Spiced Sugar Cookie Recipe
Spice Sugar Cookies are soft, buttery, shaped cookies deliciously infused with warm spices and perfect for the season. Whether you serve them for Thanksgiving or as a fall tea cookie.
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 160kcal
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter 1 cup, softened
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla; mix to combine.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, salt, cloves, and nutmeg. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix until a smooth cookie dough forms.
- Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and roll to a ¼-inch thickness. Cut out desired shapes and set them on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Continue rerolling dough as needed. If you are scoring the cookies, as I've done in this post, use a sharp paring knife to create decorations or lines before chilling the unbaked cookies.
- Place the baking sheets in the refrigerator to chill as the oven preheats.
- Preheat the oven to 350° and line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes or until light brown around the edges. Cool on a metal rack.
Notes
Icebox Variation:
- This dough works great as an icebox cookie. Form into a log, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate until ready to bake. Then simply slice and bake. Or... roll the log in sprinkles or chopped nuts and then slice and bake. As you can see, there are endless variations!
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 128mg | Sugar: 8g