baked good

noun

: a food (such as a bread, cake, or cookie) made from a dough or batter that is baked
usually plural
After she'd sold baked goods at the farmers' market for a few years, the city approached her and asked if she'd like to open a brick-and-mortar bakery downtown …Christopher Leonard

Examples of baked good in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair cake auction smashed fundraising records again this year with a $50,000 bid for the reserve grand champion baked good — a chocolate cake with peanut butter icing baked by 10-year-old Addison Fritz of Westminster. Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023 Treats The smell of warm pumpkin, cinnamon, and sugar wafting throughout the entire house is hard to beat—so why wait until October to indulge in your favorite fall baked good? Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023 The farm store will have doughnuts and baked good available, and The PitchFORK will serve food and ice cream. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023 Pick a pumpkin at the Trinity Church Pumpkin Patch while enjoying a homemade pumpkin baked good and live music, take a ghost tour at night through town, or attend one of the many fall festivals like the Rogue Island Comedy Festival, Festa Italiana or Newport Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival. Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2022 Jarah baked goods for patients and staff on a floor at St. Francis Medical Center where her father was filming. Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023 What’s your signature baked good? Sorrel Moseley-Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2021 Panera baked good offerings for $13.99. Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 29 Sep. 2020 When added to a baked good, pudding mix can also improve the texture. Priya Krishna, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of baked good was in 1865

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“Baked good.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baked%20good. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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