Crispy spiced cookies are delightful treats that combine the perfect balance of flavors and textures. Whether you're looking for a sweet treat to satisfy your cravings or a homemade gift to share with friends and family, this versatile recipe has something to offer everyone. With a crispy exterior and a chewy interior, every bite of these cookies is filled with a symphony of spices that warm your palate and leave you wanting more. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and get ready to embark on a culinary journey that will result in the most delectable crispy spiced cookies you've ever tasted.
Here are our top 11 tried and tested recipes!
SESAME GINGER SPICE RUB
This spice rub is sweet and savory and pairs perfectly with chicken, pork, or fish.
Provided by EatingWell Test Kitchen
Categories Quick & Easy Vegan Dinner Recipes
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat a dry medium skillet over medium heat. Add sesame seeds, fennel seeds, star anise, stick cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, and crushed red pepper. Toast for 4 to 5 minutes or until the mixture is fragrant, lightly toasted, and starting to crackle, stirring occasionally. Remove from skillet and let cool for 5 minutes.
- Transfer spice mixture to a clean spice or coffee grinder. Cover and grind to a powder. In a small bowl, combine ground spice mixture, ginger, brown sugar, garlic powder, and salt. Rub about 1 tablespoon of the spice mixture on 1 pound of meat (see Tip) and cook as desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 6.2 calories, Carbohydrate 0.9 g, Fat 0.3 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.2 g, Sodium 58.6 mg, Sugar 0.4 g
CRISPY OATMEAL COOKIES
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a mixer, cream the butter until fluffy. Add the sugars, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix well.
- In a bowl, stir together the oats, flour, salt, and baking soda. Mixing, slowly add the oat mixture to the butter mixture and mix just until combined. Add raisins and mix just until combined.
- Drop by tablespoonfuls onto the baking sheets, leaving at least 2-inches between cookies. Bake until browned and crispy around the edges, about 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on wire racks and store in an airtight container.
THE SPICIEST GINGERBREAD COOKIES EVER
This gingerbread cookie is super-spicy from the very first bite. Molasses makes it chewy and white sugar rounds out the spices. Cayenne, allspice and a hefty dose of black pepper result in a complex, lingering heat that is surprising and pleasant.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 5h20m
Yield Eighteen 4-inch gingerbread people
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Make the cookies: Whisk together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, salt, baking soda, allspice, nutmeg, cayenne, and baking powder in a medium bowl.
- Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes (scrape down the sides of the bowl, as needed). Beat in the molasses until combined, then the egg (the mixture will look curdled). Add the flour mixture and beat on low speed until the dough comes together. Divide the dough in 2 pieces, flatten each half into a disk and wrap each disk in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
- Position 2 racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Keeping one disk refrigerated, roll the other disk on a well-floured work surface to 1/4 inch thick, sprinkling flour on and under the dough as needed and sliding a spatula underneath every so often to prevent sticking (If the dough looks crackly or breaks apart, press it back together from the outside edge in). Using cookie cutters, cut out gingerbread shapes as close together as possible. Pull away the extra dough around each shape then use a small offset spatula to transfer the shapes to the prepared cookie sheets, spacing them 1 inch apart. Reroll the scraps and cut out more cookies. Freeze the cookies until firm, about 15 minutes.
- Bake the cookies, rotating the baking sheets from top to bottom and from front to back halfway through cooking, until they are slightly firm to the touch but not browned at the edges, about 12 minutes. Repeat the rolling, cutting and baking with the remaining dough disk.
- Cool the cookies for 5 minutes on the baking sheet then transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely, about 20 minutes (The cookies will continue to firm as they cool).
- Make the icing: Combine the confectioners' sugar, meringue powder and 3 tablespoons water in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer on low speed until the frosting thickens, trying not to incorporate too much air. (The icing should be pure white and thick, but not fluffy and bubbly.)
- Scrape the icing into a resealable plastic bag and snip the corner to the desired size. Pipe the icing onto the cookies to decorate, as desired, sticking the candy onto the icing while it is still wet. Let the cookies stand at room temperature until the icing hardens, at least 1 hour.
