Soft Spice cookies ~ a Christmas Treat
 
 
A Soft pillowy cookie that is a cross between a gingersnap and a lofthouse
Author:
Recipe type: Cookie
Cuisine: Americana
Ingredients
  • 1 c whole wheat flour
  • 1¾ c ap flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 1 tblsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp cloves
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 c sugar
  • ¼ c dark molasses (unsulphured)
  • ¾ c butter no substitutions or texture will change
  • 2 large eggs
Instructions
  1. Instructions:
  2. Preheat oven to 375
  3. Cream all wet ingredients except eggs, combine all dry, then add dry mixture to wet and combine until mixture resembles brown sugar. Then add eggs at same time and combine until dough just forms. dough will be sticky. Drop onto lightly greased cookie sheet in tblsp fulls and use a large flat spoon, dipped in water to flatten slightly.
  4. Bake 8-10 minutes and allow to cool 5 minutes then remove to cooling rack.
  5. Enjoy!
  6. they are great with calamondin orange jam, marmalade, and even chocolate!
Recipe by Grain Mill Wagon at https://www.grainmillwagon.com/soft-spice-cookies-a-christmas-treat/