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Monday, November 8, 2010

Autumn Spice Cookies

There is nothing quite like the smell of cinnamon right out of the oven, especially when
the weather is crisp and cool outside.

And these Autumn Spice Cookies fill the house with a wonderful spice aroma!


 Ingredients:


1-1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg
1/2 cup salted butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
*Icing to outline cookies
Autumn Leaf Cookie Cutter

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, confectioners sugar, cream of tartar and baking soda; set aside.

In a large bowl, mix egg and brown sugar. Add melted butter. Slowly incorporate flour mixture and add vanilla.  Wrap cookie dough in plastic wrap and chill well for several hours.

Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl; set aside.


 When dough is firm, roll out on a lightly floured board and cut
cookies using a leaf shaped cutter.

 Place cookies on parchment covered cookie sheet.

 Sprinkle cinnamon/sugar mixture over every cookie.

 Place in preheated 325 degree oven and bake for 9 minutes.
Remove from oven and place on cooling rack. Allow to cool completely.

 *At this point, you can use buttercream icing, royal icing or melted chocolate to outline the leaves.
I used chocolate/caramel buttercream to outline my cookies and it added a
wonderful layer of flavor to the cinnamon cookies.
These are perfect for the holidays or for a special treat when the kids come in from school. 
Enjoy!


Makes 3 dozen 3" leaf cookies.

Tutorial and Photography by Jacque Benson
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This material may not be reproduced without permission from the author.

7 comments:

  1. these look fab! i'm copying this down! :D I wonder if i can flavor RI with flavors...like caramel..hmm..

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  2. Faith, I would think you could use a caramel extract to flavor RI.
    As long as you don't use caramel flavored oil, I think it would work just fine!

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  3. These look so elegant! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe! Love the smell of cinnamon and the feeling of warmth and cosiness in the house :-)

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  4. Oh I do too Milena! Nothing quite like it~

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  5. I agree, cinnamon is wonderful any time of year but when it gets cold out and we start thinking of holidays, it's magical. I've never thought to flavor royal icing but now it seems like a great idea...we'll see if I make it a disaster :P

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