Holiday Spiced Peanut Butter Cookies

Classic peanut butter cookies spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and sugar. They are so easy to make and perfect for holiday cookie platters!

Holiday Spiced Peanut Butter Cookies

I don’t like to mess around with classics too much – they’re classics for a reason, right?

So these peanut butter cookies don’t stray too far from what they’re supposed to be – a mixture of butter, flour, egg, sugar, and peanut butter baked up until they’re lightly golden.

There’s just one small adjustment – instead of rolling each in just plain old granulated sugar, I rolled them around in a fragrant mixture of sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.

Is it too early for all this holiday-y spice stuff?

I’m thinking no.

It’s a subtle change and one you might think doesn’t make that big of difference until you catch the aroma while they’re in the oven – hints of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg baking up with all that peanut butter and sugar will make you feel like lighting a fire and curling up on the couch with a good book. Even if it’s 80 degrees outside.

Serve them with a cold glass of milk and make it a large one – trust me, you’ll need it. You can’t eat just one of these.

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