These spice cookies are perfect for any fall evening
What better way is there to welcome the coziness of fall than with warm spice cookies? These sugary, tangy treats are the perfect autumn dessert for any occasion. Their crackly sugar topping gives them a delicious crisp texture on the outside, while still preserving the soft and chewy center.
Ingredients (makes 24):
- ½ cup butter (unsalted)
- 4 tablespoons molasses
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1¾ cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup pecans or walnuts
- ½ cup raisins
- Extra sugar for rolling the cookies
- Small bowl of cool water
Instructions:
- Cream the butter, sugar, and molasses in a large bowl until well combined. Beat egg and vanilla into the wet ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the flour into the baking soda. Mix in ginger, cloves, and cinnamon.
- Gently fold the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until all the flour has disappeared. Then mix in the nuts and the raisins.
- Wrap dough in wax paper and freeze the dough for around half an hour.
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- Roll the dough into small, approximately 1” balls, dip them into a bowl of cold water, then roll them in sugar.
- Place on a lined baking sheet (roughly 9 per sheet).
- Bake at 350℉ for 15 minutes.
Best enjoyed while warm!
This article also appears in our October 2023 print edition.
