| Main Entry: | snickerdoodle |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a type of sugar cookie made with cream of tartar and rolled in cinnamon sugar |
| Example: | The Joy of Cooking claims that snickerdoodles are probably German in origin, and that the name is a corruption of the German word for "snail dumpling." |
| Etymology: | 1889 |
| Main Entry: | snickerdoodle |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a type of cookie with a characteristic cracked surface, usu. rolled in sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg before baking |
| Example: | This Snickerdoodles recipe is scribbled on a stained, yellowed piece of paper and was copied from who knows where. |
| Etymology: | by 1889 |
| Usage: | cooking |