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Introduction
Spiced cookies are the best cookies! Wonderful warm full flavored cookies to dip in a beverage of your choice, whether it be hot chocolate, coffee, or milk. This is perfect way to enjoy any cookie but especially spiced cookies because of the extra flavors of the spices, herbs and other delicious additions.
Spiced cookies are especially loved during the winter season though of course they are a great way to treat yourself all year round. This cookie cookbook, or cookiebook if you will, contains 50 varied cookie recipes of which there are 20 vegan ones. And if youre a bit experienced in the vegan kitchen you can transform the other 30 easily as well. These are nicely categorized so you can take your pick without having to search. If youre not vegan, dont be afraid to try some of the vegan ones as well! Theyre just as delicious. With these cookies bursting with unique flavors you may never want to go back to eating non-spiced cookies.
So go ahead and pick a recipe that looks best to you and start baking some spiced cookies! Check out the author page for all of Julie Hatfields recipe books. Like us on Facebook for more recipe books and freebies!
Contents
Non-Vegan Cookies
Rosemary and Thyme Shortbread
You know how cheese matches nicely with some herbs such as thyme or rosemary? Well, these cookies again prove the deliciousness of such combinations. Yields: Makes 25-30 cookies Ingredients: cup Grated Parmesan cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature 1 cups All-Purpose Flour 1 tbsp Water tsp Chopped Fresh Rosemary tsp Chopped Fresh Thyme Leaves tsp Freshly Ground Black Pepper tsp Kosher Salt Method of preparation:
- Cream the butter on medium-low until fluffy.
- Mix in the salt, parmesan, herbs, pepper and flour and mix until blended. Pour in the water.
- Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and keep in the fridge for at least half an hour.
- Preheat the oven at 350F.
- Roll out the dough until -inch thick and cut it into crackers.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes.
- Serve warm or leave to cool.
Orange Gingerbread Cookies
These ginger and orange-flavored cookies, rich in spices and topped with the sugary icing will definitely remind you of Christmas. Yields: Makes about 12-18 cookies Ingredients: For the cookies : 1 3/4 cups Flour 1/3 cup Mild Molasses 1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar 1/4 cup Unsalted Butter, softened 1 large Egg 1/8 tsp Sea Salt 1/8 tsp Ground Cloves 1/2 tsp Freshly Grated Nutmeg 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon 1/2 tsp Baking Soda 1 1/4 tsp Ground Ginger Zest of 1 Orange For the icing : 1 cups Icing Sugar 1/8 tsp Cream of Tartar 1 tsp Powdered Egg Whites 1 tsp Water Method of preparation: To prepare the cookies :
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt and cloves.
- In another bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer. Add the egg and mix until blended.
Add the orange zest and molasses and mix until smooth.
- Slowly add the dry ingredient mixture and mix on low speed until the dough has become sticky and stiff.
- Roll the dough into a 1-inch thick log. Wrap with a piece of cling film and place in the fridge for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven at 350F.
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place the dough onto a floured surface and roll it out until you get the desired thickness. Cut the dough into the shapes you like.
- Bake for about 10-15 minutes.
- Leave the cookies to cool completely.
To prepare the icing :
- Mix the sugar, cream of tartar, water and powdered egg whites on low speed. Increase to medium and if needed, add some more water. Mix for about 5 minutes, until the icing becomes glossy and thick.
- When the cookies have cooled completely, cover them with the icing.
Croatian Honey Spice Cookies
Super sweet, spiced with ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon, and topped with walnuts, these Croatian honey cookies will leave you speechless. Yields: Makes about 20 cookies Ingredients: 1 cup Butter cup Honey 1 cup Demerara Sugar 2 cups Cake Flour cup Whole Wheat Flour 2 cups All-Purpose Flour 3 Eggs 10-12 Whole Walnut Kernels, divided into quarters tsp Powdered Ginger tsp Ground Nutmeg tsp Ground Cloves 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon 1 tsp Baking Soda Method of preparation:
- Add the honey, butter and sugar in a saucepan and melt over low heat.
Leave to cool for 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine the cake flour, whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, the spices and baking soda.
- Whisk the eggs, and add them to the butter and honey mixture. Stir in the flour mixture and mix until the dough becomes smooth. Cover with foil and keep in a cool place for 1-2 days.
- Roll the dough into logs about -inch in diameter. Slice the logs into smaller pieces and shape them into balls.
- Place the balls on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- Insert a quarter of a walnut kernel into each cookie.
- Bake the cookies at 370F for 10-15 minutes.
- Leave to cool before serving.
Poppy Seed Ricotta Cookies
Coated with sugary and orange-scented glaze, these ricotta cookies, infused with the aromas of vanilla and cardamom, are heavenly delicious. Yields: Makes 36 cookies Ingredients: For the cookies : 1 cups Sugar 2 cups All-Purpose Flour cup Unsalted Butter, softened to room temperature 1 2/3 cups Whole-Milk Ricotta Cheese 2 Eggs 2 tbsps Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice 2 tbsps Poppy Seeds 1 tsp Vanilla Extract tsp Ground Cardamom tsp Salt 1 tsp Baking Powder Zest from 2 Oranges For the glaze : 1 cups Powdered Sugar Zest from 1 Orange 3 tbsps Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice Method of preparation:
- Preheat the oven at 350F. Line two baking trays with parchment paper and set aside.
- Add the sugar and orange zest in a large bowl.
Use your fingertips to moisten the sugar so that it becomes fragrant.
- Add the butter and cream until fluffy. Add one egg at a time and beat until well-blended. Mix in the ricotta cheese, vanilla and orange juice.
- In another bowl mix together all the dry ingredients and add them slowly to the butter and ricotta mixture.
- Use this mixture to form cookies. Use 2 tablespoons of the dough for one cookie. Place the cookies on the prepared baking trays.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes.
- Leave the cookies to cool completely.
To prepare the glaze :
- Whisk together the powdered sugar, orange zest and juice. Pour about 1 teaspoon of the glaze over each cookie.
Leave the glaze to firm up before serving.
Chai Oatmeal Cookies
These chai cookies will warm you on a cold winter night. They are crunchy, spicy, warming and bursting with flavors and aromas. Yields: Makes 22-24 cookies Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats 1/4 cup Light Brown Sugar 1 cup White Sugar 1 cup All-Purpose Flour 1 large Egg 1 3/4 sticks Butter, softened 1 tsp Vanilla Extract 1/3 tsp Sea Salt 1/2 tsp Baking Soda 3/4 tsp Baking Powder For the Chai Mix : 3/4 tsp Cinnamon Powder , 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder , 1/4 tsp Ginger Powder , 1/8 tsp Clove Powder , 1/8 tsp Nutmeg Powder Method of preparation: