Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes Spice Cookie Dough 3.0 (118) Add your rating & review By Martha Stewart Test Kitchen Martha Stewart Test Kitchen The recipes developed by our test kitchen team have undergone a rigorous process of development and testing, ensuring that every element is optimal, from ingredient amounts to method and cooking time. This process includes triple-testing recipes to ensure they meet our high standards. The many stellar cooks and food editors who have been part of our team include Sarah Carey, Lucinda Scala Quinn, Jennifer Aaronson, Shira Bocar, Anna Kovel, Greg Lofts, Riley Wofford, Lauren Tyrell, and Lindsay Leopold. Editorial Guidelines Updated on May 18, 2020 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Prep Time: 15 mins Total Time: 15 mins For tinted cookies, add drops of gel-paste food coloring once the flour is incorporated. Ingredients 3 cups all-purpose flour ¾ teaspoon baking powder (omit if making thumbprints, ball cookies, or spritz cookies) ½ teaspoon salt 2 sticks unsalted butter 1 cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon ground ginger ¼ teaspoon ground allspice ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper Directions Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Beat butter and granulated sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture, ground cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and pepper and beat until combined. Proceed with variations:Thumbprints and Ball CookiesShaped Icebox CookiesLayered Icebox CookiesGlazed Spritz CookiesCutout Cookies Variations If you'd like to try a variation, see what ingredients to add: Basic Vanilla DoughChocolate Cookie DoughCitrus Cookie Dough Rate it Print