Ingredients
Base recipe:
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 1/3 cups dark brown sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Sift flour and baking powder into the creamed butter and blend well. Make into 24 even balls and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown on the edges.
Alternate flavors:
Chai Cookies:
Sift cardamom and pepper with flour and fold chopped crystalized ginger in at the end.
Coffee Cookies:
- 2 tablespoons instant espresso
Cream butter, sugar and espresso, then add sifted flour mixture.
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By Nutmeg04222
Durham, ME
on March 19, 2013
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these cookies are excellent.. not sure why there were so many bad ratings. I made the chai cookies and the flavor was amazing. I didn't have dark brown sugar so had to use light brown. Not sure if that change made for crumbly "dough" but it was not at all together.. That didn't matter b/c I just used a 1 Tb scoop and flipped the dough into my palm and made balls that way. What a nice tasting cookie with a shortbread texture. My cardamom is old so I can only imagine how good these will be when I replace that before my next baking day. PS these stayed in ball form so you can fit a lot on one cookie tray. I baked mine on ungreased stones for 14 min.
By lnorth
on December 11, 2011
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If I recall correctly, I think the amount of flour differs on this website than from show. 1 Cup of flour should yield the flatter/buttery cookie. 2 Cups of flour yields cookies that keep the shape you drop them on the pan in and have a bit of a floury taste. Also, watch out on the instant coffee mix...some are stronger than others so you might want to use less. I also did the lemon/lime zest cookies and those were my favorite! Still a great basic/quick and easy cookie base you can play with and make multiple varieties of some tasty treats.
By DemonTegs97
Avon,CT
on December 23, 2010
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i love them but i added my own twist. i put in ground nutmeg, ground clover, allspice, ground ginger, and cinnamon. And you need to add lots of all of them. I call them Jamaican Spice cookies.
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