Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Christmas Spice Cookies

It's the right time of year for  Christmas Spice Cookies!  In Dorie's new book, Dorie's Cookies, she is clearly inviting and encouraging her baking fans to experiment.  For example, there is a basic recipe for "Do-Almost-Anything Vanilla Cookie Dough" which is a lovely, soft dough to which various spices and flavorings can be added.  The Christmas Spice Cookie version has cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and all spice.

I mixed the spices into and the dough smelled (and tasted) terrific.  Once I baked the cookies, however, I wished I'd used even more of the spices.  I wanted more oomph.  Lucky for me, when I bake these again I'll be able to double or even triple the spices, tweaking the recipe until it is just perfect for me!

Here they are, ready to go into the oven.  Sorry, no pictures of them out of the oven since they were packed up and given away before I got my camera out!

 
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5 comments:

  1. PeggyDecember 20, 2016 at 10:24 AM

    I thought mine needed a bit more spice too but they were good. Looks lovely!

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  2. gigiDecember 20, 2016 at 11:26 AM

    What darling little trees! I will add more spice next time too. But, I sure loved eating the cooking dough!

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  3. Diane ZwangDecember 20, 2016 at 4:19 PM

    It is hard to time out those photos for all your baking. I hope they were enjoyed by all. Merry Christmas.

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  4. KayteDecember 20, 2016 at 7:43 PM

    Love the trees...and lucky recipients, we loved the spices in these, too.

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  5. steph- whisk/spoonDecember 21, 2016 at 9:39 PM

    yes, the spices were subtle here, but the base recipe is so good, it's definitely worth tweaking. merry christmas!

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