice cookies, you know that without molasses, the world just wouldn't be the same.

  • Karen Shields's take on a classic spice cookie blends gooey sorghum with coffee, allspice, clove, cinnamon, and black pepper.

Synonyms

cookie
vsspice cookie
  • US
774 1.0

A small flat sweet baked treat often with chocolate chips or nuts

is narrower, made with cinnamon nutmeg cloves or ginger for flavor

How Spiced

gingersnap
  • US
3 3.0
spice cookie
1 2.5
molasses cookie
  • US
1 2.5

Surface Forms

spice cookie singular
spice cookies plural

Morphology

spice + cookie

The meaning 'a cookie flavored with a mixture of spices' is directly and compositionally derived from 'spice' (seasoning) + 'cookie' (small sweet baked good). This noun‑noun compound follows a transparent, cross‑linguistic compounding pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer.

Etymology

Spice cookie comes from the simple idea of a cookie made with a mix of warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Those spices give a rich, warm taste, so the name shows the cookie is 'spiced' and cozy.