The Christmas cookies with cinnamon shortcrust pastry, simple yet in their simplicity highly fragrant and with the intense flavor of cinnamon that immediately conveys the taste of the holidays.
We prepare these cookies and then put them inside transparent bags, seal the bag with a beautiful gold or red ribbon, and give them to our guests; they are always happy to take this gift home and eat them the next day for breakfast or as a mid-morning snack.
You can also prepare these cookies all year round and use molds based on the season you make them.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 1 Hour
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 60 cookies
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas
Ingredients for Christmas cookies with cinnamon shortcrust pastry:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter (cold from the fridge)
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsps ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch fine salt
- to taste powdered sugar
- to taste ground cinnamon
Tools for Christmas cookies with cinnamon shortcrust pastry:
- 1 Bowl
- Cookie Cutters
- 1 Rolling Board
Steps for preparing and baking Christmas cookies with cinnamon shortcrust pastry:
First, prepare the cinnamon shortcrust pastry by following THIS recipe. You can make the shortcrust pastry the day before and then store it in the refrigerator; the only caution is to leave it out of the fridge 10 minutes before starting to work it, so it becomes softer and easier to handle.
Place the dough on a lightly floured rolling board and roll out a sheet thin to 1/8 inch. Don’t make it too thick because it tends to rise a bit during baking due to the presence of baking powder.
Cut out various shapes with Christmas cookie cutters or your preferred shape, place the cookies on the baking sheet, knead the scraps, and make more cookies until all the dough is used up. We got 60 cookies.
Bake the cookies at 350°F for just under 10 minutes. When they start to turn golden, remove them from the oven and let them cool.
In a bowl, place powdered sugar and ground cinnamon, mix well, and then sprinkle it over the cookies.
You can store the Christmas cookies for several days in a tin box, but given their deliciousness, they will be gone much sooner.
