Sugar and Spice Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter 1 ½ sticks
- 1 ¼ cups brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon dried cloves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.
- Mix in egg and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, cinnamon, cloves, baking soda and salt, then stir into the sugar mixture.
- Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.
Notes
Obligatory Fictional Backstory
After the Santa fiasco of last year, I was determined to fill the house with cookies. I made chocolate chip, shortbread, ultimate chocolate cookies of every variety, peanut butter blossoms, ginger snaps, sugar cookies….let’s go back to the ginger snaps. I love them. My family hates them. Too spicy, apparently. So in spite of the plethora of confections I already made, I set off to figure out a “less spicy” ginger snap type recipe. Though “snap” is also a little bit of a misnomer because I like chewy cookies. But I digress.
These cookies have juuuust the right amount of spice, with the nice chewy texture of a ginger or molasses cookie. They’re delicious on their own but since I ordered a tub of Cinnabon frosting I may just make some sandwiches. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good cookie.
And now, in the spirit of Christmas and shameless self promotion, I present to you my version of The Twelve Days of Christmas starring some of my favorite recipes!
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