The Spiced Christmas Cookies are a small family ritual: they fill the house with the scent of cinnamon and ginger and turn any afternoon into a special moment.
Here is the simple and traditional recipe to prepare them with your loved ones.
My Spiced Christmas Cookies are simple and light with cinnamon, ginger, and a touch of nutmeg, made with extra virgin olive oil, no eggs, and little sugar.
If you love making cookies also check out these other recipes below:
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 15 Minutes
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 20 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons, Christmas
- Energy 80.80 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 11.75 (g) of which sugars 2.36 (g)
- Proteins 1.83 (g)
- Fat 3.15 (g) of which saturated 0.52 (g)of which unsaturated 0.07 (g)
- Fibers 0.77 (g)
- Sodium 20.00 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 20 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour (or any flour you prefer, one, zero, spelt)
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (or seed oil if you prefer)
- 1/3 cup milk (or plant-based milk)
Tools
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- 1 Rolling pin
- 1 Baking sheet
- 1 Mat silicone
- 1 Mixing bowl
- 1 Fork
- 1 Teaspoon
- Cookie cutters cookie cutters
- 1 Work surface silicone
Steps
To support the description, at the beginning of the page there is also the video recipe.
In a bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and all the spices.
Pour the EVO oil and milk into the center of the dry ingredients and mix with a fork then knead with your hands.
If the dough is too dry, add 1 tablespoon of water or milk at a time.
It should be soft but not sticky.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for 15-20 minutes.
(It helps compact the oil shortcrust pastry.)If you’re really in a hurry and can’t follow this step you can skip it.
Roll out the dough on a work surface to a thickness of 3/16 inch and cut out the cookies.
Or make balls and flatten them with your palm.
Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or, as I did, a silicone mat.
Bake at 350°F for 12-14 minutes, until the edges start to turn golden.
Let them cool: they harden a bit and become crunchy.
How to store Spiced Christmas Cookies
Before storing the Spiced Christmas Cookies, they must be completely cool: if stored while still warm, they create moisture and become soft.
Airtight containers (glass or tin): ideal for crispy cookies.
Tin boxes with parchment paper sheets inside: great for keeping them dry.
Crispy cookies → keep them separate from soft ones, otherwise, they lose consistency.
If the cookies have icing or chocolate → place parchment paper between the layers.
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