Spicy Smiles
Spicy Smiles
Of this Thanksgiving dessert recipe, Desserts Required says, "Spicy Smiles are one of the most addictive cookies I have found... and they don't even have chocolate in them." We recommend you perfect these now.
Servings
14
Ingredients
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 pound light brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup walnut pieces, chopped
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and place an oven rack in the middle of the oven. Line a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- Combine the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric stand mixer, and mix on medium-high speed to thoroughly combine, for 2 minutes. (This will not be light and fluffy.) Add the eggs and beat for 1 minute. Add the vanilla extract. Add the dry ingredients and mix on low speed until well incorporated. Lastly, stir in the walnut pieces.
- Spread into the baking dish and bake for 35 minutes, rotating the pan around halfway through. Cool completely.
- Once cool, transfer the parchment paper to a cutting board. To make smile cutting easier, use a large sharp knife to cut off 1 horizontal side crust and 1 vertical side crust. Using a drinking glass (about 3 inches in diameter), push down on the top of the glass to cut the cookies into crescent shapes (smiles). Think of the large spicy smile block as a board. As you work your way up, there will be 2 columns of smiles. You will have pieces left over.