Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) A paste usually formed of flour, sugar, water, eggs, and other ingredients which, when baked, hardens to form a cookie or a number of cookies. 2 (context uncountable English) A flavor designed to emulate the taste of the paste.
Wikipedia
Cookie dough refers to a blend of cookie ingredients which has been mixed into a malleable form which has not yet been hardened by heat. The dough is often then separated and the portions baked to individual cookies, or eaten as is.
Cookie dough can be homemade or bought pre-made in packs (frozen logs, buckets, etc.). Desserts containing cookie dough, such as ice cream, candy, and milkshakes are also frequently marketed. Pre-made cookie doughs are usually sold in a few different common flavors including Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, Peanut Butter, Sugar, Snickerdoodle, and White Chocolate Macadamia.
When being made at home, the recipe can consist of common ingredients, including flour, butter, white sugar, salt, vanilla extract, and eggs. Because the dough is not baked, no leavening agents, such as baking soda or baking powder are used. Chocolate chip cookie dough is a popular variation which can be made by adding chocolate chips to the mix.
Ice cream containing cookie dough was first popularized by Fabulous Phil's Gourmet Ice Cream using homemade cookie dough and Ben & Jerry's retail ice cream, chocolate chip cookie dough, using cookie dough from food distributor Rhino Foods.
Usage examples of "cookie dough".
I showed Julian the beginnings of the soup and the shortbreads, and told him about the now-thickened fudgy chocolate cookie dough.
When they visited last summer, Kitty had made a batch of cookie dough just for Kyle and Jennie, which theyd decorated with sprinkles and colored stars and bits of candied fruit.
I shall write down The Answer, slip down to the bakery, deal out the cigarette papers into the waiting rounds of cookie dough, crimp them over and return to my room.
Ignoring it, he continued to wedge blobs of cookie dough onto a nasty-looking pan.
Sati plucked the flyer from my paws and handed it to the old lady, casually returning to her rolling-pin and cookie dough.
Lucy formed small balls out of the cookie dough, which she first tasted raw, remembering when she was a kid and fat and had sneaked enough of it to make her sick.
I pulled off the lid, then tipped the box to show Cortez the tiny balls of cookie dough within.
She leaned an elbow on the counter, munching on something sticky and dark brown enclosed in cookie dough.
Heather put her hands on her hips and tried for a more authoritarian air, like the home ec teacher the day the class had started throwing oatmeal-raisin cookie dough all over the room.
She was mixing cookie dough with a rubber spatula and she was weeping.
The woman and three small girls covered in cookie dough and matching Christmas aprons.