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| biscuit |
a small, bread roll for one person made with baking powder or baking soda instead of yeast. Biscuits contain quite a lot of butter or other shortening and are not usually sweet. [1/3 definitions] |
| butter |
a food like butter in texture and used as a spread. [2/3 definitions] |
| butterfat |
the fat of milk, from which butter is made. |
| buttermilk |
a sour liquid left after making butter from milk. Buttermilk is used as a drink or in cooking. |
| butterscotch |
a candy made from butter and brown sugar. |
| churn |
a container in which cream or milk is beaten or shaken to form butter. [2/4 definitions] |
| cookie |
A cookie is a sweet baked food that you hold in your hand to eat. A cookie is usually round, and it is flat or shaped like a ball. We eat cookies as a snack. Cookies are made with flour and sugar, oil or butter, and other things. Some cookies have things like chocolate or nuts in them. |
| cream |
the part of whole milk that contains fat. Butter is made from cream. [1/6 definitions] |
| croissant |
a roll in the shape of a crescent, usually made with a good deal of butter. |
| dairy |
a place where milk is stored and butter and cheese are made. [2/4 definitions] |
| dairy case |
A dairy case is a large container in a grocery store. It is kept cold, and it is used to hold and display things like milk, cheese, butter, cream, and yogurt. Customers can pick out things they want from the dairy case. |
| dairy product |
Dairy products are foods that are made from the milk of cows or certain other animals, like goats and sheep. Milk, butter, and cheese are all dairy products. Most dairy products in America are made with cows' milk. |
| dough |
Dough is a thick mixture of flour and a liquid such as water or milk. It often has things like butter, oil, sugar, or eggs in it too. When dough is baked, it becomes things like bread or cookies. |
| dress |
When a cook dresses something like a turkey or chicken, it means that they prepare the meat for cooking. Often they add things to it like butter and herbs. [1/6 definitions] |
| fat |
Fat is a white or yellow substance that contains oil. Fat is found in animals and plants. Most foods that people eat have some fat in them. Butter is a food that contains a lot of fat. French fries and hamburgers contain a lot of fat too. Some fats, like fat in butter and meat, are solid in cool temperatures and liquid when they are hot. Some fats, like oil for cooking, are always liquid. [1/4 definitions] |
| fried |
cooked in oil, butter, or some other fat. [1/2 definitions] |
| frost |
When you frost a cake, you put frosting on the cake. Frosting is a sweet mixture often made with butter, sugar, and milk. [1/4 definitions] |
| frosting |
a sweet covering or filling for baked goods, often made of sugar, butter, and flavoring; icing. |
| fry1 |
to cook in hot butter, oil, or other fat. [1/2 definitions] |
| fudge1 |
a soft candy or frosting made by cooking sugar with butter and other ingredients, such as chocolate and nuts. |
| grease |
to put butter, margarine, or some other kind of grease on. [1/4 definitions] |
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