After a little kitchen experiment, I’m thrilled to share my new favorite cookie recipe with you. My buttery clove cookies have a fine, tender crumb just like a shortbread cookie and a warm, spicy flavor. The hint of cloves is what set these great cookies apart to make them shine through, making them a unique and delicious addition to your baking list.
How to Make Clove Cookies
Ready to bake? Let’s get started with the ingredients and steps.
Ingredients
1 ½ sticks butter (3/4 cup)
½ cups sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
½ teaspoon baking powder, leveled
1 teaspoon ground cloves
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350-degrees. Lightly grease your cookie sheets.
- In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, take out your whisk or fork to mix together the sifted flour, baking powder, and ground cloves.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Using a small ice cream scoop with a trigger release, drop the dough onto your greased cookie sheets, spacing them about two inches apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- ENJOY!
Tips and Variations
Don’t Overmix: These cookies have a shortbread-like texture, so it’s important to mix the dough until the ingredients are just combined. The reason overmixing is a bad approach is because it can make the cookies tough instead of tender and crumbly.
For Crispier Cookies: Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes before baking to prevent spreading. You can also roll out the chilled dough to a 1/4″ thickness and cut it with a cookie cutter for a more classic shortbread shape.
For a Lighter Clove Flavor: If you prefer a more subtle taste, you can reduce the amount of ground cloves to 1/2 teaspoon.
Add Other Spices: Cloves pair wonderfully with other warm spices. Consider adding 1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon or a pinch of ground nutmeg for a more complex flavor.
Add a Garnish: To make them to look as good as they taste, you can sprinkle the tops with a light dusting of powdered sugar after they’ve cooled.
Dip in Chocolate: For an extra-indulgent treat, dip half of each cooled cookie in melted white or dark chocolate.
- 1 ½ sticks butter 3/4 cup
- ½ cups sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoons baking powder leveled
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
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Preheat your oven to 350-degrees. Lightly grease your cookie sheets.
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In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
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Beat in the egg and vanilla until well combined.
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In a separate bowl, take out your whisk or fork to mix together the flour, baking powder, and ground cloves.
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Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix.
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Using a small ice cream scoop, drop the dough onto your greased cookie sheets, spacing them about two nches apart.
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Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden.
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Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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ENJOY!
Give this easy cookie recipe a try because I think you’ll love it. You also may want to check out another scrumptious spice cookie that I make quite often with easy, spicy molasses drop cookies. In addition, you can find a lot more using my search box.
