Cookie Recipes

Who doesn't love cookies? They're great for snacking and fun to make, too. We've got some great recipes to bring variety to your cookie jar.

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Best Gingerbread Cookies
This recipe comes to us from The Junior League of Chicago. It is from their cookbook, "Celebrate Chicago! A Taste of Our Town."…
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Spices Featured:
- Cloves,
- Ginger,
- Cinnamon, Vietnamese
Pfeffernuesse
Pfeffernuesse means pepper nuts. My husband and I became responsible for making these cookies for the family when we offered a ba…
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Spices Featured:
- Orange Peel,
- Anise,
- Cardamom, Green,
- Cassia Buds,
- Nutmeg,
- Allspice,
- Cloves,
- Cinnamon, Vietnamese
Fruit Slice Cookies
This recipe is from one of our customers at the Milwaukee store.
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Spices Featured:
- Orange Peel,
- Lime Peel,
- Lemon Peel,
- Vanilla Extract
Chocolate Chip Cookies
I don't remember where I got the original recipe, but it's been tweaked over the years, and these cookies have always been a hit. …
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Spices Featured:
- Vanilla Extract
Curry and Cardamom Cookies
Susan Wittig Albert writes mystery stories. Her main character owns an herb shop and gets drawn into solving mysteries because of…
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Spices Featured:
- Cardamom, Green,
- Curry Powder, Sweet,
- Vanilla Extract
Peppery Ginger Cookies
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Spices Featured:
- Ginger, Crystallized,
- Pepper, Ground,
- Cardamom, Green,
- Cloves,
- Nutmeg,
- Cinnamon, Vietnamese,
- Ginger,
- Vanilla Extract
Rich Cardamom Cookies
I recently baked these for a potluck and the guests raved about them because they are unusual and delicious.…
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Spices Featured:
- Cardamom, Green
Jose Cuervo Christmas Cookies
THIS RECIPE IS STRICTLY FOR MEN OVER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE AND UNDER FORTY. DO NOT MAKE THIS WITH YOUR GRANDMOTHER.…
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Madelines
If Marcel Proust were alive today, he'd recognize this traditional French Madeline cookie instantly. Although I still use my old-f…
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Spices Featured:
- Orange Flower Water,
- Lemon Peel,
- Salt, Kosher
Brownies for Chocolate Lovers
My friend Candace said that there was no such thing as a dense brownie made with cocoa powder. Now there is! This brownie with a…
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Spices Featured:
- Cacao,
- Vanilla Extract,
- Cocoa
Snickerdoodles
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Spices Featured:
- Chicago Old Town Sugar,
- Cinnamon, Chinese,
- Cream of Tartar
Ginger Spice Cookies
These cookies have gone through several incarnations. Cindy Wallner sent us the recipe that her mother adapted from Bon Appétit, …
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Spices Featured:
- Ginger, Crystallized,
- Salt, Kosher,
- Cloves,
- Cinnamon, Vietnamese,
- Ginger
Victorian Lavender Cookies with Rose Water Icing
A very nice customer brought us this recipe many years ago. This delious treat is out-of-the-ordinary. A must try!…
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Spices Featured:
- Rose Water,
- Lavender
Quadruple Ginger Cookies
I've used this recipe for several Spice House functions, and we always get requests for the recipe. The secret is the layering of…
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Spices Featured:
- Ginger, Crystallized,
- Cloves,
- Cinnamon, Vietnamese,
- Ginger
Cacao Nib Drop Cookies
This recipe was part of the Milwaukee Spice House newsletter from April 2005. Modified from "The Joy of Cooking" by Irma S. Rom…
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Spices Featured:
- Cacao,
- Vanilla Extract
Molasses Spice Cookies
An old fashioned recipe that has been tweaked over the last decade and a personal favorite. I started baking these for people who…
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Spices Featured:
- Chinese Five Spice
Old Town Vanilla Buttercream Cookies
I wrote this recipe especially for the Spice House's Oldtown Spiced Sugar! They've been compared to snicker doodles--but better. …
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Spices Featured:
- Chicago Old Town Sugar,
- Cream of Tartar,
- Vanilla Extract
Pepper Cookies
I found this recipe ages ago in a newspaper and have had fun with it over the years. No one can guess the "secret" ingredient.…
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Spices Featured:
- Pepper, Ground,
- Cinnamon, Vietnamese,
- Cardamom, Green,
- Vanilla Extract
Coconut Melting Moments
We aquired this recipe from one of our Milwaukee customers.
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Spices Featured:
- Almond Extract
Best Ever Sugar Cookies
We aquired this recipe from one of our Milwaukee customers.
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Spices Featured:
- Lemon Extract,
- Vanilla Extract,
- Cream of Tartar
Orange and Cinnamon Biscotti
The spices in this recipe can be changed to meet your own tastes. Sometimes and ginger and chrystalized ginger with toasted almond…
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Spices Featured:
- Cinnamon, Vietnamese,
- Vanilla Extract,
- Orange Peel
Lavender Sugar shortbread cookies
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Spices Featured:
- Rose Water,
- Lavender Vanilla Sugar
Hermit Cookies
I'm from New York City, so the only kind of hermit I knew was a reclusive woman to whom we brought food, books and other things wh…
