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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 90 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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I created this recipe on an early fall afternoon after I had looked all over for the perfect spice cookie recipe, and never finding exactly what I wanted. I'm not a fan of nuts in my cookies, but I'm sure it would be fantastic with the chopped walnuts mixed into the dough. Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar |
1 cup butter flavored shortening |
2 eggs |
1/4 cup milk |
1 tablespoon vanilla |
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon |
1 teaspoon nutmeg |
1 teaspoon ginger |
2 1/2 cups flour |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
1 cup granulated sugar |
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese |
1/4 cup buttermilk |
1 teaspoon lemon juice |
2 cups powdered sugar |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream brown sugar and shortening together in a large bowl.
3. In a small bowl, mix eggs, milk, and vanilla.
4. In a medium bowl, mix spices, flour, and baking soda.
5. Alternate mixing the dry and the wet ingredients into the sugar and shortening mixture to form a wet dough.
6. Refrigerate for approximately 30 minutes.
7. Form small teaspoon sized doughballs (about the diameter of a quarter) with your hands and roll around in a bowl of granulated sugar to cover cookie. Place on cookie sheet and bake for 9 minutes.
8. While cookies are chilling, cream together all remaining ingredients to make the frosting.
9. Once cookies are out of the oven, let cool for 15 minutes. Then put a quarter sized dollop of cream cheese frosting between two like sized cookies to form a sandwich. Once all cookies are sandwiched, drizzle remaining frosting over the top of all cookies.
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