DUTCH SPICE COOKIES
My sister gave me the recipe for these cookies, which have become a holiday tradition at our house. My kids tear into the spicy, crisp cookies right out of the oven. I prefer them cooled - but it's risky waiting. I might not get any!
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield 40 cookies.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, spices, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in milk and almonds., Roll dough into a 16-in. x 10-in. rectangle between two sheets of waxed paper. Cut into 2-in. squares. Cover with waxed paper and refrigerate for 30 minutes., Place squares 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 375° for 8-10 minutes or until firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 187 calories, Fat 10g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 19mg cholesterol, Sodium 95mg sodium, Carbohydrate 23g carbohydrate (11g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
CHEWY MOLASSES-SPICE COOKIES
The holidays wouldn't be complete without a jar of these spice cookies.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield Makes 36
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. In a shallow bowl, place 1/2 cup sugar; set aside.
- With an electric mixer, beat butter and remaining cup of sugar until combined. Beat in egg and then molasses until combined. Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in dry ingredients, just until a dough forms.
- Pinch off and roll dough into balls, each equal to 1 tablespoon. Roll balls in reserved sugar to coat.
- Arrange balls on baking sheets, about 3 inches apart. Bake, one sheet at a time, until edges of cookies are just firm, 10 to 15 minutes (cookies can be baked two sheets at a time, but they will not crackle uniformly). Cool 1 minute on baking sheets; transfer to racks to cool completely.
CRISP SPICE COOKIES (DIABETIC)
Although I am not diabetic, when looking for desserts or baked goods, I frequently find myself reading Diabetic Living. I love the emphasis on complex carbohydrates and higher fiber ingredients well suited to my own approach to eating. Preparation does not include 1 hour chilling time. 2 cookies is 1 WW point; .5 carb exchange, .5 carb choices.
Provided by justcallmetoni
Categories Dessert
Time 35m
Yield 2 cookies, 33 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine flours with the spices in a medium bowl or on a sheet of waxed paper. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl beat the butter for a minute. Add molasses and sugar and blend until fully combined. Using a low setting on your mixer beat in flour mixture. Divide dough into halves and shape into diskes. Cover and chill for an hour.
- Revove one disk from the icebox. On a floured surface roll out the dough into a wafer thin sheet about 1/16 inch thick (really, really thin). Use a floured 2 inch cookie cutter to cut out the crisps and place on a cookie sheet.
- Alternate rolling method: Getting the thin dough to retain its shape while tranfering to the baking sheet is laborous. My solution is to roll the dough between two sheets of parchment. Peel the top layer of paper off and make the cookie cutouts on the dough. Leave some space, about 3/8 inch between cookies to make the next step easier. Now peel off the excess dough, leaving the cookies on the parchment. Transfer parchment filled with cookies to baking sheet and bake. Perfectly shapped cookies.
- Bake cookies for 5-6 minutes or until the cookie edges are just lightly browned.
- Transfer cookies to a baking rack and allow o cool before serving.
- Makes 66 cookies or 33 servings.
GERMAN GOSSAMER CRISP SPICE COOKIES
The paper thin cookies are traditional to northern Europe. "Gossamer" refers to something light and delicate and perfectly describes these crisp cookies.
Provided by Olha7397
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 66 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a medium bowl stir together flour, ginger, apple pie spice, cloves, cardamom, and red pepper; set aside.
- In a large bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add molasses and brown sugar. Beat until combined. Beat in flour mixture just until combined.
- Divide dough in half; cover and chill for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- Preheat oven to 375°F
- On a lightly floured surface roll half of the dough at a time to a 1/16 inch thickness. Using a 2-inch round scalloped cutter, cut out dough. Place cutouts 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven for 5 to 6 minutes or until edges are browned. Transfer cookies to wire racks; cool. Makes about 66.
- TO STORE: Place in layers separated by waxed paper in an airtight container, cover. Store at room temperature.
- Better Homes Christmas Cookies.
SPICED ORANGE CRUMBLE COOKIES
Citrus in three forms - fresh zest, juice and preserves - gives buttery baked goods a nice bright flavor. This crisp brown sugar cookie is baked with orange marmalade, then topped with a grating of orange zest after it comes out of the oven for layers of citrus freshness. With a dash of clove and black pepper, it's reminiscent of the piney, spiced scents of winter fir. You'll love the aroma that fills your kitchen while they bake, and enjoy them with tea and coffee.
