SPICE SLICES

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These cookies are prepared similarly to how biscotti are (but they're baked once, not twice). The dough is shaped into flattened logs before going in the oven, then sliced into cookies after being baked.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cookie Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield Makes 4 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, spices, and salt. Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to low, and beat in flour mixture.
  • Divide dough into 4 equal pieces, and form each into a 9 1/2-inch log. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets, and flatten each to a 2-inch width by pressing with the tines of a fork.
  • Bake until golden aroundedges and firm to the touch,about 25 minutes. Transfersheets to wire racks, and letcool for 10 minutes. Removelogs from sheets, and cuton the bias into 3/4-inch-thickslices. Let cool completelyon wire racks.

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