Sugar rolled spice cookies and a pot of Chai tea. The perfect accompaniment to this grey October afternoon. I have no interesting stories or opinions to share today, as we’re too busy marathoning Lost (my first time watching, it’s crack), and later: a giant pan of chicken curry. My kind of Thanksgiving weekend. Today I share with you – cookies, and some snaps from yesterday’s walk in High Park and along the Toronto waterfront.
The Spice Cookies: makes approx 1+1/2 dozen portions at 1 TB each
3/4 cup + 1 TB all purpose flour
1/4 cup + 1 TB buckwheat flour (or sub. all purpose)
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp all spice
1/4 tsp ground clove
1/4 tsp cardamom
1/4 tsp cinnamon
12 grinds black pepper from your mill (or 1/4 tsp)
1 egg
1/8 cup molasses
1/4 cup melted coconut oil (or melted butter)
1/2 cup brown sugar
granulated sugar for rolling
-Preheat oven to 350 F.
-In a large bowl whisk together the molasses, egg, coconut oil or butter, and brown sugar until it is smooth.
-Whisk together all of the flours, soda, salt, and spices.
-Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a spatula until smooth, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
-Scoop the cookie dough into portions about 1 TB each, and roll into balls by hand. Toss the cookies in granulated sugar and place each ball on a prepared baking sheet at least two and a half inches apart.
-Bake for 12-14 minutes, rotating the tray once during baking. Cool the cookies on the pan for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire cooking rack for an additional 15 minutes.
Yesterday’s walk around in Toronto:
Looks so yummy and nice stack picture of the cookies 🙂
Thank you!
Looks like I will be baking cookies this weekend and I love the photos x
Thanks Andrew!
cannot wait to try these!
Great pics! Your weather is much better than ours! I just finished baking cookies that are very similar to this recipe, without the cardamom. We call them Dad’s cookies, but they should be called Grandpa’s!,
Did you? I’m curious how your recipe is! Are they Papa’s favourite?! Do you bake them soft or crispy? Xxx
black pepper in cookies? Never heard of doing that….I’ll have to try these!
These look amazing! I can’t wait to try out the recipe.