Cookie is the American word for the British word biscuit. A cookie is a flat thin dry cake, sweetened or unsweetened, usually sold in packets or tins.We had cookies and coffee.
chocolate-chip cookies
In English there are several expressions with the word cookie:
to be a smart/tough cookie: (slang) to be a person of a particular type.
that's the way the cookie crumbles: that's how things are and you must accept them (used when something unfortunate or unpleasant has happened)
toss your cookies: (slang) to vomit (= to bring up food from your stomach)
Andy had some fish that wasn't too good last night and got sick, and when he gets sick, he tosses his cookies.
cookie cutter: an instrument which cuts flat cookies into special shapes before baking.
cookie sheet: a sheet for baking cookies.
The Cookie Monster
The Cookie Monster is a character in the US television programme Sesame Street who loves to eat cookies. He always appears when anyone has cookies, and he eats all of them very quickly, loudly and wildly. 
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