Lots Of Spice Flavor

Cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and cloves give these spice cookies that distinctive holiday flavor. Your kitchen will smell wonderful while they are baking. These big and chewy cookies have all the flavor of a gingersnap, but a much chewier and softer texture.

Christmas is just weeks away and we may not have our tree up or presents bought, but we have cookies. 🙂 I love all kinds of Christmas cookies, snowballs and chocolate crinkles being two of my favorites. But a cookie plate just can’t be a cookie plate without some type of spice cookie and these Oatmeal Spice Cookies are among my favorite.

The dough is flattened out a little on the cookie sheet to produce a big, thin cookie. Take them out of the oven when they still look undercooked. By the time they cool, they will be fully cooked, but still retain a wonderful soft texture.

Add some raisins if you like. (I don’t like :)) Some toasted chopped pecans add a buttery flavor and some contrast to the texture.

Once cooked, drizzle with a simple maple glaze for an extra yummy Christmas cookie.

Recipe Tip

I’ve found if I chop the raisins up into little pieces and add them to the batter, I love them in these cookies. If you are kind of iffy about raisins in your cookies, give this a try. You get a little additional flavor from the raisins, but not the texture of the raisins,