Ron's Holiday Spice Cookies

Name: Ron's Holiday Spice Cookies
Prep time: 2 h 50 min
Cook time: 2 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 large egg; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour (measured and sifted); 1 teaspoons ground cardamom; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 237 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 118 milliliters molasses; 1 teaspoons salt; 170 grams (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

Ron's Holiday Spice Cookies is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 36 servings with 98 calories, 1g of protein, and 4g of fat each. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes. If you have ground cardamom, ground cloves, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Combine the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda, cloves, cardamom and salt to combine.

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Baking Soda

Cardamom

Cinnamon

Clove

Ginger

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the molasses, egg, and vanilla to the creamed butter mixture and beat on low/medium speed until smooth and combined.

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Molasses

Vanilla

Butter

Egg

On low speed, add the flour mixture in few additions. The dough will be soft and a bit sticky.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Refrigerate in a covered bowl for a minimum of two hours or overnight.

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Bowl

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line three baking sheets with parchment paper or use nonstick baking sheets.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Oven

Use an ice-cream scooper or a slightly heaping tablespoon to portion the dough.

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Cream

Dough

Ice

Roll each cookie into a 1-inch ball between your hands, then roll lightly in the white granulated sugar and place on the prepared baking sheets. Make sure to leave enough space between the balls, as they'll flatten out to twice their size.

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Granulated Sugar

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. The dough balls would flatten and develop a crinkly crust, but will still be flexible. Gently remove to rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container up to 3 days.

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Crust