Skinny Crackle Spice Drops Cookie Recipe

4 from 6 votes

One of my favorite holiday cookies made lighter!

Prep Time20

Cook Time8

Total Time28

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: holiday spice cookies, pumpkin spice crackles, spice crinkle cookies

Servings:

Position an oven rack in the center of your oven. Preheat your oven to 375F degrees. Line your baking sheets with silicone liners or parchment for easiest cleanup. Or use ungreased cookie sheets. You'll need at least 2.
In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.
Add the egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
Stir in the flour, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice.
For best results place the cookie dough in the refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes.
Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls and then roll in the confectioners sugar to coat, making 36 cookies.
Place the balls of cookie dough on the cookie sheets spaced at least 1 inch apart. Bake, one cookie sheet at a time in the center of the oven, until golden, 7 to 8 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool on the cookie sheet for a minute and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Repeat with the remaining cookies.

Serving size: 1 cookie

WW Points: 2

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1 PointsPlus (Old plan)

Baking Notes:

With less butter and sugar than a traditional ginger spice cookie, they baked up not-too-spicy and not-too-sweet.
For best results chill the dough for about 30 minutes before rolling it into balls, which makes the dough easier to work with.
If you don't have pumpkin pie spice you can substitute: 1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ginger, 1/4 teaspoon cloves, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg.
A great addition to your holiday cookie tray, I think these also would make a nice homemade gift packed in a cellophane bag tied with raffia to which you attach an herbal tea bag or two.