On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 7:12:59 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:10:10 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
> >Forgive me for posting this if I have posted it before. I simply
> >don't remember. Note that this is not any form of a peanut butter
> >cookie. If you like peanuts and the other additions, please give it
> >a try...
>
> I suppose the cookies aren't Spanish, but the peanuts are. To avoid
> confusion, wouldn't it be better to then write Spanish-peanut cookies?
>
> Just like a fresh fruit market is a fresh market where they sell fruit
> and a fresh-fruit market is a market where they sell fresh fruit.

It's about cultural context. Spanish peanuts are not Spanish, either.
<http://nationalpeanutboard.org/peanut-info/peanut-types.htm>

Cindy Hamilton