snickerdoodle

Etymology
The earliest known use is from 1889. Possibly a fanciful coinage, from +  (“doodlebug”; though without clear semantic connection to either word). An alternative etymology derives it from German , also a round type of pastry, but formed from dough rolled up in a coil.

Noun

 * 1)  A cookie in which the batter is rolled into a ball and coated with cinnamon sugar.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * 1991, Daranna Gidel, Ceremony of Innocence, Dutton, ISBN 0525933484, page 345,
 * Then, one morning, after making twenty dozen snickerdoodle cookies for an upcoming church function, Wanda collapsed onto the kitchen’s sparking vinyl floor and died.
 * 1) * 2006, Kris Nelscott, War at Home, St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-32528-2, page 22,
 * I took a bite from the snickerdoodle. It was fresh and soft and tasted like childhood.