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Cinnamon Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Published: Nov 17, 2013 · Modified: Jun 9, 2019 by Anna 6 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase through links on our site, we may earn a commission.

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Cinnamon Shortbread Cookies for your Thanksgiving table. Quick and delicious!

cinnamon shortbread cookies recipe

Cut-out shortbread cookies are getting popular this time of year. As the weather gets colder, we seem to have more time for baking. No rush to run to the beach and enjoy the sun. You want to pull out mixing bowls, whip butter with sugar and sniff vanilla just before adding it to the dough.

Let's add one of this season's most popular spice: cinnamon. It can take a dessert from good to amazing, like this reader's favorite: Cinnamon Roll Cake. It's a personal preference as to how much to use in a recipe. I used ½ a teaspoon in these cookies but next time I will make them, I am doubling the amount for sure.

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Shortbread Cookies with cinnamon

My girls have a kids baking set and were insistent on using their leaf cookie cutter. And so we did. 🙂 Perfect for Thanksgiving celebration, don't you think? 🙂

cinnamon shortbread cookies recipe

Cinnamon shortbread cookies

Author: Anna
Cinnamon Shortbread Cookies for your Thanksgiving table. Quick and delicious!
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 4 dozen
Calories 754 kcal
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Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 c unsalted butter , room temperature
  • ¾ c confectioners' sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2.25 c all-purpose flour

Instructions
 

  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat. Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and sugar and mix with electric mixer until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  • Add cinnamon and vanilla and mix until combined.
  • Add flour and mix. The dough will look crumbly but it will come together.
  • Divide the dough in half, wrap each half in waxed paper, flatten into a disk and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
  • Unwrap each disk and place on lightly floured surface. Roll out into ¼ inch thick circle. Cut out cookies. Place them on prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake cookies for 24 to 28 minutes, or until they start to brown on the edges.
  • Cool on sheet for 2 minutes, transfer onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition

Calories: 754kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Cholesterol: 122mg | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 88mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 1420IU | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 3.3mg
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I slightly adapted RecipeGirl's recipe for shortbread cookies from her newest cookbook.

Enjoy!

 

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  1. Curry and Comfort says

    November 20, 2013 at 7:10 am

    These shortbread cookies look great... love the touch of cinnamon. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Colette says

    November 19, 2013 at 6:31 pm

    Dad would LOVE these!

    Reply
  3. Courtney says

    November 18, 2013 at 2:52 pm

    I love shortbread!! How can you go wrong with a cookie made primarily with butter? 🙂 And the addition of cinnamon sounds wonderfully festive for this time of year.

    Reply
    • CrunchyCreamySw says

      November 19, 2013 at 12:16 pm

      Thanks so much, Courtney!

      Reply
  4. skoraq cooks says

    November 18, 2013 at 10:01 am

    Yea, baking at this time of the year comes naturally. Cookies are my favourites of the season, taste really good with cup of spiced tea or hot chocolate and mulled wine. Your cinnamon scented cookies will be a great addition to any warming beverage, good book and warm blanket 🙂

    Reply
    • CrunchyCreamySw says

      November 19, 2013 at 12:15 pm

      Agree! Thanks!

      Reply
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