Posts Tagged Cinnamon
Chocolate Chip and Cinnamon Cookies
Posted by Eileen Devlin in Baking, Desserts, Snacks on March 6th, 2010
So I went with this recipe because I wanted to use what I had on hand – and we ran out of the chocolate hazelnut drops. Holy crap these were so good! Definitely not your average chocolate chip cookie. Add these to your gourmet cookie box collection – that’s my goal, you know!
Heaven’s ingredients:
1 c butter, softened
scant 3/4 c superfine sugar
1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
2 tsp orange extract
2.5 c flour
generous 1/2 c semisweet chocolate chips
salt
1.5 tbsp each superfine sugar and ground cinammon
1. Preheat oven to 375 and line your cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. Beat your butter and sugar together with a wooden spoon until well combined then beat in egg yolk and extract. Sift together your flour and pinch of salt into the mixture and add the chocolate chips. Stir until thoroughly combined. Keep in mind the batter may be somewhat crumbly.
3. For the coating, mix your tbsps of sugar and cinnmmon. Scoop out dough by tablespoons and form into balls and roll them in the coating. Place on your cookie sheets spaced well apart.
4. Bake for 12-15 mins and let cool on cookie sheets for 5-10. Then transfer to wire racks with metal spatula. Makes 30.
Guaranteed to make your kitchen smell so delicious!
Enjoy these as much as I have =D
Chocolate drizzled cinnamon cookies
Posted by Eileen Devlin in Baking, Desserts, Snacks on January 30th, 2010
So I found a more “reasonable” recipe after the sugar cookie post – and what I mean is that the dough was more malleable and didn’t make me want to pull my hair out. This was still time-consuming because I used cookie cutters but the chocolate drizzle is easier to deal with than sprinkles and decorative sugar. I will leave that to the pros for now. These were excellent! I decided to double the recipe this morning and I yielded a TON of cookies! So these are perfect to share with others 
You will require:
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 c superfine sugar (caster)
1/2 c sweet butter (I used regular)
2 1/4 c all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
6 oz bittersweet chocolate, melted
1. Mix together first 3 ingredients and then stir in melted butter. Sift the flour, salt, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl and then add to egg mixture. Chill until firm.
2. Preheat oven to 375 and prep your cookie sheets. Roll the dough out between parchment or plastic wrap to about 1/8 in and use cookie cutters. Place on baking sheets and bake for 10-15 mins until golden.
3. Cool on wire rack. Dip fork into melted chocolate and drizzle onto cookies. Allow to set on parchment and then enjoy!
I had fun with these - used cookie cutters kids would enjoy!
Cookies galore - this is the second sheet out of 4 large!
***Alternately instead of the cinnamon you can use ginger or the grated zest of 2 lemons (4-6 tsp) and add to egg and sugar mixture.
***This is NOT low cal 
Nutritional Information (per cookie):
Calories: 65
Total Fat: 2.8 g
Cholesterol: 8.7 mg
Sodium: 63.6 mg
Carbohydrate: 9.5 g
Fiber: 0.3 g
Protein: 0.9 g
Cinnamon and Brown Sugar Spiced Rum Cake
Posted by Van Santos in Baking on December 14th, 2009
I decided to do a small variation on the Spiced Rum Cake. This version is for those who cannot eat/do not like nuts.
The recipe for the cake and glaze is here. In this variation, however, you make a Cinnamon and Brown Sugar topping.
You’ll need:
3/4 cup of dark brown sugar
1 Tbs Cinnamon
1 Tbs Flour
And now for the complicated part – mix all three together then dust the batter with the mixture before placing it in the oven!
Enjoy!
