420 spice cookie recipes

Chewy oatmeal raisin cookies with warm cinnamon and nutmeg spice. Classic rounds that require overnight chilling for the best texture and flavor development.

Old-fashioned date and nut drop cookies spiced with cinnamon and cloves, made with egg yolks and buttermilk. A chewy, fruit-studded holiday cookie with a nostalgic name.

Chewy molasses drop cookies loaded with candied fruit and warm spices like cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, and allspice. These colorful Christmas Jewels look like stained glass on a cookie platter.

Beverwyks are old Dutch spiced cookies with cloves, allspice, cinnamon, and chopped raisins rolled and cut into shapes. A traditional holiday cookie from New York's Dutch heritage.

Chewy ginger molasses cookies with crackled sugar tops and soft, spice-packed centers. Cinnamon, ginger, and clove make these the cookie that defines fall and holiday baking.

Persimmon orange cookies made with persimmon pulp, orange juice, orange zest, warm spices, nuts, and raisins. Bake as drop cookies or cut into brownie-style bar squares.

Ginger Puffs are soft drop cookies made with cooked oatmeal, molasses, brown sugar, ginger, allspice, and cinnamon. One bowl, 30 minutes, yields 4 dozen warm-spiced cookies.

Norwegian almond bars with an almond paste filling spiced with cardamom and cinnamon between buttery crumb layers. A Scandinavian cookie bar with a unique potato flake filling.

Mrs Fields-style lemon chocolate chip buttons with lemon extract, ground coriander, and mini chocolate chips. Tiny, soft, pale cookies with a surprising citrus-spice twist.

Spiced molasses cookies sweetened with maple syrup and warmed by ginger, cinnamon, and cardamom. Rolled in sugar before baking for a crackled, sparkly crust and soft, chewy middle.

Fruitcake cookies packed with candied pineapple, cherries, golden raisins, and toasted pecans, spiked with brandy and warm spices. All the holiday flavor, none of the doorstop.

Tender sugar cookies filled with apricot preserves and sealed like hand pies, with a hint of nutmeg in the dough for warm spice.

Traditional German sauerbraten marinated for 3 days in vinegar and spices, then braised until fork-tender with a sweet-sour gravy thickened with gingersnap cookies. Authentic old-world pot roast flavor.

Old-fashioned drop cookies with dark molasses, chopped tart apples, and warm spices like cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. Soft, chewy, and they make 60 cookies from one batch.

Peanut butter oatmeal chippers fold quick oats, peanut butter chips, and chopped pecans into a cinnamon-nutmeg cookie dough. A spice-warmed twist on the classic oatmeal cookie.

Soft apple cookies loaded with diced raw apple, raisins, and warm spices like cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. A big-batch drop cookie with a moist, cake-like crumb.