Belgian Spice Cookies
These cookies are fun to make during the holidays and the smell of the spices as they cook turn your kitchen into Santa's workshop!Plan Ahead Note: The butter needs to soften to room temperature and the dough will need to chill for 4 hours.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice divided
- ½ cup butter softened
- ¼ cup tubinado sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar firmly packed
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Stir together first 4 ingredients and 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice in a small bowl.
- Beat butter and next two ingredients in a medium bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer 2-3 minutes or until well combined.
- Stir in flour mixture just until blended.
- Shape dough into a 2" log, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- Slice dough log into 1/4" thick rounds.
- Place cookies about 1" apart on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 325° for 10-14 minutes or until cookies are fragrant and dry. Cool completely on a wire rack (about 30 minutes).
- Stir together powered sugar and remaining teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice. Sift powdered sugar mixture over cookies.
Notes
Recipe from Southern Living Magazine.