molasses cookie
1
2.5
- noun
- /məˈlæsɪs ˈkʊki/
- US
:
galleta de melaza
- bake molasses cookies
Examples
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Then Mama would bake molasses cookies for them.
Fiction book (1995) -
And I can bake delicious molasses cookies.
Blog text (8) -
Later, after a supper of boiled potatoes and molasses cookies, Jonathan Toomey went to his workbench.
Fiction book (2002) -
As Mrs. McDowell warmed the tea and put a plate of fresh molasses cookies on the workbench, Thomas watched the woodcarver work on the figure of an angel.
Fiction book (2002) -
My grandmother's recipe for molasses cookies includes ginger, cinnamon, and cloves.
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She brought a batch of molasses cookies to the party, and everyone loved them.
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After dinner, we enjoyed warm molasses cookies with a glass of milk.
Synonyms
1
2.5
A sweet baked treat flavored with warm spices like cinnamon
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cookie made with molasses' is directly and compositionally derived from 'molasses' (a dark syrup) + 'cookie' (a small sweet baked good). Noun–noun compounding of ingredient + food is a common, transparent pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The compound molasses cookie is named after molasses and cookie. Molasses is a thick, dark syrup cooks used instead of sugar, and it makes the dough soft and gives a deep, spicy taste, so the phrase now means 'a soft, spicy cookie sweetened with molasses'.