Cookie Recipes - Brandy Spice Cookies Recipe

  
 

Nut and Spice Cookie Recipes - Brandy Spice Cookies

 

Ingredients 

  • 1/3 cup/50 g raisins

  • 2 tbsp brandy

  • 1 1/2 cups/225 g all-purpose/plain flour

  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

  • 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

  • 1/2 tsp baking soda

  • 1/8 tsp salt

  • 3/4 cup/180 g butter, softened

  • 2/3 cup/140 g granulated sugar

  • 1/4 cup/50 g firmly packed dark brown sugar

  • 4 tbsp milk

  • grated zest of 1 orange

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4. Butter two cookie sheets.

  2. Plump the raisins in the brandy in a small bowl for 15 minutes, or until almost all the liquid has been absorbed.

  3. Sift the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl.

  4. Beat the butter and granulated and brown sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy.

  5. Mix in the milk, raisin mixture, dry ingredients, and orange zest. Drop teaspoons of the dough 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.

  6. Bake for 10-15 minutes, or until just golden. Cool on the sheets until the cookies firm slightly. Transfer to racks to finish cooling.