These are from The Joy of Cooking (the most indispensable cook book ever). It is one of the variations of the "Fourteen In One" They're not as dense or rich as gingerbread, but they definitely have enough spice to taste Christmasy.
Spice Cookies
Makes about 5 dozen.
1/2 pound butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg yolk
1 egg
2 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. all spice
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
Have all ingredients at room temperature.
Beat butter, sugar and salt until fluffy.
Beat in egg yolk until well blended.
Beat in vanilla and remaining egg until well combined.
Add the spices to the flour.
Slowly add the flour to wet ingredients, while mixing on a low speed.
Continue to mix ingredients until well combined.
Divide the dough in half and wrap in plastic.
Refrigerate dough for at least one hour.
To form cookies, either:
Scoop the cookie dough into 1 tablespoon balls and roll between hand until soft. Place the dough balls onto parchment lined cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart. Flatten each ball to about 1/8 inch thick using the bottom of a well floured glass.
Or:
Lightly flour your work surface. Roll the dough to 1/8 inch thick. Cut the dough into desired shapes. Place the dough shapes on parchment lined cookie sheets, spacing about 1/2 apart. Get as many dough shapes out of each sheet, since though dough should only be rolled out twice. Discard the remaining dough, or form the remaining dough into balls and flatten as above.
Bake sheets 2 at a time, in a 375 degree oven for 6-8 minutes, turning the sheets half way through baking for even browning. Immediately transfer the baked cookies to racks* to cool to room temperature. Decorate, if desired, and store in an airtight container.
* I don't own any cooling racks. A tip that I found online is to use a folded sheet of aluminum foil instead.
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