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"It&amp;#39;s Friday, so let&amp;#39;s have a cookie. Lately, I&amp;#39;ve been craving spice cookies, and these look really delicious...\nPinterestFacebookI&amp;#39;ve been eating more plant-based these days, which, yes, means doing without butter and eggs for the time being (just a kick I&amp;#39;m on). That&amp;#39;s why I loved finding this recipe for an autumny treat from the makers of Earth Balance spread:\nAutumn Spice Cookies\nMakes about 30 cookies\nAdapted from Earth Balance/Mickey Walker\n*Ingredients:*2 cups unbleached flour\n2 teaspoons baking soda\n2 teaspoons cinnamon\n1 teaspoon cloves, ground\n2 teaspoons ginger, dried\n1 1/2 teaspoons cardamom, ground\n1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, fresh grated\n1 teaspoon sea salt\n1 cup Earth Balance\uFFFD\uFFFD baking sticks\n1/2 cup dark brown sugar\n1/2 cup cane sugar\n1/4 cup maple syrup\n1 teaspoon vanilla extract\n1/2 cup cane sugar (for rolling)\n1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (for rolling)\nDirections:\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line 2-3 baking sheets with parchment paper. In a medium sized bowl sift together the flour, baking soda and all of the spices. (Sifting is important with the spices, as they can so often clump and you don&amp;#39;t want clumps of dry, potent spice in your cookies!) Stir to combine and set aside. In a stand mixer or using a hand blender, cream together the Earth Balance\uFFFD\uFFFD, sugars, maple syrup, salt and vanilla extract. Mix until very creamy and thoroughly combined.\nStart adding 1/2 cup increments of the dry flour mixture into the mixing bowl of wet ingredients. Mix well after each addition. Once all added, stop the mixer, scrape down the sides and give it one more mix. When done, remove from mixer stand (if using).\nCombine the sugar and cinnamon for rolling the dough in. Start spooning out dough and shaping it into 1&amp;quot; balls. Roll the dough balls in the cinnamon-sugar, generously coating them. Flatten them slightly with your hand once placed onto the baking sheets. You can even sprinkle additional cinnamon sugar, this will give them a nice spicy and crunchy exterior. *Cookies will spread and flatten out, so be careful to not place them too close together.\nBake for 10-12 minutes in preheated oven. 10 minutes will yield a nice soft and chewy cookie, and 12 minutes will yield more of a &amp;quot;ginger-snap&amp;quot; crunchy cookie. You can bake a test cookie and see what you like best! Have fun and enjoy!\nP.S. More healthy cookie recipes, and faux (healthy) cookie dough!\nPhoto: Courtesy Earth Balance"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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