peanut buttery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peanut buttery
form: most peanut buttery
Senses: examples: text: Inside they’ll be a fluffy, light brown with a nice, peanut buttery taste.
ref: 1936 January 11, Mary Meade, “Here Is First of Lessons for Juvenile Cooks”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume XCV, number 10, Chicago, Ill., page 15:
text: A bread with a subtle peanut buttery taste and aroma.
ref: 1987, Ron Goor, Nancy Goor, Eater’s Choice: A Food Lover’s Guide to Lower Cholesterol, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 276:
text: For a richer chocolate taste, substitute white chocolate chips for the butterscotch chips; for a peanut buttery taste, use peanut butter chips.
ref: 1997, Joely Maddux, “[Done Fast Desserts] Butterscotch Peanut Clusters”, in Beta Sigma Phi, Fast Feasts, Nashville, Tenn.: Favorite Recipes® Press, Heritage House, Inc., →ISBN, page 170, column 1:
text: I don’t know why, but my contraband of choice in the barracks was Nutter Butter cookies. I was addicted to them in high school for their peanut buttery taste and whenever we were allowed to go the PX, I bought a package of them.
ref: 2000, Debra Haraldson, “Contraband”, in Just Shut Your Mouth & Do What You're Told: Surviving In The Army, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 55:
text: I actually like pak, as it has a nutty (almost peanut buttery) taste, but my stomach isn’t impressed if I eat more than one ball per day.
ref: 2005, Yvonne Prater, Ruth Dyar Mendenhall, with Kerry I. Smith, Beyond Gorp: Favorite Foods from Outdoor Experts, Seattle, Wash.: The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 27:
text: If you’re wondering what exactly is a BUTTERFINGER, first, to be clear—there are no fingers! But there is a creamy blend of crispety sugar candy and peanut buttery taste.
ref: 2005, The Nestlé Cookbook: Hundreds of Triple-Tested, Easy Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Dessert from the Largest Food Company in the World, San Francisco, Calif.: Silverback Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 181, column 3:
text: Avoid overbaking these cookies. Remove them from the oven as soon as they are lightly browned for a rich peanut buttery taste.
ref: 2007, Pichet Ong, Genevieve Ko, The Sweet Spot: Asian-Inspired Desserts, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 93:
text: Kurrajong flour gives a peanut buttery taste.
ref: 2014, Jeanne Jacob, Michael Ashkenazi, The World Cookbook: The Greatest Recipes from around the Globe, revised edition, volumes 1 (A–D), Santa Barbara, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Oxford, Oxon: Greenwood, →ISBN, page 61:
text: “Yes, the protein bars are getting old,” I say, opening up one that is packed with peanut buttery taste.
ref: 2015, Michael Buckley, Raging Sea (Undertow; 2), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 65:
text: These delicate melt-in-your mouth cookies have a luscious “peanut buttery” taste without the peanuts.
ref: 2015, Judi Zucker, Shari Zucker, The Ultimate Allergy-Free Cookbook: Over 150 Easy-to-Make Recipes That Contain No Milk, Eggs, Wheat, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Soy, Fish, or Shellfish, Garden City Park, N.Y.: Square One Publishers, →ISBN, page 160:
text: Many people who blend their smoothies like to add a tablespoon of raw peanut butter to give it a peanut buttery taste.
ref: 2016, Theresa Roemer, “Day Three”, in Naked in 30 Days: A One-Month Guide to Getting Your Body, Mind and Spirit in Shape, Riverdale, N.Y.: Riverdale Avenue Books, →ISBN:
text: “What is it?” Alan questioned as he came into the room with a few of Grandma’s famous lattice design cookies that had a crunchy, peanut buttery taste on the outside and a soft, chewy middle.
ref: 2016, Kate Goebel, chapter 6, in The Thoughtful Ring, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: “If you’re not fond of a strong peanut buttery taste, try using ¾ cup peanut butter.” —Grace A. from Sacramento, CA
ref: 2019, Toni Okamoto, “Five-Ingredient Peanut Butter Bites”, in Plant-Based on a Budget: Delicious Vegan Recipes for Under $30 a Week, in Less Than 30 Minutes a Meal, Dallas, Tex.: BenBella Books, Inc., →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of peanut-buttery.
