sugar cookie

noun

plural sugar cookies

: a sweet cookie having a high ratio of flour and sugar to butter

… sugar cookies come in all shapes, from cakey-soft, palm-sized vanilla rounds to snapping-crisp, buttery diamonds.

—P. J. Hamel et al.

Sugar cookies have a higher ratio of flour and sugar, which makes them sturdier and more like clay for rolling and cutting.

—Genevieve Ko

This easy sugar cookie dough is perfect for rolling and cutting and bakes into cookies ideal for frosting.

—Vaughn Vreeland

compare butter cookie

Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above