Simple Christmas Cookies with Honey and Cinnamon
These simple spiced Christmas cookies with honey and cinnamon are delicious and very easy to make, they truly evoke the warmth, flavors, scents, and atmosphere of Christmas and are ideal as a gift for relatives and friends during the holiday season.
Very easy cookies to prepare even with children in a joyful and fully Christmas spirit, a simple recipe suitable even for those less experienced in the kitchen.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 16 cookies
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Epiphany, Christmas
Ingredients for Simple Christmas Cookies with Honey and Cinnamon
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg (whole)
- 2/3 cup butter (cold, quality)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (dark, I use Muscovado)
- 1 packet ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsps honey
- 2 tbsps whole milk
- 1 pinch fine salt
Tools for Simple Christmas Cookies with Honey and Cinnamon
- Scale digital, with removable bowl and alarm timer
- Bowls set of Guzzini bowls in various sizes
- Stand Mixer Kenwood with 1400 W power, illuminated bowl
- Round Cookie Cutter
- Cookie Stamp with Christmas stamp
- Nonstick Baking Sheet perforated, ideal for baking cookies
- Containers with Christmas tins
Preparation of Simple Christmas Cookies with Honey and Cinnamon
Sift the flour with the cinnamon.
In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, quickly work the cold butter with the sifted flour and cinnamon.
Add the honey, egg, vanilla extract, salt, and sugar to the mixture.
Finally, add the milk.
Let the dough rest in the fridge for 30 minutes. It’s important for cutting the cookies well.
After the indicated time, take the dough and roll it out with a rolling pin on a well-floured workspace (you can also use powdered sugar) to a thickness of 3/8 inch.
Cut the cookies first with a round cutter and then press a Christmas stamp on top (see Shopping Tips below) or cut them directly with Christmas-shaped cutters.
Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and put them in the fridge for 30 minutes, this last step helps maintain their shape in the oven, but it is not essential.
Bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 350°F for 15 minutes.
You can store the cookies for a long time in food bags or tin boxes.
Shopping Tips!!!
To weigh ingredients, I use this handy digital kitchen scale, with a wide removable bowl, tare function, and built-in timer.
Very useful round cookie cutters and very cute Christmas stamps.
The perforated nonstick baking sheet is ideal for a perfect and uniform baking of cookies (and can also be used for baking pizzas)
These delicious Christmas tin boxes, for perfectly and long-term storing cookies and for making DIY Christmas gifts, can be found on Amazon, but if you like them, hurry to buy them, because every year they sell out quickly.
You can purchase all the items I recommend above, on Amazon, at a great price, just click directly on the related links.