Resembling or characteristic of peanut butter.
examples: text: Tony! Don't you dare touch my new mohair sweater with those peanut buttery fingers.
ref: 1965, Kathryn Bedaw, “Small Problems”, in Alter Ego, volume IV, [Montague, Mass.]: [Turners Falls High School], page 27:
text: It’s not just the 22 drinking glasses on the drainboard indicated that two kids and two friends had five drinks of water between breakfast and lunch and that two of them didn’t like the color of the first clean glass they selected. It’s not even the apple cores, empty yogurt cartons and banana peels or the peanut buttery bread crusts.
ref: 1975 January 3, Gaye LeBaron, “Gaye LeBaron”, in The Press Democrat, 118th year, number 61, Santa Rosa, Calif., page 3, column 1:
text: “I’m makin’ a samwich,” Wendy announced happily. “Want some?” When Culley laughingly declined, she offered the peanut buttery knife instead to Prissy, who had just jumped up on the table to investigate, leaving her kittens mewing piteously in their box.
ref: 1988, Kathleen Creighton, The Sorcerer’s Keeper (Loveswept; 299), Toronto, Ont.; New York, N.Y.; [etc.]: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 69:
text: Somehow eating four sections of warm peanut buttery bread seemed more filling than munching on two half pieces.
ref: 1991 October 2, Kimberly Masters, “Menomonie children spark memories”, in The Dunn County News, volume 132, number 27, Menomonie, Wis., page 4:
text: “You’ve got a milk mustache, sweetie,” Mel said, scraping the peanut buttery bread crusts, the sticky peach pit, and the crumpled apple juice container from his Mighty Morphins lunch box into the garbage can.
ref: 1997, H[arriet] B. Gilmour, chapter 15, in One Fine Day, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 253:
text: Their faces are all sticky; / And I think their ears are, too. They’ve run away to wash them. Pam’s cleaning up her dress. But just look at the kitchen. Who’ll clean up the mess? Of the peanut buttery bread.
ref: 2001, Phyllis A. MacDonald, poem, in Lifepac Science Grade 1, part 1, Alpha Omega Publications, →ISBN, page 105:
text: They quickly swarmed over Barry, knocking him flat, licking and tickling his face, biting and hurting his nose, pulling at his hair, and sneaking off to hide tiny wads of peanut buttery bread like they were nuggets of gold, then scampering back to gather more.
ref: 2005, Andy Spearman, Barry, Boyhound, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, pages 89–90:
text: Peach-Pineapple Breakfast Drink with Peanut Buttery Toast
ref: 2009, Nancy S. Hughes, The 1,500 Calorie-a-Day Cookbook, New York, N.Y.; [etc.]: McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 39:
text: I lifted the lid off Mav’s breakfast and stole his toast. I looked up at Carter and shrugged. “What? I’m eating for two. I can have four pieces of peanut buttery toast.”
ref: 2014, Steph Nuss, Fantasized by You (Love in the City), →ISBN, page 315:
text: The boys get a little overexcited to see her on the screen and start putting their peanut buttery fingers all over it to point out friends in the background.
ref: 2016, Kristen Bailey, Souper Mum, Abercynon: Accent Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 52:
text: Suddenly we were at the epicenter of an angry, honking goose mob, focused on Gabe’s peanut buttery fingers.
ref: 2017, Heather Harpham, Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After, London: Oneworld Publications, →ISBN, page 288:
text: I let Oreo lick my sticky peanut buttery fingers, and like magic, they’re all clean!
ref: 2017, Ganit Levy, Adir Levy, What Should Danny Do?, Los Angeles, Calif.: Elon Books, →ISBN, page 62:
text: “I think so. But how are we supposed to know for sure?” Jennie talks through her mouthful of peanut buttery toast knowing she’s breaking a cardinal mother-rule.
ref: 2019, Andrene Low, chapter 14, in Brush with Fame (That Seventies Series; 2), Squabbling Sparrows Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of peanut-buttery.
With peanut butter.