oatmeal cookie
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Definition
- Noun:
- A type of cookie containing rolled oats: An oatmeal cookie is a baked sweet snack or dessert item whose dough includes rolled oats as a primary ingredient, often along with flour, sugar, butter, and spices like cinnamon.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- She baked a batch of delicious oatmeal cookie for the school bake sale.
- My favorite kind is a soft and chewy oatmeal cookie with raisins.
- Would you like an oatmeal cookie with your coffee?
Advanced Usage
- As a countable noun for a single item: The term is commonly used in the singular to refer to one individual cookie from a batch.
- He ate just one oatmeal cookie from the plate.
Variants and Related Words
- Oatmeal raisin cookie (n): A specific, common variant of an oatmeal cookie that includes raisins.
- The oatmeal raisin cookie is a classic American treat.
- Oatmeal (n): The key ingredient, which is ground or rolled oats.
- Cookie (n): The general category of small, sweet, baked cakes.
Synonyms
- Oatcake: (Note: This can be similar but often refers to a less sweet, sometimes savory biscuit made primarily from oats.)
- Oat biscuit: (A more general term, less common in American English for the sweet version.)
Related Phrases
- Homemade oatmeal cookie: Emphasizes cookies made at home rather than purchased.
- Nothing beats the taste of a homemade oatmeal cookie.
- Chewy oatmeal cookie: Describes a desired texture for this type of cookie.
- The secret to a perfect chewy oatmeal cookie is not overbaking it.
Noun
- cookies containing rolled oats