How to Use cookie in a Sentence

cookie

noun
  • She put a batch of cookies into the oven.
  • You are one smart cookie.
  • This recipe makes about two dozen cookies.
  • Don't worry about her—she's a tough cookie.
  • The cookies will not rise or spread.
    Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Who can bake the best lebkuchen cookies?
    Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2025
  • These are one of the most fun cookies to bake.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Rush it, and the cookie stays flat.
    Kent Merrell, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Milk and cookies closed out the evening.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Bad gluten-free cookies are too sweet or too salty.
    Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Roll out the dough and cut it into cookies.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Think of this dessert as a brownie in cookie form.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Allow the cookies to cook for a minute or two on the pan.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Serve as is or with a plain cake or shortbread cookies.
    Mary Ann Esposito, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Lemon cake mix makes these cookies extra easy to make.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
  • This is the oatmeal cookie recipe for you.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Chili and cookies will be sold for cash only.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Kids will sel lemonade and cookies along the route.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The owners even keep a bowl of cookies by the counter to take.
    Blake Gillespie, SPIN, 11 June 2024
  • Hermits are a chewy drop cookie filled with nuts and spices.
    Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Sprinkle cookie crumbs over top of cake to form dirt.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Even if that means chowing down on cookies and cake.
    Simone Melvin, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Frozen cake lasts 9 months, and cookies stay for 6 months.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026
  • These fudgy cookies give that box of brownie mix a whole new job.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
  • That means this machine can mix up to nine dozen cookies at once.
    Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Plus, lemon cake mix makes these cookies extra easy to make.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Jeremy had a bunch of maple cookies.
    David W. Brown, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
  • Each cookie is luscious, soft and at least half an inch thick.
    Olivia Gyapong, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The jumbo size has four cookie bases and eight scoops of ice cream.
    Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Spread about one-third of the cream mixture over the cookies.
    Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 17 May 2026

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