Spice Sugar Cookies

Submitted by puppitypup

"I got this way back before I was married in a Good Housekeeping magazine. Been making them ever since! By the way, as Sharlene-W pointed out, I was actually married in a church, not in a magazine..."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 2 dozen cookies
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter flavor shortening
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon clove
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Cream shortening and sugars, then add egg and vanilla and mix well.
3. Sift together dry ingredients, then add them to the creamed mixture.
4. Fold in the walnuts.
5. Roll into 1" balls and roll balls in granulated sugar.
6. Bake 10-12 minutes.

Reviews

[Karabea]

Yummy! I did not add the walnuts, and I used about 3/4 tsp of nutmeg because I was afraid it would be overpowering. I made these for a potluck at DH's work, and they received rave reviews! I will make them again sometime so that I can enjoy more than one of them...I think they would be wonderful with a cup of coffee. Thank you for posting, I will make them again!

 

[Color Guard Mom]

Very good and very easy to make. I don't care for nuts in cookies, so I left those out. The spices give a very subtle taste, not overpowering at all. Thanks for posting Julie! I'll be making them again! ETA: I made these again, only adding nuts this time - they are very yummy!! Unfortunately they still turned out flat, but they are yummy!! Thanks again, Julie!

 

[Studentchef]

This was so delicious! I love having the cinnamon and nutmeg in this recipe. I didn't roll the cookies in sugar, but it still came out sweet. Thank you for a great recipe.

 

[CoffeeB]

Dear Julie...You have the best cookie recipes. I still make your recipe#182242. and this one too is a keeper and the smell alone is worth 5 stars. I love the aroma thru the house of the different spices all mingling together. I used regular Crisco shortening and then for the flour I used 1/2 white flour and 1/2 wholewheat. Fabulous tasting and they turned out just perfect with a bit of crackle to the tops. Thanks for a good one that I will be sharing with my mom who is a spice nut like myself. Made for SpringPAC 08' and April's Spice of the Month-CINNAMON~