Description
These cinnamon shortbread cookies are buttery, melt in your mouth, shortbread cookies generously rolled in a layer of cinnamon sugar and will dazzle at your next holiday celebration! These cookies are delicate, buttery, crisp, and perfect for Christmas celebrations!
Ingredients
Scale
- 218g (1¾ cups) all purpose flour, spooned and levelled
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 170g (¾ cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 100g (½ cup) granulated or caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup or vanilla extract
- Cinnamon sugar ( 50g – ¼ cup granulated or caster sugar + 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, ground cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and granulated sugar until the mixture is fluffy and pale yellow. Add the maple syrup. Then, add the flour a cup at a time, until you have a crumbly dough that’s starting to come together.
- Turn the dough onto a pastry or cutting board. Press the dough together with clean hands until you have a smooth ball of dough. Cut the dough into two, and flatten each portion into a 1/2” disc. Wrap with plastic wrap, and freeze for about 15 minutes or refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll each disc of dough until it’s 1/4” thick. Cut out an even number of 3” stars with a cookie cutter. Use a small cookie cutter to cut out a shape from half of the cookies.
- Roll the cookies in cinnamon sugar generously and place the cookies 1” apart on the prepared sheets.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the bottoms and edges are lightly browned. Let cool for about 5 minutes on the pan, and then move the cookies to a wire rack to completely cool.
- Store cookies in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Star Cookies, Christmas Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: cinnamon shortbread cookies, cinnamon star cookies, shortbread cinnamon cookies