macaroon (considered to be a type of cookie in US English)edit
Charlotte Mason (1777) The lady's assistant for regulating and supplying her table: being a complete system of cookery, containing one hundred and fifty select bills of fare, properly disposed for family dinners ... with upwards of fifty bills of fare for suppers ... and several desserts: including likewise, the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds ...[1] (cooking), page 300 of 436: “Macaroni. It comes from Italy. It is a biscuit made of almonds, eggs, flower, and sugar.”
uses of the "thin baked cake (cookie)" sense in works that appear to use American Englishedit
2004, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, page 320:
Originally introduced as the “Oreo biscuit, the Oreo cookie consists of two rounds of chocolate sandwiched together […]
2005, Robert Strybel, Maria Strybel, Polish Heritage Cookery (expanded edition; published by Hippocrene Books of New York; →ISBN, page 880:
Rose-flavored jams are ideal for filling […] Traditional favorites include pierniczki (chocolate-covered gingerbread hearts) and a fruit-filled, chocolate-covered biscuit called delicje (delicacies) […]
2007, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 769:
OWNER OF U.S. REG. NO. 2,378,820.
FOR CHOCOLATES; CHOCOLATES WITH OR WITHOUT FILLING OR TOPPING; WAFERS AND BISCUITS; CHOCOLATE WAFERS AND BARS; CHOCOLATE COVERED BISCUITS; […]
