Samhain Countdown Day 22

Samhain Spice Cookies - makes about 25 cookies

What you will need;

• 110g AP flour

• 1/2 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

• 1/2 pinch ground cloves

• 57g softened butter

• 110g packed brown sugar

• 1 egg

• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Method;

• Stir together the dry together in a bowl.

• Cream together butter and brown sugar in a large bowl until smooth

  • this is usually easiest with an electric mixer, however, if you don’t have one you can hand mix as well

• Combine egg and vanilla extract into the butter mixture

• Gradually incorporate the dry mixture into the butter mixture

  • make sure the previous dry mix was incorporated fully before adding more

• Form the dough into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap

• Place in refridgerator

  • for at least 1 hour or up to 3 days.

• Preheat your oven to 350 F (175 C)

• Prepare your baking sheets

  • grease them really well or use parchment paper or silicone mat if you have one (this will help with clean up as well)

• Flour your work surface and, with a rolling pin, roll out your dough to about 1/8-inch thickness

• Cut with 2-inch cookie cutters (or cutter of your choice just know the size of the cutter affects the amount of cookues you will get on a batch)

• Bake in the oven until the edges begin to brown, this will be about 10 to 12 minutes.

• Allow cookies to cool slightly before placing them on the cooling rack or they will bend and break.

• Enjoy!