drop cookie

noun

: cookie sense 1a(3)

The cookies sink a little as they cool, developing the wonderfully wrinkled, slightly crinkled and craggy appearance that is the hallmark of a proper drop cookie.

—Jill O'Connor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sept. 2012

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