Fruit-spice cookies

These quick and easy drop cookies are perfect for all your holiday gatherings. Pair them with hot cider, spiced tea or other warming, seasonal drinks. Kind of like a satisfying trail mix baked into a cookie, they make great snacks any time of the year. Pumpkin pie spice gives them that warm, comforting flavor. You could add chopped nuts to the batter, too, if nuts are a part of your diet. If you add almonds, toast them briefly, and add a scant dash of almond or vanilla extract to bring out their flavor against the cookies' bold pumpkin pie spice blend that includes cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg.