snickerdoodle

snickerdoodle means A cookie in which the batter is rolled into a ball and coated with cinnamon sugar. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.

Etymology

The earliest known use is from 1889. Possibly a fanciful coinage, from snicker + doodle (“doodlebug”; though without clear semantic connection to either word). An alternative etymology derives it from German Schneckennudel, also a round type of pastry, but formed from dough rolled up in a coil. A Dutch origin has also been surmised, based off semantics (see cookie) and similar-sounding words (see snickersnee).

noun

A cookie in which the batter is rolled into a ball and coated with cinnamon sugar.“1967, Paul Henry Oehser (ed.), The United States Encyclopedia of History, Curtis Books, page 382, Besides bread, the bakehouse also turned out such treats as gristmill graham, hobnail, lumberjack, and snickerdoodle cookies in New England; and corn pone, spoon bread, and hominy pudding in the South.”