A friend recently gave me a whole whack of Alpine Spiced Apple Cider packets & I've been enjoying them almost daily as we quickly approach winter. Not only do I have all the above memories flooding my mind when I make this drink but now I remember Kim's generosity in providing my drink & the wonderful time I spent at her place baking cookies that tasted terrible... But made us laugh... And the yummy cream cheese mints we made (and the Eau de Menthe I could smell on my hands long after I got back home).
So, sipping my yumminess I began to wonder what that flavour might be like baked into a cookie. Today I present to you my Spiced Apple Cider Cutout Cookies Recipe.
I started out with The Kitchn's The Best Cut-Out Sugar Cookies recipe: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-best-cutout-cookies-38629 (2oz =1/4C cream cheese) but left out the lemon. To the dry ingredients I added 2 packets of Alpine Spiced Apple Cider mix & 1t ground cinnamon.
I rolled out half the dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper to 1/4" & placed them on a baking sheet & put them in the fridge for 15-30 mins. Remove from fridge and peel away the bottom piece of waxed paper & then lay the dough back on top of it while you peel off the top piece. Cut out your cookies & bake. My cookies were a tad large so I baked them for 14-15 minutes. My huge cookie sheet is causing me some timing issues and I have no idea how long they took to finally get done... But, the regular, air-insulated sheet with my dollar store Betty Crocker Silpat liners took 14-15 mins @ 350F.
Minor speadage. 
This is the cutey-pie I plan to make with these warm brown oval cookies: http://cookieconnection.juliausher.com/clip/christmas-countdown-day-18
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Let me know if you enjoy this recipe. :)
These were such a hit I'm going to make more and this time I'm keeping some!
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