Sugar and Spice Cookies

Ingredients

• 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 0.5 cups softened butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 0.5 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1

   Mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together in a bowl.

2. 2

   Cream butter and brown sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth; beat egg and vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Add the flour mixture in small amounts to the butter mixture, beating each addition until blended. Form the dough into a ball, wrap with plastic wrap, and refrigerate, at least 1 hour or up to 3 days.

3. 3

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.

4. 4

   Roll the dough out on a floured work surface with a rolling pin to about 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with 2-inch cookie cutters. Arrange the cut cookies onto the prepared baking sheets.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until the edges begin to brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.