Spice Island Drop Cookies

Name: Spice Island Drop Cookies
Prep time: 17 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 177 milliliters dark brown sugar; 1 large egg; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoons maple extract; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 4 servings Garnish: chopped walnuts

Spice Island Drop Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 748 calories, 11g of protein, and 44g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Only From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 17 minutes. If you have baking soda, garnish: walnuts, egg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until light and fluffy.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add egg, beating until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides as needed. Stir in extracts.

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Egg

Stir together flour and next 6 ingredients. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on lightly greased or parchment paper-lined baking sheets.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Bake, in batches, at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes.

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Oven

Let cool completely on wire racks.

Spread each cookie with about 1 teaspoon Maple Frosting.

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Frosting

Spread

Maple Syrup

Garnish, if desired.

Oregon Chocolate-Cherry Cookies: Omit maple extract, 1/4 cup flour, and spices.

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Maple Extract

Chocolate

Cherries

Spices

All Purpose Flour

Add 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa to dry ingredients. Stir in 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels and 1 cup dried sweetened cherries.

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Semisweet Chocolate Chips

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

Cherries

Bake as directed. When cool, drizzle cookies with 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate morsels, melted, if desired. Makes 2 dozen.

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Semisweet Chocolate Chips

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Oven

Caribbean Coffee Cookies: Omit maple extract and spices.

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Maple Extract

Coffee

Spices

Add 1 teaspoon instant espresso or coffee powder to butter mixture. Stir 1/2 cup chopped bittersweet chocolate and 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts into batter.

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Bittersweet Chocolate