Now that no one is lazy to turn on the oven, it is time to take note of these easy and delicious spiced cookie recipes for the whole family. Cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, anise, ginger, vanilla;?dessert spices with?rich aromas are the best for homemade cookies.
Cinnamon is one of the versatile cookie spice; perhaps, the most used spice in confectionery. However, many other dessert spices add aromas and flavor to our sweet preparations on occasions, a season, or a holiday. Autumn and winter are seasons when we eat to have warmth with spoon dishes, slow cooker stews, and other seasonal recipes. Warm spices, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon go in different recipes for desserts and pastries.
Let us prepare these delicious spiced cookies. They could be a good breakfast or snack.
Gingerbread Spiced Cookies?
This Christmas season; prepare these delicious and fun gingerbread cookies with that unique and incomparable flavor. The best thing is that they are soft and have a simple yet attractive decoration to surprise your whole family.
Select all ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoons ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoons of salt
- 1 cup butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cups brown sugar (165 g)
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons liquid vanilla
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons of cow’s milk for the icing
- 5 tablespoons of Water, for the icing
- 3 cups of powder sugar, for the icing
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of meringue powder, for the icing
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 170 C
- In a bowl mix all the dry ones very well and reserve
- Cream the butter with the sugar in the mixer for about 3 minutes
- Add the yolk, vanilla, honey and milk and beat until incorporated. Lower the speed and add the powders little by little while continuing to beat. Mix well until you get a dough.
- Wrap the dough in non-stick plastic and refrigerate 15 minutes
- Spread the dough with the help of a rolling pin on a floured surface. Cut out gingerbread figures, trees, and stars. Place on a baking sheet
- Bake 15 minutes or until cookies are golden brown on the edges. Chill
- For the icing, mix the icing sugar with the meringue powder and the water in a bowl
- Decorate the cookies with the icing and let them dry
Crunchy Honey And Dessert Spice Cookies
Reminiscent of the typical gingerbread, this recipe for crunchy honey and spices cookies can be ideal to prepare with children during the holidays, since the dough is very manageable and simple. This crunchy honey spice Christmas cookies are perfect for keeping at home in a pretty box and offering to guests during the holidays.
The mild flavor of honey and spices go very well with coffee, a cup of aromatic tea, a cup of chocolate or a simple glass of milk. You can prepare a royal glaze – with egg white – to decorate them or simply use a simple icing of icing sugar and water to give them a more festive touch.
Ingredients:
- Unsalted butter at room temperature 150 g
- Honey 125 g
- Sugar 200 g
- Milk 60 ml
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Wheat flour 400 g
- Cornstarch 100 g
- 2 teaspoons yeast
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 pinch ground cloves (optional)
- Icing sugar for the glaze 200
- Water or milk needed for the glaze
Preparation:
- Place the butter, honey, sugar and milk in a saucepan and heat over medium heat. Stir gently until all the ingredients have melted and we have a homogeneous mixture. Cool slightly. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180C and prepare some trays.
- Arrange the flour with the cornstarch (cornstarch), the baking powder, the salt, the cinnamon, the nutmeg, and the cloves in a large container. Add the honey preparation little by little, mixing well. Lightly knead until you have a homogeneous, smooth, and moist dough, but not sticky.
- Roll out the dough with a rolling pin until it is about 2-4 mm thick. Cut the cookies with some pretty Christmas cutters and distribute them on the trays. Bake for about 10-12 minutes, until they start to brown. Let cool on a wire rack and decorate, if desired, with a simple glaze made from icing sugar and a little water.
If you are not used to cooking with the dessert spices, we recommend that you start using them moderately so that the palate can identify them little by little. However, try them because a world of flavors opens up. Do not forget to share them with your family and friends. Some homemade cookies can be a luxury today?Shop online dessert spices for sale.
