A little sugar plus a little spice turns ordinary sugar cookies into a delightful spiced treat and have the perfect amount of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to give a subtle but not overwhelming spicy taste. These cookies are good plain with a hot cup of coffee or cocoa, but I like to dress them up with a little vanilla frosting to make them even better. I made two versions of this cookie and everyone liked them both equally. In the first batch of cookies which I made for Thanksgiving this year, I used ½ cup of light brown sugar and ¾ cup granulated sugar. This made the cookie dough more golden which was perfect for the fall leaves cookie cutters I used. In the second batch of cookies I eliminated the brown sugar and used all granulated sugar, 1¼ cups, which resulted in a lighter cookie, perfect for Christmas decorated cookies. Use either version you choose, both were loved by everyone I shared them with.