FIVE-SPICE COOKIES

Post Date:
12Aug, 2022

| Difficulty Level:   | Serves 50 - 60 Cookies | Prep Time: 10 min  | Cooking Time: 20 min |

 

You will enjoy these aromatic cookies that highlight the harmonious balance of sweet, savory, and peppery notes. These can be enjoyed with a coffee, shared with loved ones, or sold at a bake sale!

 
   Ingredients for Dough:
1 1/2 Cups (12 oz.) of Unsalted Room Temperature Butter
1 1/3 Cups of Sugar
1 tsp. Iodized Salt
3 Egg Yolks
2 tbsp. Vanilla Extract
3 3/4 Cups of All Purpose Flour (Sift After Measuring)
Reserved Spice Mixture
Raw Sugar Crystals (For Decoration)
 Spices:
(Mix Spices in a Bowl and Reserve)
3 tsp. Ground Ginger
3 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
2 tsp. Ground Cardamom
1 1/2 tsp. Ground Cloves
1 tsp. Ground Anise**
 
**You may only be able to buy this whole. If so, grind it in a coffee grinder and put through a sifter to remove large, tough parts.
How to make cookie dough:
  1. Place butter, sugar, and salt in a mixer with a paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until light and fluffy; about 2-3 minutes.
  2. Add egg yolks 1 at a time. Mix after each yolk until incorporated. Turn off mixer and scrape the entire bowl with a spatula.
  3. Add vanilla extract and mix until incorporated.
  4. In a separate bowl, combine spice mix into flour and mix with a whisk until incorporated.
  5. Turn off mixer and add flour mixture to mixing bowl. Mix on low just until dough comes together. Do not overmix. Scrape the bowl as necessary.
  6. Remove the dough from the bowl and divide into 2-3 portions rolled into logs (approx. 1-1/2” wide). Place dough on a parchment lined pan, cover and chill overnight (or at least 3 hours).
  7. Cut chilled dough into 3/8” thick coins. Place coins on a new parchment lined pan with 1” between each cookie. Sprinkle sugar-in-the-raw over the top of the cookies to cover.
  8. In a convection oven: Bake at 350˚F, low fan, until edges are just turning brown (no more than 10-12 minutes). Cookies should not brown on top as it will over-cook the dough and destroy the spice flavor.
  9. In a conventional oven: Bake at 350˚F until the very center is still a bit soft and the edges are just starting to brown (approx. 13-15 minutes). Cool at room temperature.