Vanilla Spice Slice-and-Bake Cookies

Name: Vanilla Spice Slice-and-Bake Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 5 h
Ingredients: 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface and hands; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg; ¼ teaspoon salt; ¾ cup (1½ sticks, or 180 g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature; ⅔ cup (150 g) packed light brown sugar; 1 large egg, room temperature; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; seeds scraped from ½ vanilla bean; ½ cup (60 g) coarse sugar, for rolling; Vanilla Frosting; sprinkles, for decorating (optional)

Preparation info

Yield:
24
cookies

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 hr

Appears in

Sally's Cookie Addiction

By Sally McKenney

Published 2017

About

Like the other slice-and-bake recipes in this chapter, these frosted cookies have a unique texture. They’re soft in the center with a crumbly crisp edge. You can’t stop at one!

Ingredients

2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface and hands
½ teaspoon grou

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Whisk the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
In a large bowl, using a handheld mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium-high speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the brown sugar and beat on medium-high speed until creamed, about 2 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla extract, and vanilla