Stamped Cookies #31 Fall Spice Stamped Cookies from Nordic Ware

Stamped Cookies #31 Fall Spice Stamped Cookies - made dough September 4, 2023 from Nordic Ware

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup dark brown sugar, packed

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 2/3 cups flour

1 tablespoon pumpkin spice or cinnamon (I used Penzey's pie spice)

1/2 teaspoon salt

extra granulated sugar for rolling

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2-4 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pumpkin spice or cinnamon and salt. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients in two additions, mixing on low speed after each addition, until just combined and dough forms. Cover and chill for 15-30 minutes.
3. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
4. Roll dough into large balls, roll in granulated sugar to coat and press evenly with cookie stamps. Trim edges if desired. Evenly space cookies on prepared sheets.
5. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until edges are set. Let rest on baking sheet for several minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.

I haven't tried out a new stamped cookie recipe in a few months because when I do make stamped cookies, I go to Kitchen Vixen's shortbread recipe for the best impressions after baking as well as the best flavor.

erk, you can tell where I had a few brown sugar lumps in the dough

But, I was foolish enough to be idly surfing Williams Sonoma's website and searched "cookie stamps" on a whim (gah, these costly whims) and lo and behold, my pearl-clutching shock that there were new cookie stamps available. 

Actually there were three new-to-me sets of cookie stamps I hadn't seen before but let's focus on this one first (never fear, the other two will make an appearance in a future post). It's the fall set from Nordic Ware. Now, I have almost every set of cookie stamps on Nordic Ware's site and these are not on there as of this writing. So I don't know if these are a Williams Sonoma exclusive or if they'll eventually appear at Nordic Ware.

Doesn't matter as I.had.to.get.them. As you can see, I did. My favorite is the maple leaf stamp, followed by the pine cone then the acorn. The acorn design doesn't lend itself to as deep or clear impressions as the other two so it's a slightly distant third for me. But honestly, I love them all anyway, especially the set together.

The recipe is from the Nordic Ware fall cookie stamp box. It's similar to their other cookie stamp recipes, just flavored with pumpkin spice or cinnamon. I didn't have pumpkin spice handy so I used Penzey's pie spice which is made up of cinnamon, vanilla sugar, mace, ginger, nutmeg, anise seed and clove. It worked just fine. The edges were crisp and the middle was chewy-soft which I liked. I made the cookies a little thick, hence why they didn't bake crisp all the way through. You can make them thinner but it becomes harder to work with to get a clean impression and be able to separate the dough from the stamp without breaking. Make sure to chill the dough first to make it easier to work with. And if you don't have square cookie cutters in the right size (I didn't), use a pizza cutter to trim the edges for a clean cut.