Nutmeg Sugar Drop Cookies (Super Chewy!)

Looking for a delicious cookie recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth and that is easy? These nutmeg sugar drop cookies are perfectly chewy and a tasty treat that's perfect for any occasion!

Prep time: PT15M

Cook time: PT15M

Total time: PT60M

Rating

5 stars (3 reviews)

Keywords

nutmeg cookies, nutmeg sugar cookies

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
1 cup Granulated sugar
1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
2/3 cup light brown sugar (packed)
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp Nutmeg (freshly grated)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp kosher salt

Cuisine

American

Steps

Pre heat your oven to 375 degrees
In a large mixing bowl add your room temperature butter and both sugars
With a hand mixer or stand mixer on medium speed, mix for about 3 minutes until the butter mixture is smooth and creamy
Now add your eggs, nutmeg and vanilla to the butter mixture and mix well (another minute).
In a separate bowl add all of your dry ingredients and mix together.
Now add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until it comes together.
Scoop out your dough on to your baking sheets making sure they are spaced about 1 inch apart. I like to use a medium cookie scoop for this. You can also use 1/8 cup measuring cup. (Note: If you want to add festive sprinkles, go ahead and dip the top of the scooped dough into them then place the dough ball sprinkle side up on the pan.)
Bake in the oven for 12-14 minutes or until the outer edges of your cookies just begin to turn brown.
Remove from the oven when done and let cool for at least 30 minutes. Remember the cookies will look undercooked when you first take them out of the oven and that is normal. They will come together when they cool.
Store in an air tight container for up to one week.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 168 kcal
Carbohydrates: 22 g
Protein: 2 g
Fat: 8 g
Saturated Fat: 5 g
Trans Fat: 0.3 g
Cholesterol: 34 mg
Sodium: 151 mg
Sugar: 14 g
Unsaturated Fat: 2.4 g

Reviews

Ned on 2026-04-06 (5 stars):
So chewy! The brown sugar makes these cookies so warm and delicious!
Bob on 2026-04-04 (5 stars):
Followed recipe except used salted butter and table salt. Dough was deliciously spicy but mellowed in oven. The cookie was excellent with buttery sweetness. Next time I will kick up the nutmeg to get more spiciness in the finished product. First sheet at 12 minutes was dark but subsequent sheets at 10 minutes had that nice sessile shape with golden perimeter. Thanks for posting as there weren’t many cookie recipes with nutmeg as lead ingredient!
Meg on 2025-03-25 (5 stars):
Thank you for sharing this recipe