snickerdoodle

noun

snick·er·doo·dle ˈsni-kər-ˌdü-dᵊl

plural snickerdoodles

: a cookie that is made with usually butter, sugar, and flour and that is rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking

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That’s not to say our conversation is all puppies and snickerdoodles. —

Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 28 Oct. 2024 Get The Recipe 12 of 20 Snickerdoodle Cookies Baking snickerdoodles was one of the best (and most fun) ways to score some quality time with Grandma during the holidays. —

Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024 So, grab a pumpkin spice latte, snickerdoodle cookies, and a fuzzy blanket, and settle in for your next spooky binge. —

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Monica Bell, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for snickerdoodle

Word History

Etymology

probably a fanciful coinage, from snicker entry 2 + doodle "doodlebug" (though without clear semantic connection to either word)

Note: An alternative etymology derives the word from Palatinate German dialect Schneckennudel, Scheckennurel, Schleckenu^rrl "sweet pastry made from yeast dough twisted into a spiral" (from Schnecken "snail" and Nudel "dough in various forms"), with variants in other dialects (Baden, Swabia, Saarland). However, none of these words appear to have surfaced in 19th-century American English, and early attestations of snickerdoodle do not suggest a German-American connection.

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of snickerdoodle was in 1889

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