Provided by Yewande Komolafe
Categories cookies and bars, dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 16 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Position a rack in the middle of the oven and heat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch springform pan.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, almond flour, brown sugar, salt, cloves and black pepper. Rub the butter into the flour mixture using your fingers until small pebbles form. (Alternatively, use a food processor to pulse the dry ingredients with the butter.) Pour the cream over the mixture, stir just until combined and squeeze until the dough forms ¾-inch clumps. Transfer a little less than half of the crumble (1½ loosely packed cups/210 grams) to a small bowl and refrigerate.
- Transfer the remaining dough to the buttered pan and flatten into an even layer by pressing into the bottom of the pan with a glass. Bake on the middle rack until the edges are golden brown and begin to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 22 to 25 minutes. Cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes. If you tap the surface of the cookie, it should sound hollow.
- Spread the orange marmalade in an even layer over the surface. Sprinkle the reserved crumble over the top. Return to the oven and bake until the top is golden brown, about 35 minutes. Zest the orange directly over the top while the crumble is still warm. Cool completely in the pan, then run a knife along the edges of the crumble before releasing the sides. Dust with confectioners' sugar, cut into wedges and serve.
CRUNCHY SPICE COOKIES
Provided by Victoria Granof
Categories Cookies Nut Dessert Bake Easter Orange Almond Spice Spring Honey Clove Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes about 7 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a baking sheet.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter or margarine with the brown sugar and honey. Add 1 of the egg whites and mix until evenly blended. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices into another bowl and add the butter mixture, stirring until the dough is smooth and no longer sticky.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead in the orange peel and almonds until evenly dispersed. Divide the dough into 3 pieces and form each piece into a log that is 8 inches long by 2 inches thick. Place the logs 3 inches apart on the greased baking sheet. Beat the remaining egg white lightly and brush the tops of the logs with it.
- Bake the logs for 20 to 25 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees. Slice the logs 1/4 inch thick and lay the cookies on the baking sheet. Return to the oven for another 15 to 20 minutes to dry them out. The cookies will become crisp as they cool, so don't overbake them. Cool on a rack.
REALLY NICE SPICE COOKIES
I used the Nice Spice Cookie recipe minus the lemon zest and I added almost 1/2 cup of Dark Brown Sugar which gave the cookies a very different flavor.
Provided by Passion Jones
Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes
Time 30m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, light brown sugar and dark brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg until well blended. Combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger; stir into the creamed mixture to form a stiff dough. Knead lightly in the bowl for a few turns. Shape dough into 25 small balls. Place balls 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets and flatten slightly.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 91.9 calories, Carbohydrate 9.2 g, Cholesterol 23 mg, Fat 6 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.7 g, SaturatedFat 3.7 g, Sodium 5.5 mg, Sugar 5.9 g
MOLASSES SPICE CRISPS
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes about 50 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line baking sheets with Silpats; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, and salt; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine shortening and 1 cup sugar. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg and molasses, and beat to combine. Add dry ingredients, and beat on low to combine.
- Place the remaining 1/2 cup sugar in a small bowl. Using a 1 1/2-inch ice-cream scoop, form balls of dough. Roll dough balls between the palms of your hands until smooth. Roll in sugar. Place about 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake until the cookies are set in the center and begin to crack, about 12 minutes, rotating the baking sheets once after 5 minutes. Transfer the baking sheets to a wire rack to cool, 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to rack until completely cool. Store in an airtight container up to 1 week.
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients: This will make a big difference in the taste of your cookies. Look for high-quality butter, flour, and spices.
- Don't overmix the dough: Overmixing will make the cookies tough. Mix the dough just until it comes together.
- Chill the dough before baking: This will help the cookies keep their shape and prevent them from spreading too much.
- Bake the cookies at a high temperature: This will help them crisp up. Bake the cookies at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-12 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool completely before storing them: This will help them keep their crispness.
Conclusion:
Crispy spiced cookies are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that are perfect for any occasion. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can create a batch of cookies that will surely impress your family and friends. So next time you're looking for a sweet snack, give these crispy spiced cookies a try. You won't be disappointed!
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