Best Tinas Excellent Spice Cookies Recipes

GERMAN SPICE COOKIES

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These chewy spice cookies are great with coffee and taste even better the next day. The recipe has been a family favorite for more than 40 years.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 20m

Yield 3-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

3 large eggs
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped walnuts

Steps:

In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add the brown sugar, cloves, cinnamon and pepper. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the egg mixture. Stir in raisins and walnuts. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto lightly greased baking sheets. Bake at 400° for 8-10 minutes or until surface cracks. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 190 calories, Fat 4g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 30mg cholesterol, Sodium 105mg sodium, Carbohydrate 36g carbohydrate (25g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.

SPICE COOKIES

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This recipe was my mother's grandmother's recipe. Spicy soft cookies with currants. Originally from England. Enjoy, they won't last long.

Provided by Angie Kitcher

Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes

Time 26m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup dried currants
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 cup milk, or as needed

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
Combine sugar, butter, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Combine flour, currants, and baking soda in a separate bowl. Stir into the butter mixture alternately with tablespoons of milk until the flour is fully incorporated.
Drop spoonfuls of batter onto the prepared baking sheets. Press down lightly with a fork. Dip fork in sugar or water if it sticks.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Let stand on the baking sheets for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 110.4 calories, Carbohydrate 16.8 g, Cholesterol 18.3 mg, Fat 4.3 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 1.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 72.1 mg, Sugar 8.6 g