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Spices Featured:
- Vanilla Powder,
- Cardamom, Green,
- Mace,
- Nutmeg,
- Cinnamon, Vietnamese,
- Cinnamon, Ceylon,
- Cloves
Ginger Lemon Almond Squares
This recipe is taken from a recipe in Gourmet Magazine, August 1993. It has been modified very slightly, but is essentially their…
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Spices Featured:
- Ginger,
- Almond Extract
Candied Ginger Cookies
Our customer, Karen Hansen, sent this recipe in. It is one of her favorites.
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Spices Featured:
- Ginger, Crystallized,
- Vanilla Extract,
- Ginger,
- Cream of Tartar
FIVE SPICE COOKIES
I make cookies and snacks for our music rehearsal group each week at my home and always looking for unusual things. I made this up…
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Spices Featured:
- Almond Extract,
- Chinese Five Spice
Old-Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies
Recipe is from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Food section from Sept 8, 1999 The article was titled "Cookies-to-go will please a h…
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Spices Featured:
- Lemon Peel,
- Vanilla Extract,
- Nutmeg
Vanilla Dreams
We got this recipe from one of our Milwaukee customers.
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Spices Featured:
- Vanilla Extract
Spiced Florentines
This recipe was provided by Spice House crew member, Chef Jennifer "JR" Statz. It was used for a demonstration class at the Old T…
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Spices Featured:
- Chicago Old Town Sugar
Chai Shortbread
I made up this recipe to join the spices of the orient with the a favorite western cookie.
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Spices Featured:
- Vanilla Extract,
- Chai Blend,
- Sea Salt, La Baleine
Sticks & Nibs
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Spices Featured:
- Cacao,
- Almond Extract,
- Vanilla Extract
Honeyprint Ginger Cookies
This recipe was created by Spice House staff member Paige Esbrook for Retail Therapy Night in Evanston. It combines the best aspe…
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Spices Featured:
- Vanilla Extract,
- Pepper, Ground,
- Cinnamon, Vietnamese,
- Cloves,
- Nutmeg,
- Ginger
Orange Shortbread with Dark Chocolate
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Spices Featured:
- Orange Extract
Scandinavian Lace
I love cardamom and wanted to find another way to use it.
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Spices Featured:
- Lemon Peel,
- Cardamom, Green
Mexican Chocolate Cherry Rounds
This is a recipe from the December 1996 issue of Bob Appetit. It was used by Spice House staffer and pastry cook Ashley Gelsomin …
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Spices Featured:
- Vanilla Extract,
- Cloves,
- Cayenne Pepper,
- Cinnamon, Ceylon
Molasses Cookies
This recipe was handed down from my mother-in-law, who is now 89 years old. She acquired it from her landlady when she and my fat…
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Spices Featured:
- Cinnamon, Vietnamese,
- Cloves,
- Ginger
Pralines
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Spices Featured:
- Chicago Old Town Sugar
Cocoa Meringues
I think like most people, I've made a New Year's Resolution to eat healthier and exercise more in the New Year. Especially with wr…
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Spices Featured:
- Cocoa,
- Cacao,
- Vanilla Extract,
- Chocolate Extract,
- Cream of Tartar
Fresh Fruit Meringue Nests
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Spices Featured:
- Cream of Tartar,
- Vanilla Extract,
- Lemon Peel
Nancy’s Spicy English Gingersnaps
The surprising addition of pepper and ginger nibs adds to the spiciness of these gingersnaps.
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Spices Featured:
- Allspice,
- Pepper, Ground,
- Sea Salt, La Baleine,
- Cinnamon, Vietnamese,
- Ginger, Crystallized,
- Ginger
Maple Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
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Spices Featured:
- Maple Sugar,
- Mace,
- Vanilla Extract
Lemon Twist Date Bars
I added the lemon peel and lemon extract to a recipe I found when looking for a way to use a package of dates.…
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Spices Featured:
- Lemon Extract,
- Lemon Peel
Butter Spritz Cookies
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Spices Featured:
- Almond Extract,
- Vanilla Extract
Ghraybeh (Middle Eastern Shortbread Cookies)
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Spices Featured:
- Sea Salt, La Baleine,
- Cardamom, Green,
- Orange Flower Water
Butter and Jam Thumbprints
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Spices Featured:
- Vanilla Paste
Strawberry Vanilla Cookies
This recipe was created by Spice House staffer Desi Phillips to showcase our new Strawberry-Vanilla Sugar for Evanston's Retail Th…
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Spices Featured:
- Almond Extract,
- Vanilla Extract,
- Citric Acid,
- Strawberry-Vanilla Sugar
Spicy Chocolate Coins
This recipe comes to us from Nancy Brussat of Convito Italiano Cafe and Market.
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Spices Featured:
- Pepper, Ground,
- Strawberry-Vanilla Sugar,
- Ginger, Crystallized,
- Sea Salt, Maldon,
- Cayenne Pepper,
- Cocoa
Vanilla-Spice Sugar Cookies
This is a slightly modified basic sugar cookie recipe. The slice-and-bake instructions here are handy for turning out a lot of coo…
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Spices Featured:
- Vanilla Extract,
- Pumpkin Pie Spice

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